Love Poems – Page 2569

Blondel

Within my heart I long have kept
A little chamber cleanly swept,
Embroidered with a fleur-de-lis, …

Clarence Urmy English
A Song's Worth

I made a song for my dear love’s delight;
I wrought with all sweet words my heart could lend
To longing lips, and thrilled with joy to send …

Susan Marr Spalding English
The Sea's Spell

Beneath thy spell, O radiant summer sea,—
Lulled by thy voice, rocked on thy shining breast,
Fanned by thy soft breath, by thy touch caressed,— …

Susan Marr Spalding English
The Unillumined Verge

They tell you that Death ’s at the turn of the road,
That under the shade of a cypress you ’ll find him,
And, struggling on wearily, lashed by the goad …

Robert Bridges English
James McCosh

Young to the end through sympathy with youth,
Gray man of learning,—champion of truth!
Direct in rugged speech, alert in mind, …

Robert Bridges English
En Garde, Messieurs

En garde, Messieurs, too long have I endured,
Too long with patience borne the world’s rebuff;
Now he who shoulders me shall find me rough; …

William Lindsey English
The Hundred-Yard Dash

Give me a race that is run in a breath,
Straight from the start to the “tape;”
Distance hath charms, but a “Ding Dong” means death, …

William Lindsey English
I Served in a Great Cause - Traubel

I served in a great cause:
Long had I doubted the call I heard, wantoning the seasons dead;
The opportune days were deserts, the sunlight fell on a waste, …

Horace L English
If All the Voices of Men - Traubel

If all the voices of men called out warning you, and you could not join your voice with their voices,
If all the faces of men were turned one way and you met them face to face, you going another,—
You still must not be persuaded to capitulation; you will remember that the road runs east as well a…

Horace L English
Epicedium - Traubel

Like to the leaf that falls,
Like to the rose that fades,
Thou art—and still art not! …

Horace L English