Poems

After All The apples are ripe in the orchard, The work of the reaper is done, And the golden woodlands redden In the blood of the […]

‘Tis Said, That Some Have Died For Love ‘Tis said, that some have died for love: And here and there a churchyard grave is found In […]

A Character I marvel how Nature could ever find space For so many strange contrasts in one human face: There’s thought and no thought, and there’s […]

A Complaint There is a change–and I am poor; Your love hath been, nor long ago, A fountain at my fond heart’s door, Whose only business […]

A Narrow Girdle of Rough Stones and Crags A narrow girdle of rough stones and crags, A rude and natural causeway, interposed Between the water and […]

A Night Thought Lo! where the Moon along the sky Sails with her happy destiny; Oft is she hid from mortal eye Or dimly seen, But […]

A Night-Piece ——The sky is overcast With a continuous cloud of texture close, Heavy and wan, all whitened by the Moon, Which through that veil is […]

A Poet! He Hath Put his Heart to School . A poet!–He hath put his heart to school, Nor dares to move unpropped upon the staff […]

A Poet’s Epitaph Art thou a Statist in the van Of public conflicts trained and bred? –First learn to love one living man; ‘Then’ may’st thou […]

A Whirl-Blast from Behind the Hill A Whirl-Blast from behind the hill Rushed o’er the wood with startling sound; Then–all at once the air was still, […]