Poems

Pastor Cum When he, that shepherd false, ‘neath Phrygian sails, Carried his hostess Helen o’er the seas, In fitful slumber Nereus hush’d the gales, That he […]

Podas Okus Am I waking? Was I sleeping? Dearest, are you watching yet? Traces on your cheeks of weeping Glitter, ’tis in vain you fret; Drifting […]

Quare Fatigasti Two years ago I was thinking On the changes that years bring forth; Now I stand where I then stood drinking The gust and […]

Rippling Water The maiden sat by the river side (The rippling water murmurs by), And sadly into the clear blue tide The salt tear fell from […]

Sunlight on the Sea Sunlight on the Sea [The Philosophy of a Feast] Make merry, comrades, eat and drink (The sunlight flickers on the sea), The […]

The Last Leap ALL is over! fleet career, Dash of greyhound slipping thongs, Flight of falcon, bound of deer, Mad hoof-thunder in our rear, Cold air […]

The Old Leaven A Dialogue Mark: So, Maurice, you sail to-morrow, you say? And you may or may not return? Be sociable, man! for once in […]

The Rhyme of Joyous Garde Through the lattice rushes the south wind, dense With fumes of the flowery frankincense From hawthorn blossoming thickly; And gold is […]

The Roll of the Kettledrum; or, The Lay of the Last Charger “You have the Pyrrhic dance as yet, Where is the Pyrrhic phalanx gone? Of […]

The Romance of Britomarte ~~~ I’ll tell you a story; but pass the “jack”, And let us make merry to-night, my men. Aye, those were the […]