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THE wind is without there and howls in the trees,And the rain-flurries drum on the glass:Alone by the fireside with elbows on kneesI can number the..

THE wind blew shrill and smart,And the wind awoke my heartAgain to go a-sailing o'er the sea,To hear the cordage moanAnd the straining timbers..

I saw you toss the kites on highAnd blow the birds about the sky;And all around I heard you pass,Like ladies' skirts across the grass--O wind..

I HAVE left all upon the shameful field,Honour and Hope, my God, and all but life;Spurless, with sword reversed and dinted shield,Degraded and..

Give to me the life I love,Let the lave go by me,Give the jolly heaven aboveAnd the byway nigh me.Bed in the bush with stars to see,Bread I dip in..

When children are playing alone on the green,In comes the playmate that never was seen.When children are happy and lonely and good,The Friend of the..

How do you like to go up in a swing,Up in the air so blue?Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thingEver a child can do!Up in the air and over the..

The sun is not a-bed, when IAt night upon my pillow lie;Still round the earth his way he takes,And morning after morning makes.While here at home, in..

THE summer sun shone round me,The folded valley layIn a stream of sun and odour,That sultry summer day.The tall trees stood in the sunlightAs still..

OH, I wad like to ken—to the beggar-wife says I—Why chops are guid to brander and nane sae guid to fry.An’ siller, that ’s sae braw to keep, is..

CHILD.O Mother, lay your hand on my brow!O mother, mother, where am I now?Why is the room so gaunt and great?Why am I lying awake so late?MOTHER.Fear..

THE relic taken, what avails the shrine?The locket, pictureless? O heart of mine,Art thou not worse than that,Still warm, a vacant nest where love..

AGAIN I hear you piping, for I know the tune so well, -You rouse the heart to wander and be free,Tho' where you learned your music, not the God of..

THE old Chimaeras, old receiptsFor making "happy land,"The old political beliefsSwam close before my hand.The grand old communistic mythsIn a middle..

The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;She shines on thieves on the garden wall,On streets and fields and harbour quays,And birdies asleep in..

Where the bells peal far at seaCunning fingers fashioned me.There on palace walls I hungWhile that Consuelo sung;But I heard, though I listened..

When at home alone I sitAnd am very tired of it,I have just to shut my eyesTo go sailing through the skies--To go sailing far awayTo the pleasant..

The brilliant kernel of the night,The flaming lightroom circles me:I sit within a blaze of lightHeld high above the dusky sea.Far off the surf doth..

At evening when the lamp is lit,Around the fire my parents sit;They sit at home and talk and sing,And do not play at anything.Now, with my little..

From breakfast on through all the dayAt home among my friends I stay,But every night I go abroadAfar into the land of Nod.All by myself I have to..

When I was sick and lay a-bed,I had two pillows at my head,And all my toys beside me lay,To keep me happy all the day.And sometimes for an hour or..

My tea is nearly ready and the sun has left the sky.It's time to take the window to see Leerie going by;For every night at teatime and before you..

Through all the pleasant meadow-sideThe grass grew shoulder-high,Till the shining scythes went far and wideAnd cut it down to dry.Those green and..

The gardener does not love to talk,He makes me keep the gravel walk;And when he puts his tools away,He locks the door and takes the key.Away behind..

All the names I know from nurse:Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,And the Lady Hollyhock.Fairy places, fairy..