I held the golden vessel of my soul And prayed that God would fill it from… Day after day the importuning cry Grew stronger-grew, a heaven-accusing do… Because no sacred waters laved my bowl.
Is the goal distant, and troubled the ro… And the way long? And heavy your load? Then gird up your courage, and say ‘I a… And keep going.
Just as I shape the purport of my thoug… Lord of the Universe, shape Thou my lot… Let each ill thought that in my heart ma… Mould circumstance and bring ill luck to… Until I weed the garden of my mind
A Tribute To The Policemen Of Englan… Here in my cosy corner, Before a blazing log, I’m thinking of cold London Wrapped in its killing fog;
The Radiant Ruler of Mystic Regions Where souls of artists are fitted for bi… Gathered together their lovely legions And fashioned a woman to shine on earth. They bathed her in splendor
Two dead men boarded a spectral ship In the astral Port of Space; On that ghost-filled barque, they met in… And halted, face to face. ‘Now whither away’– called one of the gh…
Strange are the ways that her feet have… Since first she was set in the path of d… Finished and fair by the hand of God, To carry her message of love and beauty. Delicate creature of light and shade,
They are waking, they are waking, In the east, and in the west; They are throwing wide their windows to… And they see the dawn is breaking, And they quiver with unrest,
I am thinking of the Springtime On the farm out in the West, When my world held nothing for me that… (Save a courage all undaunted), And my foolish little rhymes,
If one proves weak who you fancied stron… Or false who you fancied true, Just ease the smart of your wounded hear… By the thought that it is not you! If many forget a promise made,
Over and over the task was set, Over and over I slighted the work, But ever and alway I knew that yet I must face and finish the toil I shirk… Over and over the whip of pain
Wherever the white man’s feet have trod (Oh far does the white man stray) A bold road rifles the virginal sod, And the forest wakes out of its dream of… To yield him the right of way.
Above her veil a shrouded Moorish maid Showed melting eyes, as limpid as a lake… A brow untouched by care; a band of jett… And nothing more. The all-concealing ha… Fell to her high arched instep. At her…
When God created this good world A few stupendous peaks were hurled From His strong hand, and they remain The wonder of the level plain. But these colossal heights are rare,
Death! I know not what room you are ab… But I will go my way, Rejoicing day by day, Nor will I flee or stay For fear I tread the path you may be hi…
The days grow shorter, the nights grow l… The headstones thicken along the way, And life grows sadder, but love grows st… For those who walk with us day by day. The tear comes quicker, the laugh comes…
Pausing a moment ere the day was done, While yet the earth was scintillant with… I backward glanced. From valley, plain… At intervals, where my life-path had run… Rose cross on cross; and nailed upon eac…
The voices of the city—merged and swelle… Into a mighty dissonance of sound, And from the medley rose these broken st… In changing time and ever-changing keys. Pleasure seekers, silken clad,
If Christ came questioning His world to… (If Christ came questioning,) ‘What hast thou done to glorify thy God… Since last My feet this lower earth pla… How could I answer Him; and in what way
A beautiful great lady, past her prime, Behold her dreaming in her easy chair; Gray robed, and veiled; in laces old and… Her smiling eyes see but the vanished ti… Of splendid prowess, and of deeds sublim…
‘Be not attached.’ So runs the great c… For those who seek to ‘know’ and ‘unders… Who sounds the waters of the deeper sea Must first draw up his anchor and go fre… But not for me, that knowledge. I must…
Along a narrow Moorish street A blue-eyed soldier strode. (Ah, well-a-day.) Veiled from her lashes to her feet She stepped from her abode,
I am the Voice of the Voiceless Through me the dumb shall speak Till the world’s deaf ear be made to hea… The wrongs of the wordless weak. Oh shame on the mothers of mortals
Time has made conquest of so many things That once were mine. Swift-footed, eag… That ran to meet the years; bold brigand… That broke all laws of reason unafraid, And laughed at talk of punishment.
