Poems

The cunnin’ little thing When baby wakes of mornings, Then it’s wake, ye people all! For another day Of song and play Has come at our […]

The dead babe Last night, as my dear babe lay dead, In agony I knelt and said: “0 God! what have I done, Or in what […]

The Death of Robin Hood “Give me my bow,” said Robin Hood, “An arrow give to me; And where ‘t is shot mark thou that spot, […]

The delectable ballad of the waller lot Up yonder in Buena Park There is a famous spot, In legend and in history Yclept the Waller Lot. […]

The Dinkey Bird In an ocean, ‘way out yonder, (As all sapient people know) Is the land of Wonder-Wander, Whither children love to go; It’s their […]

The discreet collector Down south there is a curio-shop Unknown to many men; Thereat do I intend to stop When I am south again; The narrow […]

The Divine Lullaby I hear Thy voice, dear Lord; I hear it by the stormy sea When winter nights are black and wild, And when, affright, […]

The doll’s wooing The little French doll was a dear little doll Tricked out in the sweetest of dresses; Her eyes were of hue A most […]

The dream-ship When the world is fast asleep, Along the midnight skies– As though it were a wandering cloud– The ghostly dream-ship flies. An angel stands […]

The dreams Two dreams came down to earth one night From the realm of mist and dew; One was a dream of the old, old days, […]