The Rowing-Song Of King Atli (Nora Jane Hopper Chesson Poems)
Row, row, through the darkling sea—One king's daughter is waiting me:Her hair is unbound till I come to land,And gather ...
Row, row, through the darkling sea—One king's daughter is waiting me:Her hair is unbound till I come to land,And gather ...
(Desired by the Fairies, and being Cold to Them, Slain by an Elf-bolt)White of skin and brown of hair,Here he ...
Not star or flower, but lovelier than theseThe child came to us out of mysteries,And to the GiverWe prayed that ...
I am the spirit of all that lives,Labours and loses and forgives.My breath's the wind among the reeds;I'm wounded when ...
Jacinth, Jacinth, where do you goWith your eyes like spring and your step like snow?Who wrought, my Jacinth, ...
(All Souls' Eve, November 1)O good it is to see old love relighted in your eyes,As we meet down by ...
(A Fairy)White and golden here she lies;Mouth-of-Rose was she.Violets hide her sleeping eyes;Leaves of rosemaryKeep her from the rainy skies,Winter's ...
Who dare set bounds to the Red Wind,The East Wind in his wrath?Lo! we have bitted and bridled him,And turned ...
I am Brigit—Wisdom, Light: yea, I am Bride.I loosen all the knots that wrong has tied;I knot all threads that ...
Rough gown, stuff gown, my love hath noble raiment,Silk robes and scarlet robes, pearls of great price:If a man kiss ...
Where are you going,O muirnean, muirnean? Beyond all snowing,Beyond all reachOf tenderest speech,Or waves that breakUpon any beach,Or wind's rough ...
He comes from the mountains greenTo the yellow shore:A thousand years he's seen,And a thousand more.His hair is dark as ...
Beauty was born of the world's desireFor the wandering water, the wandering fire.Under the arch of her hurrying feet,She has ...
Can you not hear me knocking at midnight on your door?Can you not see my shadow cast on your moonlit ...
At the sign of the Beckoning KittenWe geishas dwell;Over our doorway is written"Hail and farewell."Broad is our gateway and litten,Full ...
I set a charm upon your hurrying breath,I set a charm upon your wandering feet,You shall not leave me - ...
I hear the hill-winds. I hear them callingThe long gray twilights and white morns through.The tides are rising, the tides ...
Rose o' the World, she came to my bedAnd changed the dreams of my heart and head;For joy of mine ...
The blackbird has a mouth of gold, though sombre be his feathers;The lark is for the summer noon, the blackbird ...
"My door stands always open—You weary souls, come in!For you that tire of music,Here silence doth begin.You shall not rise ...
Dulness, less comely than grief, has gone over my soul.Sullen and sluggish its waters of bitterness roll;It is naught to ...
(To Caroline August Hopper)I will arise and go hence to the west, And dig me a grave where the hill-winds ...
If I 'm the faery fool, Dalua—Ay me, the faery fool!—How do I know what the rushes say,Sighing and shivering ...
You are the safe and firelit room,I am the open wold.You are the city, and this your doom—Never to feel ...
There's a grey fog over Dublin of the curses,It blinds my eyes, mavrone, and stops my breath;And I travel slow ...
She had as many loves as she had follies,And all her light loves lightly sang her praises;But now, laid low ...
I am that Helen, that very Helen,Of Leda, born in the days of old.Men's hearts were as inns that I ...
The cuckoo sings in the heart of winter,And all for Mauryeen he tunes his song;How Mauryeen's hair is the honey's ...
I purifyWith my clear rain the sombre sky;I wake the snowdrops from their sleepIn the earth's bosom brown and deep.I ...
(To Caroline Augusta Hopper)'Tis I go fiddling, fiddling,By weedy ways forlorn;I make the blackbird's musicEre in his breast 'tis born:The ...
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