Josephine Preston Peabody Desire Poems
- 1. The Prophet
All day long he kept the sheep:--
Far and early, from the crowd,
On the hills from steep to steep,
Where the silence cried aloud;
... - 2. Canticle Of The Babe
I
Over the broken world, the dark gone by,
Horror of outcast darkness torn with wars;
... - 3. The Feaster
Oh, who will hush that cry outside the doors,
While we are glad within?
Go forth, go forth, all you my servitors;
(And gather close, my kin.)
... - 4. Alison's Mother To The Brook
Brook, of the listening grass,
Brook of the sun-fleckt wings,
Brook of the same wild way and flickering spell!
Must you begone? Will you forever pass,
... - 5. Vestal Flame
Light, light,--the last:
Till the night be done,
Keep the watch for stars and sun, and eyelids over-cast.
... - 6. The Foundling
Beautiful Mother, I have toiled all day;
And I am wearied. And the day is done.
Now, while the wild brooks run
Soft by the furrows--fading, gold to gray,
... - 7. Gladness
Unto my Gladness then I cried:
'I will not be denied!
Answer me now; and tell me why
Thou dost not fall, as a broken star
... - 8. The Trees
I
Now, in the thousandth year,
When April's near,
... - 9. The Nightingale Unheard
Yes, Nightingale, through all the summer-time
We followed on, from moon to golden moon;
From where Salerno day-dreams in the noon,
And the far rose of Pæstum once did climb.
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