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Comfort
Comfort SPEAK low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low Lest I should fear and fall, and miss Thee so Who art not missed by any that entreat.…
Our Atlas
Our Atlas Not Atlas, with his shoulders bent beneath the weighty world, Bore such a burden as this man, on whom the Gods have hurled The evils of old festering lands-yea, hurle…
Godolphin Horne
Godolphin Horne Who was cursed with the Sin of Pride, and Became a Boot-Black. Godolphin Horne was Nobly Born; He held the Human Race in Scorn, And lived with all his Sisters…
Ernestness
Ernestness The hurry of the times affects us so In this swift rushing hour, we crowd and press And thrust each other backward as we go, And do not pause to lay sufficient stres…
The Spring Running
The Spring Running Man goes to Man! Cry the challenge through the Jungle! He that was our Brother goes away. Hear, now, and judge, O ye People of the Jungle-- Answer, who can tu…
The Last Lap
The Last Lap How do we know, by the bank-high river, Where the mired and sulky oxen wait, And it looks as though we might wait for ever, How do we know that the floods abate? Th…
Among The Multitude
Among The Multitude AMONG the men and women, the multitude, I perceive one picking me out by secret and divine signs, Acknowledging none else--not parent, wife, husband, brothe…
Sonnet to the Nightingale
Sonnet to the Nightingale O nightingale that on yon blooming spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still, Thou with fresh hopes the Lover’s heart dost fill, While the j…
Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus Canadian Oh, little did the Wolf-Child care-- When first he planned his home, What City should arise and bear The weight and state of Rome. A shiftless, westwa…
Woman
Woman Give us that grand word ‘woman’ once again, And let’s have done with ‘lady’: one’s a term Full of fine force, strong, beautiful, and firm, Fit for the noblest use of tong…
Daisy
Daisy The dayseye hugging the earth in August, ha! Spring is gone down in purple, weeds stand high in the corn, the rainbeaten furrow is clotted with sorrel and crabgrass, the b…
Sonnets from the Portuguese ii
Sonnets from the Portuguese ii UNLIKE are we, unlike, O princely Heart! Unlike our uses and our destinies. Our ministering two angels look surprise On one another, as they str…
Stanzas To Miss Wylie
Stanzas To Miss Wylie 1. O come Georgiana! the rose is full blown, The riches of Flora are lavishly strown, The air is all softness, and crystal the streams, The West is resple…
Don't imitate me
Don't imitate me Don't imitate me; it's as boring as the two halves of a melon. Translated by Robert Hass
Rest in Peace
Rest in Peace No more for you the city's thorny ways, The ugly corners of the Negro belt; The miseries and pains of these harsh days By you will never, never again be felt. No…
If Truth in Hearts That Perish
If Truth in Hearts That Perish If truth in hearts that perish Could move the powers on high, I think the love I bear you Should make you not to die. Sure, sure, if stedfast me…
The Duck and the Kangaroo
The Duck and the Kangaroo Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, 'Good gracious! how you hop! Over the fields and the water too, As if you never would stop! My life is a bore in this n…
Gods of the East
Gods of the East Because I sought it far from men, In deserts and alone, I found it burning overhead, The jewel of a Throne. Because I sought--I sought it so And spent my days t…
The Rupaiyat of Omar Kal'vin
The Rupaiyat of Omar Kal'vin Allowing for the difference 'twixt prose and rhymed exaggeration, this ought to reproduce the sense of what Sir A-- told the nation sometime ago, wh…
Epithalamion Made At Lincoln's Inn
Epithalamion Made At Lincoln's Inn I HAIL sun-beams in the east are spread ; Leave, leave, fair bride, your solitary bed ; No more shall you return to it alone ; It nurseth sa…
Night
Night SWIFTLY walk o'er the western wave, Spirit of Night! Out of the misty eastern cave,-- Where, all the long and lone daylight, Thou wovest dreams of joy and fear Which make…
Brother, I've Seen Some
Brother, I've Seen Some Brother, I've seen some Astonishing sights: A lion keeping watch Over pasturing cows; A mother delivered After her son was; A guru prostrated Before his…
The Caverns of the Grave I've Seen
The Caverns of the Grave I've Seen The Caverns of the Grave I've seen, And these I show'd to England's Queen. But now the Caves of Hell I view, Who shall I dare to show them to?…
Is there any reward?
Is there any reward? Is there any reward? I'm beginning to doubt it. I am broken and bored, Is there any reward Reassure me, Good Lord, And inform me about it. Is there any rew…