On The Brink (Charles Stuart Calverley Poems)
I watch'd her as she stoop'd to pluck A wild flower in her hair to twine; And wish'd that ...
I watch'd her as she stoop'd to pluck A wild flower in her hair to twine; And wish'd that ...
Name, my Laura, name the whirl-compelling Bodies to unite in one blest whole—Name, my Laura, name the wondrous magic By ...
TWO craggy slopes, sheer down on either hand, Fall to a cleft, dark and confused with pines. Out of their ...
FAREWELL to thee, O God, to thee, O sun,Ye twain that shine above my soul on high!My spirit from the ...
FIVE mites of monads dwelt in a round drop That twinkled on a leaf by a pool in the sun. ...
When the sea is still as glass,And the whispering breezes passOn messages from zone to zone, or waft from pole ...
THE dove of Liberty sat on an eggAnd hatched another eagle.But didn't disown the bird._Down with all eagles_! cooed the ...
You say you once lov'd me, and lov'd me to madness, But ah! are you sure that you felt ...
THE SUN is sinking over hill and sea,Its red light fires a spectral line of shore;Night droops upon our half-world ...
THE Room is getting cold, one gas-light burns And the fire is now a monotonous red glow ; The old ...
Who are these blokes with bulging brows I see all o'er the shop?The layman asked. "Them's scientists," Replied the courteous ...
I've something of the bull-dog in my breed, The spaniel is developed somewhat less;While life is in me I can ...
Nay seer, I do not doubt thy mystic lore,Nor question that the tenor of my life,Past, present and the future, ...
This is my chiefest torment, that behind The brave and subtle spirit, ...
In the everlasting armsMid life's dangers and alarmsLet calm trust your spirit fill;Know He's God, and then be still.Trustingly I ...
The days, the nights, flow one by one above us,The hours go silently over our lifted faces,We are like dreamers ...
For whatever did it-the cider at the Ship Inn, where the crowd from the bar that night had overflowed singing ...
Do you see this grain of sandLying loosely in my hand?Do you know to me it broughtJust a simple loving ...
An ignominious monster and uncouth Who crouches in a Satanic attitude, The naked parody of some vital truth Concealed from ...
What husks of last year's winter close you in, To-morrow's world-what dead, what wrinkled skin Of ancient parchments, laws, beliefs! ...
pity this busy monster, manunkind,not. Progress is a comfortable disease:your victim (death and life safely beyond)plays with the bigness of ...
SMALL, viewless aeronaut, that by the lineOf Gossamer suspended, in mid airFloat'st on a sun beam--Living atom, whereEnds thy breeze-guided ...
The present only do we hold in thrall; The past is gone, and all its glories hushed; The kiss we ...
The circle of the Earth is the head of a great drum; With the day, it moves upward — booming; ...
LEAGUES before me, leagues behind, Clamor warring wastes of flood, All the streams of all the worlds Flung together, mad ...
679Conscious am I in my Chamber,Of a shapeless friend -He doth not attest by Posture -Nor Confirm - by Word ...
Of all the souls that stand createI have elected one.When sense from spirit files away,And subterfuge is done;When that which ...
376Of Course-I prayed-And did God Care?He cared as much as on the AirA Bird-had stamped her foot-And cried "Give Me"-My ...
806A Planted Life - diversifiedWith Gold and Silver PainTo prove the presence of the OreIn Particles - 'tis whenA Value ...
You know what it is to be born alone, Baby tortoise! The first day to heave your feet little by ...
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