Love Poems – Page 2514

Comrades

One steed I have of common clay,
And one no less than regal;
By day I jog on old Saddlebags, …

Henry Ames Blood English
The Two Mysteries

We know not what it is, dear, this sleep so deep and still;
The folded hands, the awful calm, the cheek so pale and chill;
The lids that will not lift again, though we may call and call; …

Mary Mapes Dodge English
Once Before

Once before, this self-same air
Passed me, though I know not where.
Strange! how very like it came! …

Mary Mapes Dodge English
The Stars

They wait all day unseen by us, unfelt;
Patient they bide behind the day’s full glare;
And we, who watched the dawn when they were there, …

Mary Mapes Dodge English
Shadow-Evidence

Swift o’er the sunny grass,
I saw a shadow pass
With subtle charm,— …

Mary Mapes Dodge English
From "The Brook"

Through his million veins are poured
The splendors of the heaven whence he fell.
Wise above his thought is he: …

William Bull Wright English
Liberty

What man is there so bold that he should say,
“Thus, and thus only, would I have the Sea”?
For whether lying calm and beautiful, …

John Hay English
The Surrender of Spain

Land of unconquered Pelayo! land of the Cid Campeador!
Sea-girdled mother of men! Spain, name of glory and power;
Cradle of world-grasping Emperors, grave of the reckless invader, …

John Hay English
Pike County Ballads

Wall, no! I can’t tell whar he lives,
Becase he don’t live, you see;
Leastways, he ’s got out of the habit …

John Hay English
Little Breeches

I don’t go much on religion,
I never ain’t had no show;
But I ’ve got a middlin’ tight grip, sir, …

John Hay English