Poems

The Legend Of Lady Gertrude I. Fallen the lofty halls, where vassal crowds Drank in the dawn of Gertrude’s natal day. The dungeon roof an Alpine […]

The Magic Wand As an April garden Breathes the scent of rain– Rain that calls her treasures Back to life again– So my spirit quickens to […]

The Midnight Mass An Incident of the French Revolution. THE light lay trembling in a silver bar Along the western borders of the sky; From out […]

The Mob Why stand dumbfounded and aghast, As at invading armies sweeping by, Surprised by haggard face and threatening cry, The storm unheralded, that rose so […]

The Night Watchman, what of the night? See you a streak of light? Whither, O Captain of the quest, The course we steer for Port of […]

The Old Maid’s Story Ay, many and many a year’s gone by, Since the dawn of that day in spring, When we met in the pine-woods, […]

The Old Manor House An old house, crumbling half away, all barnacled and lichen-grown, Of saddest, mellowest, softest grey,–with a grand history of its own– Grand […]

The Resting-Place “Because I live, ye shall live also.” Calmly the Paschal moonlight now is sleeping On mossy hillock and on headstone grey, Where still our […]

The Season And must I wear a silken life, Hemmed in by city walls? And must I give my garden up For theatres and balls? Nay, […]

The Silence In The Church (No. 1.) O Holy Spirit, we entreat, Send down Thy quickening fire; Let Thine own presence, dread and sweet, These waiting […]