Poems

Terence, This is Stupid Stuff “Terence, this is stupid stuff! You eat your victuals fast enough; There can’t be much amiss, ’tis clear, To see the […]

The Carpenter’s Son “Here the hangman stops his cart: Now the best of friends must part. Fare you well, for ill fare I: Live, lads, and […]

The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux The chestnut casts his flambe aux, and the flowers Stream from the hawthorn on the wind away, The doors clap to, […]

The Day of Battle “Far I hear the bugle blow To call me where I would not go, And the guns begin the song, ‘Soldier, fly […]

The Fairies Break Their Dances The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn, And up from India glances The silver sail of dawn. The […]

The Grizzly Bear The Grizzly Bear is huge and wild It has devoured the little child. The little child is unaware It has been eaten by […]

The Immortal Part When I meet the morning beam, Or lay me down at night to dream, I hear my bones within me say, “Another night, […]

The Isle of Portland The star-filled seas are smooth to-night From France to England strown; Black towers above the Portland light The felon-quarried stone. On yonder […]

The Lads in Their Hundreds The lads in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair, There’s men from the barn and the forge and […]

The Laws of God, The Laws of Man The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let […]