In a pious, breathless state
(They are nearly always late)
To the Chapel, where they pray
For the sins of Saturday.
They have frocks of white and blue,
Yellow sashes they have too,
And red ribbons show each head
Tenderly is ringleted;
And the bell rings loud, and the
Railway whistles urgently.
After Chapel they will go,
Walking delicately slow,
Telling still how Father John
Is so good to look upon
And such other grave affairs
As they thought of during prayers.
I saw the Almighty Man. His handWas resting on a mountain, andHe looked upon the World and all about it:I saw Him plainer than you see me now,You mustn’t doubt it.He was not satisfied;His look was all dissatisfied.His beard swung on a wind far out of sightBehind the world’s curve, and there was lightMost fearful…
Of the milk of the white goat,Or wine, if it be thy will;And we will talk untilTalk is a truble, too,Out in the side of the hill,And nothing is left to do,But an eye to look into an eyeAnd a hand in a hand to slip,And a sigh to answer a sigh,And a lip to…
And I often wonder whyIt’s never late.—My sister saidShe did not know who did the trick,And that she did not care a bit,And I should eat my porridge quick.… I think it’s mother wakens it.
That of what flow’rs you find of fairest hueAnd sweetest odor you do gather thoseAre best of all the best — a fragrant rose,A tall calm lily from the waterside,A half-blown poppy leaning at the sideIts graceful head to dream among the corn,Forget-me-nots that seem as though the mornHad tumbled down and grew into the…
He took himself to that which was his own— He took him to his verse — for other all he had not,And (tho’ man will crave and seek)Another all than this he did not needSo, pen in hand he tried to tell the whole tale of his woeIn rhyming; lodge the full weight of his…
I saw my dear one walking slow,In the field where the daisies are.We did not laugh and we did not speakAs we wandered happily to and fro;I kissed my dear on either cheek,In the bud of the morning—O.A lark sang up from the breezy land,A lark sang down from a cloud afar,And she and I…
