In the Beginning when, out of dar… The Earth, the Heaven, The stars, the seasons, The mighty mainland, And whale-ploughed water,

‘River rolling past the grey Battlements of yesterday, Palace strongholds reared by hands Summoned from transalpine lands, Skilled in wedding strength with g…

In the ages of Faith, before the… When men were too proud to weep or… There stood in a red-roofed Breto… Snugly nestled 'twixt sea and down… A chapel for simple souls to meet,

Let the weary world go round! What care I? Life’s a surfeiting of sound: I would die. It would be so sweet to lie

So you think he is defeated, O ye… And that Victory is meted in your… O ye fools! though justice tarry,… Right, howe’er it may miscarry, er… And you think a wounded hero may h…

Church-doors should still stand op… Open to all who come for praise or… Laden with gift of love or load of… Nimbused with gold, or flecked wit… Mother, or snow-white bride, or pa…

O envious Autumn wind, to blow From covert vale and woodland cres… The mellow leaves, just as they gl… Brightest and loveliest; To strip the maples black and bare…

Let not the roses lie Too thickly tangled round my tomb, Lest fleecy clouds that skim the s… Flinging their faint soft shadows,… And know not over whom.

Farewell! I breathe that wonted p… But oh! though countless leagues d… Our gaze, our grasp, they shall no… My soul, my spirit, from thy side. Waking or sleeping, thou shalt own

The hills slope down to the valley… And my heart, my heart, O far one… But only the feet of the mountain… And the source and soul of the hur… The dawn is sick for the daylight,…

Whither, and whence, and why hast… Thou art dumb, my muse; thou art d… As a waterless stream, as a leafle… What have I done to banish thee? But a moon ago, the whole day long

Where Autumn runnels fret and foa… Past banks of amber fern, Since track was none I chanced to… Along a Border burn. The rain was gone, the winds were…

So at length the word is uttered w… ‘Twixt his teeth, by envy fluttere… And the dogs of war are loosèd, an… That the might of France abusèd m… O thou nation, base, besotted, who…

Time, thou supreme inexorable Jud… Whom none can bribe, and none can… Who unto party rancour, private gr… Calmly opposeth equitable law, Before whom advocacy vainly strive…

Why did you come when the trees we… Why did you come with the wintry a… When the faint note dies in the ro… And the gables drip and the white… What a strange, strange season to…