Poems

Absence I love: and day by day, as absent, pine Barr’d from her sight and converse whom I love: And yet the fair by plighted vows […]

Ernest: The Rule Of Right – Book I BOOK I. The storm is in the sky–drear is the night– Distinction lost in darkness–starless all Heaven and […]

Ernest: The Rule Of Right – Book II BOOK II. There is a loveliness in the young day Unearthly: a bright spirit, simple and pure As […]

Ernest: The Rule Of Right – Book III BOOK III. Freedom, Love, Light, and Truth, these are four things That waste nor wane while they impart […]

Ernest: The Rule Of Right – Book IV BOOK IV. So did that youth choose Duty before Love: And so determination drove away The doubts that […]

Ernest: The Rule Of Right – Book IX BOOK IX. Rebellion, Patriotism, Loyalty, Ye are three words, bigger than most beside, Of portly presence, and bold […]

Ernest: The Rule Of Right – Book V BOOK V. So did the sire and son hold their discourse, Meeting in love, but haply e’er they […]

Ernest: The Rule Of Right – Book VI BOOK VI. Nature they wrong thee much, and they wrong Truth, Who from the name believe thee but […]

Ernest: The Rule Of Right – Book VII BOOK VII. He ended–and his speech from one so mild And maiden-like, amazed them utterly, As who should […]

Ernest: The Rule Of Right – Book VIII BOOK VIII. Oh, mighty Man! lord of this goodly earth! Thy lordship but shows forth thy littleness; For […]