Before an Altar I wish I were the little key That locks Love’s Captive in, And lets Him out to go and free A sinful heart from sin. I wish I were the little bell That tinkles for the Host, When God comes down each day to dwell With hearts He loves the most. I wish I…
A Blessing By Abram Joseph Ryan
Be you near, or be you far, Let my blessing, like a star, Shine upon you everywhere! And in each lone evening hour, When the twilight folds the…
A “Thought-Flower” By Abram Joseph Ryan
Silently — shadowly — some lives go, And the sound of their voices is all unheard; Or, if heard at all, ’tis as faint as the…
Chronicle, The: A Ballad By Abraham Cowley
Margarita first possess’d, If I remember well, my breast, Margarita, first of all; But when a while the wanton maid With my restless heart had play’d, Martha took the flying…
St. Anthony’s Sermon To The Fishes By Abraham a Sancta-Clara
Saint Anthony at church Was left in the lurch, So he went to the ditches And preached to the fishes. They wriggled their tails, In the sun glanced their scales….
To Isadore By Abijah M. Ide
I Beneath the vine-clad eaves, Whose shadows fall before Thy lowly cottage door Under the lilac�s tremulous leaves, Within thy snowy claspe�d hand The purple flowers it bore. Last eve in…
The Village Street By Abijah M. Ide
In these rapid, restless shadows, Once I walked at eventide, When a gentle, silent maiden, Walked in beauty at my side She alone there walked beside me All in beauty,…
The Forest Reverie By Abijah M. Ide
�Tis said that when The hands of men Tamed this primeval wood, And hoary trees with groans of woe, Like warriors by an unknown foe, Were in their strength subdued, The…
When I Was Young The Silk By A. R. Ammons
When I was young the silkof my mindhard as a peony headunfurledand wind bloomed the parachute: The air-head tugged meup,tore my roots loose and drovehigh,…
Weathering By A. R. Ammons
A day without rain is likea day without sunshine