Winter Rhapsody (C J Dennis Poems)
Winter has come; and tardily -- Now little nipping winds are rifeWhere laggard leaves, on many a tree, Still cling ...
Winter has come; and tardily -- Now little nipping winds are rifeWhere laggard leaves, on many a tree, Still cling ...
They laid him down, — the soldier slain in war, —Fresh from the midnight flame, the midnight roar,To sleep his ...
He was playing in the garden when we called him in for tea,But he didn't seem to hear us, so ...
Love me little, love me long,Is the burden of my song.Love that is too hot and strongBurneth soon to waste.Still, ...
The joy of life is living it, or so it seems to me;In finding shackles on your wrists, then struggling ...
I saw two youths: both were fair in the face,They had set out foot to foot in life's race;But one ...
Though victory's proof of the skill you possess,Defeat is the proof of your grit;A weakling can smile in his days ...
The danger of war, with its havoc of life, The danger of ocean, when storms are rife, The danger of ...
(_On the South Seas_) When I return to the world again, The world of fret and fight, ...
With their harsh leaves old rhododendrons fillThe crevices in grave plots' broken stones.The bees renew the blossoms they destroy,While in ...
FEAR not, sweet Bird! thy flutt'ring cease,Nor deem thy freedom fled:Soon shalt thou feel thy glad release;No evil need'st thou ...
OF old it went forth to Euchenor, pronounced of his sire—Reluctant, impelled by the god's unescapable fire—To choose for his ...
When the burden grows heavy, and rough is the way, When you falter and slip, and it isn't your day, ...
Oh, Righteous Cause, for which we fought, And for which thousands died,We glory in it as we ought ...
Time has made conquest of so many thingsThat once were mine. Swift-footed, eager youthThat ran to meet the years; bold ...
My land is where the kind folks are,And where the friends are true,Where comrades brave will travel farSome kindly deed ...
Out of the sighs a little comes,But not of grief, for I have knocked down thatBefore the agony; the spirit ...
Beachcomber on the shores of tearsLimning the gestures of defeatIn dancers, whores, and opera-stars -The lonely, lighted various streetYou sauntered ...
my lovethy hair is one kingdomthe king whereof is darknessthy forehead is a flight of flowersthy head is a quick ...
O Mystery of life,That, after all our strife, Defeats, mistakes,Just as, at last, we seeThe road to victory, The tired ...
This I would like to be- braver and bolder, Just a bit wiser because I am older, Just a bit ...
Salut, divin Triomphe! entre dans nos murailles!Rends-nous ces guerriers illustr?sPar le sang de D?sille, et par les fun7eacute;raillesDe tant de ...
It is not seemly to be famous:Celebrity does not exalt;There is no need to hoard your writingsAnd to preserve them ...
THERE'S a place for you at the top, my boy,Are you willing to try to get it?It's true that trouble ...
True glory on the earth is seldom seen,Tho' sought by many with a jealous eye;For where the heavenly birth has ...
Did I follow Truth wherever she led,And stand against the whole world for a cause,And uphold the weak against the ...
Happy the dead on some resounding field, —Dead with the joy of battle in their hearts, —Dead — with the ...
One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord.Many scenes from my life flashed across the ...
When shall I be a man? he said,As I was putting him to bed."How many years will have to beBefore ...
Atalanta and I know better!Distrust you the fable of old,Of the envious Goddess who set herOn to defeat by tempting ...
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