Poems

The Wayfarer Love entered in my heart one day, A sad, unwelcome guest; But when he begged that he might stay, I let him wait and […]

The Wind A wind is blowing over my soul, I hear it cry the whole night thro’ — Is there no peace for me on earth […]

The Years To-night I close my eyes and see A strange procession passing me– The years before I saw your face Go by me with a […]

There Will Come Soft Rains There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in […]

Thoughts When I can make my thoughts come forth To walk like ladies up and down, Each one puts on before the glass Her most becoming […]

Tides Love in my heart was a fresh tide flowing Where the starlike sea gulls soar; The sun was keen and the foam was blowing High […]

To a Castillan Song We held the book together timidly, Whose antique music in an alien tongue Once rose among the dew-drenched vines that hung Beneath […]

To an Aeolian Harp The winds have grown articulate in thee, And voiced again the wail of ancient woe That smote upon the winds of long […]

To Cleïs (The daughter of Sappho) When the dusk was wet with dew, Cleïs, did the muses nine Listen in a silent line While your mother […]

To Dick, on his Sixth Birthday Tho’ I am very old and wise, And you are neither wise nor old, When I look far into your […]