The Magazine of Poetry, Volume 3Charles Wells Moulton, 1891 - Poetry |
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... feet : the lily blows A bugle - call of fragrance o'er the glade ; And , wheeling into ranks , with plume and spear , Thy harvest - armies gather on parade ; While , faint and far away , yet pure and clear , A voice calls out of alien ...
... feet : the lily blows A bugle - call of fragrance o'er the glade ; And , wheeling into ranks , with plume and spear , Thy harvest - armies gather on parade ; While , faint and far away , yet pure and clear , A voice calls out of alien ...
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... feet , And the one piercing cry on the stair ! I put by the half - written poem , While the pen , idly trailed in my hand , Writes on , " Had I words to complete it , Who'd read it , or who'd understand ? " But the little bare feet on ...
... feet , And the one piercing cry on the stair ! I put by the half - written poem , While the pen , idly trailed in my hand , Writes on , " Had I words to complete it , Who'd read it , or who'd understand ? " But the little bare feet on ...
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... feet ! A MIDSUMMER DAY . THERE'S a flush in the sky of crimson deep ; From a waking bird there's a drowsy cheep ; There's a ripple of gold upon the brooks , And a glitter of dew in dusky nooks . And this is the way A midsummer day Bids ...
... feet ! A MIDSUMMER DAY . THERE'S a flush in the sky of crimson deep ; From a waking bird there's a drowsy cheep ; There's a ripple of gold upon the brooks , And a glitter of dew in dusky nooks . And this is the way A midsummer day Bids ...
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... feet , Or deepened the glow on her cheeks , Or bent from the skies to hear The low , sweet words she speaks ? O stars that are bright in the West When the hush of the night is deep , Do ye see my love as she lies Like a chaste , white ...
... feet , Or deepened the glow on her cheeks , Or bent from the skies to hear The low , sweet words she speaks ? O stars that are bright in the West When the hush of the night is deep , Do ye see my love as she lies Like a chaste , white ...
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... feet ! ----- The butterfly hovers about thee ; The brown bee kisses thy lips ; And the humming - bird , reckless rover , Their marvelous sweetness sips . The sunshine hastes to caress thee Flying on pinions fleet ; The dew - drop sleeps ...
... feet ! ----- The butterfly hovers about thee ; The brown bee kisses thy lips ; And the humming - bird , reckless rover , Their marvelous sweetness sips . The sunshine hastes to caress thee Flying on pinions fleet ; The dew - drop sleeps ...
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Page 249 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Page 250 - OTHERS abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask — Thou smilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill, Who to the stars uncrowns his majesty, Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea, Making the heaven of heavens his dwelling-place, Spares but the cloudy border of his base To the foil'd searching of mortality; And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know, Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honour'd, self-secure, Didst tread on earth unguess'd at.
Page 242 - Some feelings are to mortals given, With less of earth in them than heaven ; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek, It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head...
Page 380 - ... laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle , But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, "Happy Christmas...
Page 250 - We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 243 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me: As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 391 - If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again ! it had a dying fall : O ! it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour.
Page 381 - Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store: They poor, I rich; they beg, I give; They lack, I leave; they pine, I live.
Page 246 - Woodman, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy ax shall harm it not.
Page 244 - Still through the cloven skies they come, With peaceful wings unfurled ; And still their heavenly music floats O'er all the weary world : Above its sad and lowly plains They bend on hovering wing, And ever o'er its Babel sounds The blessed angels sing.