Poems

Sixty to Sixteen If I were young as you, Sixteen, And you were old as I, I would not be as I have been, You would […]

Song What shall a man remember In days when he is old, And Life is a dying ember, And Fame a story told? Power—that came to […]

Spring Dirge A child came singing through the dusty town A song so sweet that all men stayed to hear, Forgetting for a space their ancient […]

Symbols ’Tis said that the Passion Flower, With its figures of spear and sword And hammer and nails, is a symbol Of the Woe of our […]

Tamerlane LO, upon the carpet, where Throned upon a heap of slain Blue-eyed dolls of beauty rare (Ah, they pleaded all in vain!) Sits the Infant […]

The Ascetic The Narrow, thorny path he trod. “Enter into My joy,” said God. The sad ascetic shook his head; “I’ve lost all taste for joy,” […]

The Cruise of the ‘In Memoriam’ The wan light of a stormy dawn Gleamed on a tossing ship: It was the In Memoriam Upon a mourning […]

The Days go by THE DAYS go by—the days go by, Sadly and wearily to die: Each with its burden of small cares, Each with its […]

The Dead Child ALL silent is the room, There is no stir of breath, Save mine, as in the gloom I sit alone with Death. Short […]

The Dove Within his office, smiling. Sat Joseph Chamberlain, But all the screws of Birmingham Were working in his brain. The heart within his bosom Was […]