Mary Ainge De Vere
Best-known poems
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The Spinner
The spinner twisted her slender thread
As she sat and spun:
“The earth and the heavens are mine,” she said, …
All poems (9)
- A BreathA breath can fan love’s flame to burning,—
- A FarewellI put thy hand aside, and turn away:
- Faith TremblingWere i a happy bird,
- Friend and LoverWhen psyche’s friend becomes her lover,
- God Keep YouGod keep you, dearest, all this lonely night:
- Poet and LarkWhen leaves turn outward to the light,
- The SpinnerThe spinner twisted her slender thread
- The Wind-Swept WheatFaint, faint and clear,
- When the Most Is SaidWhat ’s love, when the most is said? The flash of the lightning fleet,