A Contrast (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Trained tenderly by Heaven and Earth,Up grew she to her gentle height,-Grew to the level of the lightThat shines by ...
Menella Bute Smedley Poems on Flowers (19 Poems)
The Butterfly And The Fairies (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
A butterfly was grieved one dayBecause he could do nought but play;He envied bees and birds and ants,And senseless stones ...
Heroes (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Children, when you sat wishing,Down last night on the sands,Beckoning moments of glory,With little helpless hands,I heard you saying and ...
The Hermit Of Gibraltar (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
(A TRUE STORY)He died among the flowers, when dawn was leapingLike a freed lion through the sever'd east;'Twere but a ...
The Wounded Daisy (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
At twilight in beautiful summers,When all the dew is shed,And all the singers and hummersAre safe at home in bed,In ...
A Slight Confusion (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
"What's the use of fairies?" said the child,"What's the use of fairies at all?The weeds in my garden grow wild,And ...
What May Happen To A Thimble (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Come about the meadow,Hunt here and there,Where's Mother's thimble?Can you tell where?Jane saw her wearing it,Fan saw it fall,Ned isn't ...
The Snow-Dog (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
She has not a morsel to eat!Just fancy a child in that state,Creeping along all alone in the street,A sweet ...
To A Little Girl (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
AGED THREE YEARS AND A HALFDeep in thy round blue eyesAsleep thy spirit lies,Or half-awake and wanton in its play,As ...
The Future (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
A figure wanders through my dreamsAnd wears a veil upon its face,Still bending to my breast it seems,Yet ever turns ...
Birds (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Many voices in the woodlandsStrike on the delighted ear,-Voices from the trees above usSinging to the opening year;Notes that seem ...
Morning (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
How pleasant is the morning!How innocent and bright!How pretty and surprisingTo see the sun uprising,A ball of golden light!While sleepy ...
A Child’s Fancy (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
O little flowers, you love me so,You could not do without me;O little birds that come and go,You sing sweet ...
Evening (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
It is the hour of eveningWhen nature is at rest:Each weary bird is sleepingWithin its pleasant nest;The bee hath ceased ...
The Sick Child (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Bird, are you singing to me,Perch'd on my own window-sill?Can you, in your little brain,Knowledge have and thought retain,That I ...
The Rooks’ Petition (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
"Bear with us! Your garden showsMany a snug and comely nest;But the very leaf we choseIs for us the only ...
A Plea For Beauty (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
I heard there was no place among the powersFor Beauty; that she stands not in the plan;That even the tints ...
Parting (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
Not by thy side, but in thy heart'Tis mine to dwell;We scorn to utter when we partThat feeble word, "Farewell."Lift ...
I Went To Look For Roses (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
I went to look for rosesWhen snow was on the ground,Alas, a wither'd thorn-bushWas all the flowers I found!I thought ...