Poems

Daddy Fell into the Pond Everyone grumbled. The sky was grey. We had nothing to do and nothing to say. We were nearing the end of […]

Epilogue Carol, every violet has Heaven for a looking-glass! Every little valley lies Under many-clouded skies; Every little cottage stands Girt about with boundless lands. Every […]

Kilmeny (A Song of the Trawlers) Dark, dark, lay the drifters, against the red west, As they shot their long meshes of steel overside; And the […]

Princeton, May, 1917 Here Freedom stood by slaughtered friend and foe, And, ere the wrath paled or that sunset died, Looked through the ages; then, with […]

Resurrection Once more I hear the everlasting sea Breathing beneath the mountain’s fragrant breast, Come unto Me, come unto Me, And I will give you rest. […]

Shadows on the Down When daffodils danced in Chuck Hatch, and white clouds Drew their own shadowy purple across the hills, Darkening the valley where the […]

Shakespeare’s Kingdom When Shakespeare came to London He met no shouting throngs; He carried in his knapsack A scroll of quiet songs. No proud heraldic trumpet […]

Song I came to the door of the House of Love And knocked as the starry night went by; And my true love cried “Who knocks?” […]

The Barrel-Organ There’s a barrel-organ carolling across a golden street In the City as the sun sinks low; And the music’s not immortal; but the world […]

The Elfin Artist In a glade of an elfin forest When Sussex was Eden-new, I came on an elvish painter And watched as his picture grew, […]