Poems

O You Whom I Often And Silently Come O YOU whom I often and silently come where you are, that I may be with you; As […]

Of Him I Love Day And Night OF him I love day and night, I dream’d I heard he was dead; And I dream’d I went […]

Of The Terrible Doubt Of Apperarances OF the terrible doubt of appearances, Of the uncertainty after all–that we may be deluded, That may-be reliance and hope […]

Of The Visage Of Things OF the visages of things–And of piercing through to the accepted hells beneath; Of ugliness–To me there is just as much […]

Offerings A THOUSAND perfect men and women appear, Around each gathers a cluster of friends, and gay children and youths, with offerings.

Old Ireland FAR hence, amid an isle of wondrous beauty, Crouching over a grave, an ancient, sorrowful mother, Once a queen–now lean and tatter’d, seated on […]

On Journeys Through The States ON journeys through the States we start, (Ay, through the world–urged by these songs, Sailing henceforth to every land–to every sea […]

On Old Man’s Thought Of School AN old man’s thought of School; An old man, gathering youthful memories and blooms, that youth itself cannot. Now only […]

On The Beach At Night ON the beach, at night, Stands a child, with her father, Watching the east, the autumn sky. Up through the darkness, […]

On The Beach At Night, Alone ON the beach at night alone, As the old mother sways her to and fro, singing her husky song, As […]