WHAT is the song the children si… When doorway lilacs bloom in Spri… And the Schools are loosed, and t… That were deadly earnest when Ear… Hear them chattering, shrill and h…
When the flush of a new—born sun f… Our father Adam sat under the Tre… And the first rude sketch that the… Till the Devil whispered behind t… Wherefore he called to his wife, a…
THE DROWSY carrier sways To the drowsy horses’ tramp. His axles winnow the sprays Of the hedge where the rabbit play… In the light of his single lamp.
BLESSÈD was our first age and morning—time. Then were no waies tarren, ne no cars numberen, but each followed his owne playinge—busyness to go about singly or by large interspaces, for ...
How comes it that, at even—tide, When level beams should show most… Man, failing, takes unfailing prid… In memories of his frolic youth? Venus and Liber fill their hour;
UNTIL thy feet have trod the Ro… Advise not wayside folk, Nor till thy back has borne the L… Break in upon the broke. Chase not with undesired largesse
OUT o’ the wilderness, dusty an’… (Time, an’ ’igh time to be trekkin… ’Oo is it ’eads to the Detail Sup… A section, a pompom (1), an’ six ’… ’Ere comes the clerk with ’is lant…
GOLD is for the mistress —silver… Copper for the craftsman cunning a… ” Good! “ said the Baron, sitting… But Iron– Cold Iron– is master o… So he made rebellion 'gainst the…
AGAINST the Bermudas we founde… This Master, that Swabber, yon B… (Our pinnace and crew being drowne… Must beg for our bread through old… For a bite and a sup, and a bed of…
Now Jones had left his new—wed br… And hied away to the Hurrum Hills… To sit on a rock with a heliograph… His wife the working of the Code… And Love had made him very sage,…
HELP for a patriot distressed, a… Help for an honourable clan sore t… From Queenstown Bay to Donegal,… The honourable gentlemen have suff… Their noble names were mentioned—…
Over the edge of the purple down, Where the single lamplight gleams, Know ye the road to the Merciful… That is hard by the Sea of Dreams… Where the poor may lay their wrong…
IN A land that the sand overlays—… A multitude ended their days whose… Till they grew drunk and were smit… And of these is a story written: b… When the wine stirred in their hea…
CITIES and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die: But, as new buds put forth
DIM dawn behind the tamarisks—the… As the women in the village grind… And the parrots seek the riverside… That the Day, the staring Eastern… Oh the white dust on the highway!…
WE’VE got the cholerer in camp—i… We’re dyin’ in the wilderness the… It’s before us, an’ be’ind us, an’… An’ the doctor’s just reported we’… Oh, strike your camp an’ go, the…
TO the Judge of Right and Wrong With Whom fulfilment lies Our purpose and our power belong, Our faith and sacrifice, Let Freedom’s Land rejoice!
China—going P. & O.'s Pass Pau Amma’s playground close, And his Pusat Tasek lies Near the track of most B.I.'s. N.Y.K. and N.D.L.
THESE were my companions going f… (For Chil! Look you, for Chil!) Now come I to whistle them the en… (Chil! Vanguards of Chil!) Word they gave me overhead of quar…
NOW there is nothing wrong with m… Except—I think it’s called T.B. And that is why I have to lay Out in the garden all the day. Our garden is not very wide,
LAND of our Birth, we pledge to… Our love and toil in the years to… When we are grown and take our pla… As men and women with our race. Father in Heaven who lovest all,
THESE were our children who died… We have only the memory left of th… The price of our loss shall be pai… Neither the Alien nor Priest shal… But who shall return us the childr…
TAKE of English earth as much As either hand may rightly clutch. In the taking of it breathe Prayer for all who lie beneath. Not the great nor well—bespoke,
Me that 'ave been what I’ve been… Me that 'ave gone where I’ve gone… Me that 'ave seen what I’ve seen… 'Ow can I ever take on With awful old England again,
OR ever the battered liners sank With their passengers to the dark, I was head of a Walworth Bank, And you were a grocer’s clerk. I was a dealer in stocks and share…
IF IT be pleasant to look on, st… Does not the Young Man try Its t… If She be pleasant to look on, wh… “Lo! She is pleasant to look on,… II.
UP CAME the young Centaur—colts… Curious awkward, afraid. Burrs on their hocks and their tai… Mobs and run up to the yard to be… Starting and shying at straws, wit…
I’VE A HEAD like a concertina:… I’ve a mouth like an old potato, a… But I’ve had my fun o’ the Corp’r… And I’m here in the Clink for a t… With a second—hand overcoat under…
OUR Lord Who did the Ox command To kneel to Judah’s King, He binds His frost upon the land, To ripen it for spring— To ripen it for spring, good sirs,
I’ve danced till my shoes are outw… From ten till the hours called sma… I’ve cantered with Beauty at morn… At even made love at the ball. Light Loves for five months were…