Poems

By an Evolutionist By an Evolutionist The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, ‘Am I […]

Claribel Where Claribel low-lieth The breezes pause and die, Letting the rose-leaves fall: But the solemn oak-tree sigheth, Thick-leaved, ambrosial, With an ancient melody Of an […]

Come down, O Maid COME down, O maid, from yonder mountain height: What pleasure lives in height (the shepherd sang), In height and cold, the splendour […]

Come Into the Garden, Maud Come into the garden, Maud, For the black bat, Night, has flown, Come into the garden, Maud, I am here at […]

Come Into the Garden, Maud II O that ’twere possible After long grief and pain To find the arms of my true love Round me once […]

Come not when I am dead Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, […]

Cradle Song What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, […]

Crossing the Bar Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out […]

CXV: Spring Now fades the last long streak of snow, Now burgeons every maze of quick About the flowering squares, and thick By ashen roots the […]

Dedication Dedication These to His Memory–since he held them dear, Perchance as finding there unconsciously Some image of himself–I dedicate, I dedicate, I consecrate with tears– […]