I have listened to the sighing of the bu… I have heard it change to crying, with a… I have seen the money-getters pass unhee… As they went to forge new fetters for th… Then the voice of Labour thundered fort…
Arise, O master artist of the age, And paint the picture which at once shal… Immortal art and bless’d prophecy. The bruiséd vision of the world assuage; To earth’s dark book add one illumined p…
Wife Reach out your arms, and hold me close a… Tell me there are no memories of your pa… That mar this love of ours, so great, so… Husband
With brooding mien and sultry eyes, Outside the gates of Paradise Eve sat, and fed the faggot flame That lit the path whence Adam came. (Strange are the workings of a woman’s m…
All in the time when Earth did most dep… The cold, ungracious aspect of young Ma… Sweet Summer came, and bade him smile o… She wove bright garlands, and in winsome… She bound him willing captive. Day by…
All roads that lead to God are good. What matters it, your faith, or mine? Both centre at the goal divine Of love’s eternal Brotherhood. The kindly life in house or street—
Now ere I slept, my prayer had been tha… To do the will of Christ, our Lord and… And with this prayer upon my lips, I k… But suddenly the world of night a pandem… From forest, and from slaughter house, f…
Oh! by and by we shall hear the cry, ‘This is the way to Mars.’ Come take a trip, on the morning Ship; It sails by the Isle of Stars. ‘A glorious view of planets new
In books I read, how men have lived and… With hopeless love deep in their bosoms… While she for whom they long in secret s… Went on her way, nor guessed this flame… In real life, I never chanced to see
There is no progress in the world of bee… However wise and wonderful they are. Their wisdom makes not increase. Lies… To wider goals, in that tense strife to… A Sovereign Ruler? Forth from flowers…
The roses all were pink and red, Before the Bumble Bee, A lover bold, with cloak of gold, Came singing merrily Along the sunlit ways that led
I look to Science for the cure of Crime… To patient righting of a thousand wrongs… To final healing of a thousand ills. Blind runner now, and cruel egotist It yet leads on to more than mortal sigh…
They prize not most the opulence of Jun… Who from the year’s beginning to its clo… Dwell, where unfading verdure tireless g… And where sweet summer’s harp is kept in… We must have listened to the winter’s ru…
I love the tropics, where sun and rain Go forth together, a joyous train, To hold up the green, gay side of the wo… And to keep earth’s banners of bloom unf… I love the scents that are hidden there
Most blest is he who in the morning time Sets forth upon his journey with no staf… Shaped by another for his use. Who see… The imminent necessity for toil, And with each morning wakens to the thou…
A drop of water risen from the ocean Forgot its cause, and spake with deep em… Unto a passing breeze. ‘How desolate And all forlorn is my unhappy fate. I know not whence I came, or where I go…
Oh! I feel the growing glory Of our life upon this sphere, Of the life that like a river Runs forever and forever, From the somewhere to the here,
So much one thought about the life beyon… He did not drain the waters of his pond; And when death laid his children ’neath… He called it—‘the mysterious will of Go… He would not strive for worldly gain, no…
‘Only be still, and in the silence grow,… If thou art seeking what the gods bestow… This is the simple, safe, and certain wa… That leads to knowledge for which all me… Of higher laws to govern things below.
I’m pardoned out. Again the stars Shine on me with their myriad eyes. So long I’ve peered ‘twixt iron bars, I’m awed by this expanse of skies. The world is wider than I thought,
Oh, vain is the stern protesting Of winds, when the tide runs high; And vainly the deep-sea waters Call out, as the waves speed by; For, deaf to the claim of the ocean,
To each progressive soul there comes a d… When all things that have pleased and sa… Grow flavourless, the springs of joy see… No more the waters of youth’s fountains… Yet out of reach, tiptoeing as they may,
Not we who daily walk the city’s Not those who have been cradled in its h… Best understand its architectural art Or realise its grandeur. Oft we meet Some stranger who has staid his passing…
There is no summit you may not attain, No purpose which you may not yet achieve… If you will wait serenely and believe. Each seeming loss is but a step to’rd ga… Between the mountain-tops lie vale and p…
There is a room serene and fair, All palpitant with light and air; Free from the dust, world’s noise and fu… God’s Tower-room in each of us. Oh! many a stair our feet must press,
He never made a fortune, or a noise In the world where men are seeking after… But he had a healthy brood of girls and… Who loved the very ground on which he tr… They thought him just little short of G…
Kamehameha First, of the Hawaiian Islands, conquered his foes in a great battle, driving them over the high mountain peak known as Pali– one of the famous scenic views of the world, and...
