Poems

The Dalliance Of The Eagles SKIRTING the river road, (my forenoon walk, my rest,) Skyward in air a sudden muffled sound, the dalliance of the eagles, […]

The Indications THE indications, and tally of time; Perfect sanity shows the master among philosophs; Time, always without flaw, indicates itself in parts; What always indicates […]

The Last Invocation At the last, tenderly, From the walls of the powerful fortress’d house, From the clasp of the knitted locks, from the keep of […]

The Mystic Trumpeter . HARK! some wild trumpeter–some strange musician, Hovering unseen in air, vibrates capricious tunes to-night. I hear thee, trumpeter–listening, alert, I catch thy […]

The Ox tamer IN a faraway northern county, in the placid, pastoral region, Lives my farmer friend, the theme of my recitative, a famous Tamer of […]

The Prairie States A NEWER garden of creation, no primal solitude, Dense, joyous, modern, populous millions, cities and farms, With iron interlaced, composite, tied, many in […]

The Prairie-Grass Dividing THE prairie-grass dividing–its special odor breathing, I demand of it the spiritual corresponding, Demand the most copious and close companionship of men, Demand […]

The Runner ON a flat road runs the well-train’d runner; He is lean and sinewy, with muscular legs; He is thinly clothed–he leans forward as he […]

The Ship Starting LO! THE unbounded sea! On its breast a Ship starting, spreading all her sails–an ample Ship, carrying even her moonsails; The pennant is […]

The Singer In The Prison O sight of shame, and pain, and dole! O fearful thought–a convict Soul! RANG the refrain along the hall, the prison, […]