Poems

Winfreda (A BALLAD IN THE ANGLO-SAXON TONGUE) When to the dreary greenwood gloam Winfreda’s husband strode that day, The fair Winfreda bode at home To toil […]

With brutus in st. jo Of all the opry-houses then obtaining in the West The one which Milton Tootle owned was, by all odds, the best; […]

With Trumpet and Drum With big tin trumpet and little red drum, Marching like soldiers, the children come! It ‘s this way and that way they […]

With two spoons for two spoons How trifling shall these gifts appear Among the splendid many That loving friends now send to cheer Harvey and Ellen […]

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe– Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea […]

Yvytot Where wail the waters in their flaw A spectre wanders to and fro, And evermore that ghostly shore Bemoans the heir of Yvytot. Sometimes, when, […]

A Regular Sort of a Guy He fights where the fighting is thickest And keeps his high honor clean; From finish to start, he is sturdy […]

Even as a child Even as a child my face was “gloomy.” I found few reasons to smile, none to laugh: father gutting his great gifts […]

It’s Great When You Get In They told me the water was lovely, That I ought to go for a swim, The air was maybe a […]

To Winter “Blow, blow, thou winter wind.” Away from here, And I shall greet thy passing breath Without a tear. I do not love thy snow […]