Poems

The Souls of the Slain. I The thick lids of Night closed upon me Alone at the Bill Of the Isle by the Race – Many-caverned, […]

The Stranger’s Song O My trade it is the rarest one, Simple shepherds all– My trade is a sight to see; For my customers I tie, […]

The Subalterns I “Poor wanderer,” said the leaden sky, “I fain would lighten thee, But there are laws in force on high Which say it must […]

The Sun on the Bookcase Once more the cauldron of the sun Smears the bookcase with winy red, And here my page is, and there my […]

The Temporary The All CHANGE and chancefulness in my flowering youthtime, Set me sun by sun near to one unchosen; Wrought us fellowly, and despite divergence, […]

The To-be-forgotten I I heard a small sad sound, And stood awhile among the tombs around: “Wherefore, old friends,” said I, “are you distrest, Now, screened […]

The Two Men THERE were two youths of equal age, Wit, station, strength, and parentage; They studied at the self-same schools, And shaped their thoughts by […]

The Voice Woman much missed, how you call to me, call to me, Saying that now you are not as you were When you had changed […]

The Year’s Awakening How do you know that the pilgrim track Along the belting zodiac Swept by the sun in his seeming rounds Is traced by […]

Then and Now When battles were fought With a chivalrous sense of should and ought, In spirit men said, “End we quick or dead, Honour is […]