Martha Gilbert Dickinson

Poems (6)

• A Priest's Prayer

  Over the dim confessional cried / Father Amatus,—cloistered young,— …

• Forgiveness Lane

  Forgiveness lane is old as youth, / You cannot miss your way; …

• Heaven

  only to find Forever, blest / By thine encircling arm; …

• Her Music

  It trembled off the keys,—a parting kiss / So sweet,—the angel slept upon his sword …

• Reality

  These are my scales to weigh reality,— / A dream, a chord, a longing, love of Thee. …

• Unanswered

  I wanted you when skies were red, / And now the sky is gray; …