• But Jesus said unto them, " They need not depart; give ye them to eat."

    And they said unto him, "We have here but five loaves, and two fishes." He

    said "Bring them hither to me." And he commanded the multitude to sit down

    on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to

    heaven, he blessed and...

  •       Lo, 'tis Indra! he who kindles, God of celestial fire;

          Who lights the thoughts of man with the flame of wild desire.

          Have you watched the changeful sky, crimson, amethyst, and gold?

          'T is his mantle, and the stars shine from every beaming fold.

          He rides the snow-white elephant, lashed from the pale...

  • An old man, going a lone highway,

    Came at the evening cold and gray,

    To a chasm, vast and deep and wide,

    Through which was flowing a sullen tide.

    The old man crossed in the twilight dim-

    That sullen stream had no fears for him;

    But he turned, when he reached the other side,

    And built a bridge...

  • Bring me the sunset in a cup,

    Reckon the morning's flagons up

    And say how many Dew,

    Tell me how far the morning leaps —

    Tell me what time the weaver sleeps

    Who spun the breadth of blue!


    Write me how many notes there be

    In the new Robin's ecstasy

    Among astonished boughs —...

  •  
    FABLE VIII.



    From a fine lady to her maid,

    A Gown descended of brocade.

    French!—Yes, from Paris—that's enough,

    That wou'd give dignity to fluff.
    5 By accident or by design,

    Or...

  • I sat me down upon a green bank-side,

    Skirting the smooth edge of a gentle river,

    Whose waters seemed unwillingly to glide,

    Like parting friends who linger while they sever;

    Enforced to go, yet seeming still unready,

    Backward they wind their way in many a wistful eddy.


    Gray o'er my head the yellow-...

  • A little farther on, there is a brook

    Where the breeze lingers idly. The high trees

    Have roof'd it with their crowding limbs and leaves,

    So that the sun drinks not from its sweet fount,

    And the shade cools it. You may hear it now,

    A low, faint beating, as, upon the leaves

    That lie beneath its rapids, it...

  • Brother of Ingots — Ah Peru —

    Empty the Hearts that purchased you —





    Sister of Ophir —

    Ah, Peru —

    Subtle the Sum

    That purchase you —





    Brother of Ophir

    Bright Adieu,

    Honor, the shortest route

    To you.

  • I will accept thy will to do and be,

       Thy hatred and intolerance of sin,

       Thy will at least to love, that burns within

          And thirsteth after Me:

    So will I render fruitful, blessing still,

       The germs and small beginnings in thy heart,

       Because thy will cleaves to the better part.—
    ...