Faded Leaf Of Spring (Patience Worth Poems)
Ah, paled and faded leaf. of spring agone,Whither goest thou? Art speeding toAnother land upon the brooklet's breast?Or art thou ...
Patience Worth Poems on Love (65 Poems)
The Tenderness I Love (Patience Worth Poems)
I love tenderness. Yea, but it must be strong.It shall not speak soft words nor lisp them.It shall not creep ...
The Cup I Proffer (Patience Worth Poems)
He who presseth his lips unto the cup I profferHath bended down unto an everlasting draught.Yea, he hath quaffed a ...
Spring, Thou Art But His Smile (Patience Worth Poems)
Spring, thou art but His smileOf happiness in me, and sullen daysOf weariness shall fall when Spring is bornIn winds ...
Ah, What A Day He Hath Made (Patience Worth Poems)
Ah, what a day He hath made, He hath made!It flasheth abright and asweet, and asweet.It showeth His love and ...
The Message (Patience Worth Poems)
Oh, my love, my sweet, thou my companion!Let me touch thee. I would not know thy face,But the surety of ...
Compensation (Patience Worth Poems)
No Spring is there who suffers notThe lightning and the storm.No garden spot which hath not trembled'Neath the wind and ...
How Shall I Die? (Patience Worth Poems)
How shall I die?Shall I lay me down upon a rosed couch-Sipping cool waters, and languorously die?Shall I do some ...
Love’s Pedestal (Patience Worth Poems)
He who hath announced me.He who hath said, "This is enough,"When he hath lain his handsUpon the cloth of the ...
Devotion (Patience Worth Poems)
What is the bond, the shackle, yea,The armlet which binds thee to thy love?No mighty hand may shatter it;No tongue ...
Ashes Of Hate (Patience Worth Poems)
Swing, ye ages! Swing, ye tides!Like webs upon eternities.Turn, oh Earth,Turn upon thy changeful path!Leave Sorrow wet thy sides of ...
The Celestial City (Patience Worth Poems)
Oh, when I reach the Celestial CityWith grandeur o'erspread, how shrinkingI shall be! I would it were more likeThe things ...
Ah, Could I Love Thee (Patience Worth Poems)
Ah, could I love thee, thou,The loveless o' the earth!And pry aneath the cranniesYet untouched by mortal hand,To send therein ...
Mercy (Patience Worth Poems)
Mercy tuneth the harp of life!Else it could not strum.Mercy is the sofest gemWithin life's diadem, a white pearl,Palely glowing, ...
Heaven In My Baby’s Eyes (Patience Worth Poems)
Two eyelids oped, and lo, the heavens' ope I saw,And, like a twinklin' star God's smile reflected there.Two lips did ...
Beloved (Patience Worth Poems)
Beloved, we have known long hours of quietude, sweet paths of shadow.Never a fear, yet we have confided wonderingly of ...
Smile And Wait (Patience Worth Poems)
Mine ain, take heart, there be nay night.E'en though the eye doth see the dark.Mine ain, take heart, for love ...
On Prayer (Patience Worth Poems)
Prayer is pregnant of desire,As man uttereth it. To me,Prayer is a simple announcementOf companionship with God;An acknowledgement of my ...
Friendship (Patience Worth Poems)
Twixt Love and Chaos lies a borderlandLove dare not enter-Not a step upon that dread kingdom;Standing kingless, with doubt as ...
I’d Sing (Patience Worth Poems)
I'd sing. Wearied word adroppedBy weary ones, and broken moldAfashioned out by wearied hands;A falter-song sung through tears o' wearied ...
The Smile Thou Cast Today (Patience Worth Poems)
The smile thou cast todayThat passed unheeded by the world;The handclasp of a friend,The touch of baby palmsUpon its mother's ...
When The Door Closes (Patience Worth Poems)
There shall be a morningWhen I shall be removed,And men shall be on with their tasks.The same sun shall lick ...
Steadfastness (Patience Worth Poems)
Steadfastness! Steadfastness!No gift is so precious.The waters of the day may become troubled,And the lightnings of the wrath of sorrowMay ...
Eternal Troths (Patience Worth Poems)
Oh, you lovers of all time!Who have pledged, trothed, parted,Sworn, bled, died!Oh, you lovers of all time!Yon is the spot!Yon, ...
Knowing Thee (Patience Worth Poems)
Beloved, I do not believe that IMight know God's mercy so intimately,Save that I had known-thee!I do not believe that ...
A Blighted Bud May Hold (Patience Worth Poems)
A blighted bud may holdA sweeter message. than the loveliest flower.For God hath kissed her wounded heartAnd left a promise ...
A Patience Worth Blessing (Patience Worth Poems)
This hour, this hour, a chalice. Unto its golden cupWe have poured our love, for there be not one manWho ...
My Gift (Patience Worth Poems)
In my hand is a flaming torch!The day is no part of mine,Save that it knock at my heart.I have ...
The Nightingale (Patience Worth Poems)
Tender melody, tuned of love,Flowing the valley, bursting the hedge,Parting the willows and streamingThy gladness upon men.Oh, tender melody, most ...
The Siren (Patience Worth Poems)
Never a siren sungWith more desire to tempt than I,For I am a lurer of men!I am a temptress! Behold,I ...