Love Poems – Page 2508

The Beautiful

The beautiful, which mocked his fond pursuing,
The poet followed long;
With passionate purpose the shy shadow wooing, …

John Aylmer Dorgan English
The Dead Solomon

King solomon stood in the house of the Lord,
And the Genii silently wrought around,
Toiling and moiling without a word, …

John Aylmer Dorgan English
The School Girl

From some sweet home, the morning train
Brings to the city,
Five days a week, in sun or rain, …

William Henry Venable English
My Catbird

Prime cantante!
Scherzo! Andante!
Piano, pianissimo! …

William Henry Venable English
The Modern Romans

Under the slanting light of the yellow sun of October,
A “gang of Dagos” were working close by the side of the car track.
Pausing a moment to catch a note of their liquid Italian, …

Charles Frederick Johnson English
Then and Now

To me the earth once seemed to be
Most beautiful and fair;
All living creatures were to me, …

Charles Frederick Johnson English
Seaward

How long it seems since that mild April night,
When, leaning from the window, you and I
Heard, clearly ringing from the shadowy bight, …

Celia Thaxter English
The Sandpiper

Across the narrow beach we flit,
One little sandpiper and I,
And fast I gather, bit by bit, …

Celia Thaxter English
May Morning

Warm, wild, rainy wind, blowing fitfully,
Stirring dreamy breakers on the slumberous May sea,
What shall fail to answer thee? What thing shall withstand …

Celia Thaxter English
My Queen

He loves not well whose love is bold!
I would not have thee come too nigh:
The sun’s gold would not seem pure gold …

William Winter English