My feet are wearied, and my hands are tired,        My soul oppressed —    And I desire, what I have long desired —        Rest — only rest.     ‘Tis hard…

  “My Sister”     Cometh a voice from a far-land!     Beautiful, sad, and low;    Shineth a light from the star-land!     Down on the night of my woe;    And a…

    Poets are strange — not always understood     By many is their gift,    Which is for evil or for mighty good —     To lower or to lift….

    Sometimes the Saviour sleeps, and it is dark;     For, oh! His eyes are this world’s only light,    And when they close wild waves rush on His…

    Life’s Vesper-bells are ringing     In the temple of my heart,    And yon sunset, sure, is singing     “Nunc dimittis — Now depart!”    Ah! the eve is golden-clouded,     But…

    Farewell! that word has broken hearts     And blinded eyes with tears;    Farewell! one stays, and one departs;     Between them roll the years.     No wonder why who…

                    Lost!    Lost!    Lost!    The cry went up from a sea —    The waves were wild with an awful wrath,    Not a light shone down on the lone ship’s path;                    The clouds…

    Only a Dream!         It floated thro’     The sky of a lonely sleep    As floats a gleam        Athwart the Blue     Of a golden clouded Deep.     Only a Dream!        I…

    Old trees, old trees! in your mystic gloom     There’s many a warrior laid,    And many a nameless and lonely tomb     Is sheltered beneath your shade.    Old trees,…

    Sometimes a single hour     Rings thro’ a long life-time,    As from a temple tower     There often falls a chime    From blessed bells, that seems    To fold in Heaven’s…