Love Poems – Page 2505

Voice

Said the archangels, moving in their glory,
Seeing the suns bend out along their courses,
Seeing the earth swim up in vernal light, …

Harriet Prescott Spofford English
The Hunt

Wild stream the clouds, and the fresh wind is singing,
Red is the dawn, and the world white with rime,—
Music, O music! The hunter’s horn ringing! …

Harriet Prescott Spofford English
To-night

Bend low, O dusky Night,
And give my spirit rest.
Hold me to your deep breast, …

Louise Chandler Moulton English
A Painted Fan

Roses and butterflies snared on a fan,
All that is left of a summer gone by;
Of swift, bright wings that flashed in the sun, …

Louise Chandler Moulton English
The Shadow Dance

She sees her image in the glass,—
How fair a thing to gaze upon!
She lingers while the moments run, …

Louise Chandler Moulton English
Laus Veneris

Pallid with too much longing,
White with passion and prayer,
Goddess of love and beauty, …

Louise Chandler Moulton English
Laura Sleeping

Come hither and behold this lady’s face,
Who lies asleep, as if strong Death had kissed
Upon her eyes the kiss none can resist, …

Louise Chandler Moulton English
Hic Jacet

So love is dead that has been quick so long!
Close, then, his eyes, and bear him to his rest,
With eglantine and myrtle on his breast, …

Louise Chandler Moulton English
The Last Good-By

How shall we know it is the last good-by?
The skies will not be darkened in that hour,
No sudden blight will fall on leaf or flower, …

Louise Chandler Moulton English
Were but My Spirit Loosed upon the Air

Were but my spirit loosed upon the air,—
By some High Power who could Life’s chains unbind,
Set free to seek what most it longs to find,— …

Louise Chandler Moulton English