Love Poems – Page 2519

Starlight

“look up,” she said; and all the heavens blazed
With countless myriads of quiet stars,
Whereon a moment silently he gazed, …

John White Chadwick English
The Rise of Man

Thou for whose birth the whole creation yearned
Through countless ages of the morning world,
Who, first in fiery vapors dimly hurled, …

John White Chadwick English
His Mother's Joy

Little, i ween, did Mary guess,
As on her arm her baby lay,
What tides of joy would swell and beat, …

John White Chadwick English
A Wedding-Song

I said: “My heart, now let us sing a song
For a fair lady on her wedding-day;
Some solemn hymn or pretty roundelay, …

John White Chadwick English
Army Correspondent's Last Ride

Ho! pony. Down the lonely road
Strike now your cheeriest pace!
The woods on fire do not burn higher …

George Alfred Townsend English
In Rama

A little face there was,
When all her pains were done,
Beside that face I loved: …

George Alfred Townsend English
The Fool's Prayer

The royal feast was done; the King
Sought some new sport to banish care,
And to his jester cried: “Sir Fool, …

Edward Rowland Sill English
Before Sunrise in Winter

A purple cloud hangs half-way down;
Sky, yellow gold below;
The naked trees, beyond the town, …

Edward Rowland Sill English
The Lover's Song

Lend me thy fillet, Love!
I would no longer see:
Cover mine eyelids close awhile, …

Edward Rowland Sill English
The Coup de Grace

if i were very sure
That all was over betwixt you and me,—
That, while this endless absence I endure …

Edward Rowland Sill English