Norman Rowland Gale God Poems
- 1. An Orchard Dance
All work is over at the farm
And men and maids are ripe for glee;
Love slips among them sly and warm
Or calls them to the chestnut-tree.
... - 2. Old Letters
Last night some yellow letters fell
From out a scrip I found by chance;
Among them was the silent ghost,
The spirit of my first romance:
... - 3. On Seeing A Train Start For The Seaside
O might I leave this grassy place
For spreading foam about my feet!
The splendid spray upon my face,
The flying brine itself were sweet
... - 4. Holy Ground
Shy maids have haunts of still delight,
The lover glades he never tells;
And one is mine where mass the bright
And odoured chimes of foxglove-bells.
... - 5. Golf Steals Our Youth
Have you seen the golfers airy
Prancing forth to their vagary,
Just as frisky in their gaiters
As a flock of Grecian Satyrs,
... - 6. Dawn And Dark
GOD with His million cares
Went to the left or right,
Leaving our world; and the day
Grew night.
... - 7. Wages
My lass, when God
to suffer sent me,
no gifts he gave,
but only lent me
... - 8. The Country Faith
HERE in the countryâ??s heart
Where the grass is green,
Life is the same sweet life
As it eâ??er hath been.
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