An Ancient Legend (Philip James Bailey Poems)
A stone stands in a rustic townWhich once the neighbouring hill did crown;Nigh to the house of God it layBefore ...
Philip James Bailey Poems (50 Poems)
Knowledge (Philip James Bailey Poems)
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD is the wisdom of man- This is the end of Being, wisdom; this Of wisdom, action; and of ...
Morning (Philip James Bailey Poems)
I.She comes! how lovely are her smiles,The ever glorious Morn!Up from old Ocean and his isles,Her rosy chariot borneBy the ...
Autumn (Philip James Bailey Poems)
'Tis Autumn--and the winds are highAnd storm--clouds scud across the sky;The yellow groves on Dee's dark sideGrow paler each approaching ...
The Passing Bell (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Hark! 'tis the passing bell;While the soul is on its way,While it waves its upward wings,We yet may pray.Pray for ...
The Nemesis Of Nations (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Deep in earth's caverned heart, I see her now--The Nemesis of Nations. Stern she sitsHer monumental throne. The hush of ...
Prayer (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Yea! even here as everywhere, let manWorship his Recreator, and the world'sMade perfect by preliminary fire.O Thou, who in the ...
A Fragment (I) (Philip James Bailey Poems)
And Zetland where, betimes, some ruthless wightScaling the scaur, in sport the nests despoilsOf auk or gull; they, crowding clamorous ...
The Ring (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Thus to a fair Venetian maid,The proudest of the train,With which the Doge went forth arrayedTo wed his vassal main,``This ...
To The Trent (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Of all the rivers in the land,Thee most I love, fair Trent,For in thy stream and by thy banksMy happiest ...
Hymn Of Thanks (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Through pain and through peril, temptation and harm,We are saved by His love, for the Lord lent His arm;By the ...
A Fragment (II) (Philip James Bailey Poems)
As in a'round wide view from some tall hill,Central and isolate, it happeneth oftThe furthest things on all sides eyeableAre ...
I loved her for that she was beautiful . . . (Philip James Bailey Poems)
I LOVED her for that she was beautiful;And that to me she seem'd to be all Nature,And all varieties of ...
Festus – L’Envoi (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Read this, world! He who writes is dead to thee,But still lives in these leaves. He spake inspired:Night and day, ...
London (Philip James Bailey Poems)
I love thee, London! for thy many men,And for thy mighty deeds and scenes of glory;For all great thoughts and ...
A Ruin (Philip James Bailey Poems)
In a cot--studded, fruity, green deep dale,There grows the ruin of an abbey old;And on the hill side, cut in ...
Festus – Dedication (Philip James Bailey Poems)
MY FATHER! unto thee to whom I oweAll that I am, all that I have and can;Who madest me in ...
A Mystery (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Friend! many a year hath passedSince last I clasped thine hand--It may be we shall meet no moreTill in the ...
A Myth (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Apollo laid his lyre upon a stone;The stone was seized with music; and the touchOf mortal could awake the god's ...
Lovers (Philip James Bailey Poems)
The rose is weeping for her love,The Nightingale;And he is flying fast above,To her he will not fail.Already golden eve ...