Poems

To Mr Edward Howard… Come on, ye critics! Find one fault who dare, For, read it backward like a witch’s prayer, ‘Twill do as well; throw […]

To Mr. Edward Howard on His New Utopia Thou damn’d antipodes to common sense! Thou foil to Flecknoe! Prithee tell from whence Does all this mighty […]

Brock One voice, one people, one in heart And soul and feeling and desire. Re-light the smouldering martial fire And sound the mute trumpet! Strike the […]

Harvest Hymn GOD of the Harvest, Thou, whose sun Has ripened all the golden grain, We bless Thee for Thy bounteous store, The cup of Plenty […]

Lyric to the Isles Here the spirit of Beauty keepeth Jubilee for evermore; Here the voice of Gladness leapeth, Echoing from shore to shore. O’er the […]

Sonnet I sat within the temple of her heart, And watched the living Soul as it passed through, Arrayed in pearly vestments, white and pure. The […]

The Plains of Abraham I STOOD upon the Plain, That had trembled when the slain, Hurled their proud defiant curses at the battle-hearted foe, When the […]

The Rapid ALL peacefully gliding, The waters dividing, The indolent batteau moved slowly along, The rowers, light-hearted, From sorrow long parted, Beguiled the dull moments with […]

The Soldier to the Plough NO maiden dream, nor fancy theme, Brown Labour’s muse would sing; Her stately mien and russet sheen Demand a stronger wing. […]

The Wine of Song WITHIN Fancy’s halls I sit and quaff Rich draughts of the wine of Song, And I drink and drink To the very […]