Poems

Nebuchadnezzar: Canto VIII: The End Of Nebuchadnezzar I At morn the King arose: He bade be sought Embalmers taught in Egypt; they were brought. With linen […]

Night From sleepless work, and a ne’er-setting sun, Imagination shrinking with affright, Turns with fresh thankfulness to thee, O Night. Come up the shaded East, silent, […]

Noon At times a bird slides through the glossy air, O’er the enamelled woodlands; but no chirp Of song is heard: all’s dumb and panting heat. […]

Our Young Painter The beetling shore he roamed, Black-bitten, honeycombed. High on the ness he watched the press Of mystery in the coming waves; Lo! back […]

Recovery From Sickness The little boy lies still. Rufflings of leaves Give him their freshness; swallows from the eaves Twitter their matins sweet; and far away […]

Second Tale: Othuriel: Canto I: The Burial Forth comes the day: Othuriel through the land Of Judah southward leads that Roman band, To help Vespasian from […]

Second Tale: Othuriel: Canto II: Othuriel’s Interview With Joanna Othuriel wakes; a glimmer shows him laid, But where he knows not, on a broidered bed. Came […]

Second Tale: Othuriel: Canto III: The Assualt By Night Still is the eve on high Jerusalem’s walls, Save lonely sentinel heard at intervals, As he with […]

Second Tale: Othuriel: Canto IV: Othuriel Brings Tamar To Jerusalem Othuriel south, by Salem’s eastern side, Went; frequent fires above a light supplied. Slowly he rode […]

Second Tale: Othuriel: Canto V: Othuriel A Prisoner Weeks o’er Othuriel went; in silent haste For him each morn was bread by Tamar placed. But now […]