Poems

Early Adieux Adieu to kindred hearts and home, To pleasure, joy, and mirth, A fitter foot than mine to roam Could scarcely tread the earth; For […]

Fauconshawe Fauconshawe [A Ballad] To fetch clear water out of the spring The little maid Margaret ran; From the stream to the castle’s western wing It […]

Fragmentary Scenes from the Road to Avernus Fragmentary Scenes from the Road to Avernus An Unpublished Dramatic Lyric Scene I “Discontent” LAURENCE RABY. Laurence: I said […]

From Lightning and Tempest The spring-wind pass’d through the forest, and whispered low in the leaves, And the cedar toss’d her head, and the oak stood […]

From the Wreck “Turn out, boys!” — “What’s up with our super. to-night? The man’s mad — Two hours to daybreak I’d swear — Stark mad […]

Gone IN Collins Street standeth a statute tall, A statue tall, on a pillar of stone, Telling its story, to great and small, Of the dust […]

Hippodromania; or, Whiffs from the Pipe Hippodromania; or, Whiffs from the Pipe In Five Parts Part I Visions in the Smoke Rest, and be thankful! On […]

How we Beat the Favourite How we Beat the Favourite A Lay of the Loamshire Hunt Cup “Aye, squire,” said Stevens, “they back him at evens; […]

Laudamus The Lord shall slay or the Lord shall save! He is righteous whether He save or slay — Brother, give thanks for the gifts He […]

No Name “A stone upon her heart and head, But no name written on that stone; Sweet neighbours whisper low instead, This sinner was a loving […]