William Henry Giles Kingston White Poems

• 1. The Reaper And The Flowers
  There is a Reaper, whose name is Death,
  And, with his sickle keen,
  He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,
  And the flowers that grow between.
  ...
• 2. The Spirit Of Poetry
  There is a quiet spirit in these woods,
  That dwells where'er the gentle south wind blows;
  Where, underneath the whitethorn, in the glade,
  The wild flowers bloom, or, kissing the soft air,
  ...
• 3. Burial Of The Minnisink
  On sunny slope and beechen swell
  The shadowed light of evening fell:
  And, where the maple's leaf was brown,
  With soft and silent lapse came down
  ...
• 4. Sunrise On The Hills
  I stood upon the hills, when heaven's wide arch
  Was glorious with the sun's returning march,
  And woods were brightened, and soft gales
  Went forth to kiss the sun-clad vales.
  ...
• 5. The Celestial Pilot. From Dante's Purgatorio, Ii
  And now, behold! as at the approach of morning
  Through the gross vapours, Mars grows fiery red
  Down in the west upon the ocean floor.
  
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• 6. The Beleaguered City
  I have read, in some old marvellous tale,
  Some legend strange and vague,
  That a midnight host of spectres pale
  Beleaguered the walls of Prague.
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