Poems
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“I saw two clouds at morning”
I Saw two clouds at morning, / Tinged by the rising sun, / And in the dawn they floated on, … -
“I would I were an excellent divine”
I Would I were an excellent divine, / That had the Bible at my fingers’ ends; / That men might hear out of this mouth of mine … -
“If doughty deeds my lady please”
If doughty deeds my lady please, / Right soon I ’ll mount my steed, / And strong his arm and fast his seat … -
“If I should die to-night”
IF I should die to-night, / My friends would look upon my quiet face / Before they laid it in its resting-place, … -
“If it be true that any beauteous thing”
From the Italian by John Edward Taylor / IF it be true that any beauteous thing / Raises the pure and just desire of man … -
“If thou wert by my side, my love”
Lines Written to His Wife, While on a Visit to Upper India / IF thou wert by my side, my love! / How fast would evening fail … -
“If we had but a day”
We should fill the hours with the sweetest things, / If we had but a day; / We should drink alone at the purest springs … -
“If we knew”
Or, Blessings of To-day / IF we knew the woe and heart-ache / That await us on the road; … -
“Ilka blade o’ grass keps its ain drap o’ dew”
Confide ye aye in Providence, for Providence is kind, / And bear ye a’ life’s changes, wi’ a calm and tranquil mind, / Though pressed and hemmed on every side, ha’e faith and ye ’ll win through, … -
“In the wide awe and wisdom of the night”
In the wide awe and wisdom of the night / I saw the round world rolling on its way, / Beyond significance of depth or height, …
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