The King And The Mountain (R S Ward Poems)
I stood upon a mountain bare,And night had wedded glorious Day,Oh, tell me what has chanced hereThat thou can'st wait ...
R S Ward Poems (34 Poems)
The Crumbling Mound (R S Ward Poems)
Speak, crumbling mound, and tell to all the wood,How that beneath these weeds whereon I stray,A dark-roofed feasting hall of ...
The Four Winds (R S Ward Poems)
1 - Wind Of The MornEre the ghostly grey of morning,Can be seen among the dells,All the cattle on the ...
A Dream One Night (R S Ward Poems)
One night I dreamt that on a shoreOf far-off Eastern lands I stood,And to my ears the breezes boreFaint music ...
Wambala of the Streams. (R S Ward Poems)
From the coasts of Waliwafta,Where the golden sunset gleams,All my days I've spent to seek thee,O Wambala of the Streams.Vain ...
Christ In The Forest (R S Ward Poems)
I heard a voice both soft and sweet,Whilst on my couch I lay reclined,It called on me to rise and ...
The Nursery At Night (R S Ward Poems)
Alone to the nursery crept I one night-The fire rose and fell with a flickering light;Outside the wind thundered and ...
Night On The River (R S Ward Poems)
The boisterous wind had died away,Across the hills the sky was red,When joyfully that summer day,I made my boat a ...
The Fight That Failed (R S Ward Poems)
He lay in the darkness and waited.And longed for the light,And wondered which Heaven had fated,Should carry his fight.So he ...
Noon (R S Ward Poems)
I saw the Painter pause before his task.And scan the sheet whereon a misty dawnWas pictured; then, with care the ...
Pictures in the Book. (R S Ward Poems)
A city street with all it's clanging noise,It's careless haste and never-ending strifeand in the midst a woman selling toys;Gaunt, ...
Trees (R S Ward Poems)
O ye quiet, solemn peopleOf the kingdom of the trees,Would I lived among your branches,Rocked and billowed by the breeze,For ...
The Voice At The Cross-Roads (R S Ward Poems)
Wait — For the Wood is dark,Man cannot leave his markLost in that Forest of sinuous Ways,Hear the Wind blustering,Forces ...
A Summer’s Evening (R S Ward Poems)
With book in hand I wandered farOne summer eve across the plainAnd in the cloudless sky, a starGave pleasure that ...
Thoughts In A Library (R S Ward Poems)
When first I stepped within your book-ranged halls'Methought it was a vast enchanted land,For here I see, built up on ...
The Forest, the Candle, and the Wind (R S Ward Poems)
I wandered through a forest in my dream,And in my hand, a drooping candle flamed,Flickering in the wind, flaring untamedAs ...
Barges (R S Ward Poems)
A line of barges by a river's brink,Moored to the side and straining at their ropes —So wait the aged, ...
An Old Book (R S Ward Poems)
Oh Wondrous t'was, amid that busy street,To hold an ancient book and feel each pageHardened and yellow from a distant ...
Christ In The Synagogue (R S Ward Poems)
Methinks I see Him with the eyes of allFastened upon Him, ere with loving Hand,He shuts the Book; not one ...
A Girl Sang (R S Ward Poems)
A girl sang at an open door,One windless noon in summer timeHer melodies the breezes borePausing enraptured by her rhyme,Then ...
A Country Church (R S Ward Poems)
Across a sea of brown autumnal hills,I wandered as a ship that seeks a bay,And, as a ship I wandered ...
To The Architect (R S Ward Poems)
To build, to add sheer beauty to the earth,To paint the foreground to the eternal sky,Meet to reflect its silent ...
The Blind Beggar (R S Ward Poems)
I heard a beggar humming,And a thousand folks were coming,And going on their petty common way.In the tulmult of a ...
Fairies In The Forest (R S Ward Poems)
A rustling wood lay rapt in sleep,The wind had died away,And 'twas the hour when shadows creepAnd laughing fairies play.All ...
Rustling Wood. (R S Ward Poems)
Into a rustling wood,Lead me away,Hidden from human eyes.There let me pray.Sing cuckoo, sing to meSing far away,Softly the summer ...
The Thoughts On A Morrow (R S Ward Poems)
The thoughts on a morrowOf mirth and of sorrowAre threads on a maiden's loom,A morning of pleasure —A mystical measure ...
A Sunset (R S Ward Poems)
O'er the woods on the slope of yon mist-laden hill,The blood-coloured sun has set,And cool is the wind from those ...
The Singing Wood (R S Ward Poems)
In a Land of Dreams,Where the moonlight seemsTo sing with a silver voice,Echo voices clearIn the star-lit air —And melodies ...
Peace. (R S Ward Poems)
The rain has ceased, the weeping treesScarce turn a leaf to face the breeze,Still, through the solemn peace there fallsA ...
A Child’s Wish (R S Ward Poems)
I wish that all the world was fullOf things that I could break or pull,Of leaden soldiers, sailing-boats,and castles great ...