A Prayer For My Daughter
A Prayer For My Daughter ONCE more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on. There is no […]
READ MOREA Prayer For My Son
A Prayer For My Son BID a strong ghost stand at the head That my Michael may sleep sound, Nor cry, nor turn in the bed […]
READ MOREA Prayer For Old Age
A Prayer For Old Age GOD guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone; He that sings a lasting song Thinks in a […]
READ MOREA Prayer On Going Into My House
A Prayer On Going Into My House GOD grant a blessing on this tower and cottage And on my heirs, if all remain unspoiled, No table […]
READ MOREA Song
A Song I THOUGHT no more was needed Youth to polong Than dumb-bell and foil To keep the body young. O who could have foretold That […]
READ MOREA Song From ‘The Player Queen’
A Song From ‘The Player Queen’ My mother dandled me and sang, ‘How young it is, how young!’ And made a golden cradle That on a […]
READ MOREA Statesman’s Holiday
A Statesman’s Holiday I lived among great houses, Riches drove out rank, Base drove out the better blood, And mind and body shrank. No Oscar ruled […]
READ MOREA Stick Of Incense
A Stick Of Incense Whence did all that fury come? From empty tomb or Virgin womb? Saint Joseph thought the world would melt But liked the […]
READ MOREA Thought From Propertius
A Thought From Propertius SHE might, so noble from head To great shapely knees The long flowing line, Have walked to the altar Through the holy […]
READ MOREA Woman homer Sung
A Woman homer Sung IF any man drew near When I was young, I thought, “He holds her dear,’ And shook with hate and fear. But […]
READ MORE