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A dozen poems

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The Silent Tide, by David MacDonald Ross



I heard Old Ocean raise her voice and cry,
In that still hour between the night and day;
I saw the answering tides, green robed and gray,
Turn to her with a low contented sigh;
Marching with silent feet they passed me by,

Complete Poem


Love Missed, by George Jerone Jefferson



sometime love is front of us and we still miss it

I saw you turn away
As my eyes
Held your eyes
For a moment

Complete Poem


Edward, Edward, by Anonymous



'WHY does your brand sae drop wi' blude,
Edward, Edward?
Why does your brand sae drop wi' blude,
And why sae sad gang ye, O?'
'O I hae kill'd my hawk sae gude,

Complete Poem


Grey Rocks, and Greyer Sea, by Charles G. D. Roberts



Grey rocks, and greyer sea,
And surf along the shore --
And in my heart a name
My lips shall speak no more.

The high and lonely hills

Complete Poem


Good-Bye, by Norreys Jephson O'Conor



Good-bye to tree and tower,
To meadow, stream, and hill,
Beneath the white clouds marshalled close
At the wind's will.

Good-bye to the gay garden,

Complete Poem


To Death, by Caroline Southey



COME not in terrors clad, to claim
An unresisting prey:
Come like an evening shadow, Death!
So stealthily, so silently!
And shut mine eyes, and steal my breath;

Complete Poem


Across the Fields to Anne, by Richard Burton



How often in the summer-tide,
His graver business set aside,
Has stripling Will, the thoughtful-eyed,
As to the pipe of Pan,
Stepped blithesomely with lover's pride

Complete Poem


Song is so old, by Hermann Hagedorn



Song is so old,
Love is so new --
Let me be still
And kneel to you.

Let me be still

Complete Poem


Superstites Rosae, by Richard Rowe



The grass is green upon her grave,
The west wind whispers low;
"The corn is changed, come forth, come forth,
Ere all the blossoms go!"

In vain. Her laughing eyes are sealed,

Complete Poem


The Chatelaine, by M. A. Sinclair



I have built one, so have you;
Paved with marble, domed with blue,
Battlement and ladies' bower,
Donjon keep and watchman's tower.

I have climbed, as you have done,

Complete Poem


Chloris in the Snow, by William Strode



I SAW fair Chloris walk alone,
When feather'd rain came softly down,
As Jove descending from his Tower
To court her in a silver shower:
The wanton snow flew to her breast,

Complete Poem


Too Many Things to Remember About You, by Jay LeBorgne



Too Many Things to Remember About You

You never said I was dumb
Always said I was kinda smart
So much to remember, my head feels numb
I'm not really sure where I should start

Complete Poem

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