Love Poems – Page 2515

The Stirrup-Cup

My short and happy day is done,
The long and dreary night comes on,
And at my door the pale horse stands …

John Hay English
From "The Song of the Ancient People"

We are the Ancient People;
Our father is the Sun;
Our mother, the Earth, where the mountains tower …

Edna Dean Proctor English
Heaven, O Lord, I Cannot Lose

Now summer finds her perfect prime;
Sweet blows the wind from western calms;
On every bower red roses climb; …

Edna Dean Proctor English
A Character

His face is truly of the Roman mould,
He bears within the heart of Cato, too;
Although his look may seem severe and cold, …

Charlotte Fiske Bates English
The Clue

Oh, frame some little word for me
None else shall ever hear or see,—
Something my soul can call her own, …

Charlotte Fiske Bates English
Delay

I do affirm that thou hast saved the race
As much as thou hast ever made it lose:
Men of quick action may thy name abuse, …

Charlotte Fiske Bates English
Woodbines in October

As dyed in blood the streaming vines appear,
While long and low the wind about them grieves:
The heart of Autumn must have broken here, …

Charlotte Fiske Bates English
The Living Book

This bears the seal of immortality,
For every soul that reads it feels the search
Of answering thought, and thousands there may be …

Charlotte Fiske Bates English
My Maryland

The despot’s heel is on thy shore,
Maryland!
His torch is at thy temple door, …

James Ryder Randall English
John Pelham

Just as the spring came laughing through the strife,
With all its gorgeous cheer,
In the bright April of historic life …

James Ryder Randall English