Category Poets

Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end.Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for when the slow…

‘The iniquity of the fathers upon the children.’Oh the rose of keenest thorn!One hidden summer mornUnder the rose I was born.I do not guess his nameWho wrought my Mother’s shame,And gave me life forlorn,But my Mother, Mother, Mother,I know her…

Under the ivy bushOne sits sighing,And under the willow treeOne sits crying:—Under the ivy bushCease from your sighing,But under the willow-treeLie down a-dying.

Twist me a crown of wind-flowers;That I may fly awayTo hear the singers at their song,And players at their play.Put on your crown of wind-flowers:But whither would you go?Beyond the surging of the seaAnd the storms that blow.Alas! your crown…

IWe met, hand to hand, We clasped hands close and fast,As close as oak and ivy stand; But it is past: Come day, come night, day comes at last.We loosed hand from hand, We parted face from face;Each went his…

I took my heart in my hand(O my love, O my love),I said: Let me fall or stand,Let me live or die,But this once hear me speak-(O my love, O my love)-Yet a woman’s words are weak;You should speak, not…

Three plum bunsTo eat here at the stileIn the clover meadow,For we have walked a mile.One for you, and one for me,And one left over:Give it to the boy who shoutsTo scare sheep from the clover.

Three little childrenOn the wide wide earth,Motherless children—Cared for from their birthBy tender angels.Three little childrenOn the wide wide sea,Motherless children—Safe as safe can beWith guardian angels.

There’s snow on the fields,And cold in the cottage,While I sit in the chimney nookSupping hot pottage.My clothes are soft and warm,Fold upon fold,But I’m so sorry for the poorOut in the cold.

There is one that has a head without an eye,And there’s one that has an eye without a head:You may find the answer if you try;And when all is said,Half the answer hangs upon a thread!