Poems

Lines – 1875 Go down where the wavelets are kissing the shore, And ask of them why do they sigh? The poets have asked them a […]

Reverie Only a few more years! Weary years! Only a few more tears! Bitter tears! And then — and then — like other men, I cease […]

Song Of The Mystic I walk down the Valley of Silence — Down the dim, voiceless valley — alone! And I hear not the fall of […]

The Conquered Banner Furl that Banner, for ’tis weary; Round its staff ’tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there’s not a […]

The South Yes, give me the land Where the ruins are spread, And the living tread light On the heart of the dead; Yes, give me […]

The Sword Of Robert Lee Forth from its scabbard, pure and bright, Flashed the sword of Lee! Far in the front of the deadly fight, High […]

The Causes of Anger and It’s Medicine Know, O dear readers, that the medicine of a disease is to remove the root cause of that disease. […]

“After Our Likeness” Before me now a little picture lies– A little shadow of a childish face, Childishly sweet, yet with the dawning grace Of thought […]

“This Enlightened Age” A Meditation in the British Museum. I say it to myself–in meekest awe Of Progress, electricity and steam, Of this almighty age–this liberal […]

A Dream Of Venice Numb, half asleep, and dazed with whirl of wheels, And gasp of steam, and measured clank of chains, I heard a blithe […]