Poems

The Tree of Laughing Bells [A Poem for Aviators] How the Wings Were Made From many morning-glories That in an hour will fade, From many pansy […]

The Unpardonable Sin This is the sin against the Holy Ghost: — To speak of bloody power as right divine, And call on God to guard […]

The Wedding of the Rose and the Lotos The wide Pacific waters And the Atlantic meet. With cries of joy they mingle, In tides of love […]

The Wizard in the Street [Concerning Edgar Allan Poe] Who now will praise the Wizard in the street With loyal songs, with humors grave and sweet […]

This Section is a Christmas Tree This section is a Christmas tree: Loaded with pretty toys for you. Behold the blocks, the Noah’s arks, The popguns […]

This, My Song, Is Made For Kerensky (Being a Chant of the American Soap-Box and the Russian Revolution.) O market square, O slattern place, Is glory […]

Titian Would that such hills and cities round us sang, Such vistas of the actual earth and man As kindled Titian when his life began; Would […]

To Buddha Awake again in Asia, Lord of Peace, Awake and preach, for her far swordsmen rise. And would they sheathe the sword before you, friend, […]

To Gloriana Girl with the burning golden eyes, And red-bird song, and snowy throat: I bring you gold and silver moons, And diamond stars, and mists […]

To Jane Addams at the Hague I. SPEAK NOW FOR PEACE Lady of Light, and our best woman, and queen, Stand now for peace, (though anger […]