Poems

The Demonaic: Chapter IV: Herman’s Sickness ‘Twas now the time when, stepping down from her ethereal bowers, The touch of Spring’s dew-sandalled foot kindles the earth […]

The Demonaic: Chapter V: Herman’s Blessing ‘Twas now the golden Autumn-tide: Herman lay on his bed, Through a small lattice on his face the yellow light […]

The Demonaic: Chapter VI: Miriam At The Hill Of Cavalry The Holy City Miriam reached; but Jesus was not there, For He was gone to Galilee. […]

The Demonaic: Chapter VII: Miriam’s Interview With Her Sainted Daughter, Judith The mourners from the house of wo, the minstrels forth were gone; Deep in the […]

The Devil’s Dream On Mount Aksbeck Beyond the north where Ural hills from polar tempests run, A glow went forth at midnight hour as of unwonted […]

The Goldspink And Thistle Our marly road is cracked and white: There they be, the Spink and Thistle. O the seed! but O the bristle! Hovering […]

The Holy Cottage “Come near, my child!” the dying father said. Life’s twilight dews lay heavy on his brow. How softly o’er him did that daughter […]

The Last Day It might be noon; but Time’s dull tide On the dial-stone is petrified: The lines are stretch’d from side to side, But no […]

The Lyre Life to the kosmic ages! Lyre, Burst in blessing, high and higher, Still to Him, all to Him, Throned above the cherubim, Whose “Be” […]

The Old Soldier: Campaign The First “Glory of War! But there—behold the end!” 2The Old Soldier said: ’twas by his evening fire, Winter the time: so […]