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The city mouse lives in a house; -The garden mouse lives in a bower,He's friendly with the frogs and toads,And sees the pretty plants in flower.The..

Brown and furryCaterpillar in a hurry;Take your walkTo the shady leaf or stalk.May no toad spy you,May the little birds pass by you;Spin and die,To..

Underneath the growing grass,Underneath the living flowers,Deeper than the sound of showers:There we shall not count the hoursBy the shadows as they..

BRIDEO love, love, hold me fast,He draws me away from thee;I cannot stem the blast,Nor the cold strong sea:Far away a light shinesBeyond the hills..

I watched a rosebud very longBrought on by dew and sun and shower,Waiting to see the perfect flower:Then, when I thought it should be strong,It..

Swift and sure the swallow,Slow and sure the snail:Slow and sure may miss his way,Swift and sure may fail.

The sweetest blossoms die.And so it was that, going day by dayUnto the church to praise and pray,And crossing the green churchyard thoughtfully,I saw..

To think that this meaningless thing was ever a rose,Scentless, colourless, this!Will it ever be thus (who knows?)Thus with our bliss,If we wait till..

Winter is cold-heartedSpring is yea and nay,Autumn is a weather-cockBlown every way:Summer days for meWhen every leaf is on its tree;When Robin's not..

Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire:Strike a flint, and forthwith flash out sparks of fire.

Gone were but the Winter,Come were but the Spring,I would go to a covertWhere the birds sing;Where in the whitethornSingeth a thrush,And a robin..

Frost-locked all the winter,Seeds, and roots, and stones of fruits,What shall make their sap ascendThat they may put forth shoots?Tips of tender..

Some are laughing, some are weeping;She is sleeping, only sleeping.Round her rest wild flowers are creeping;There the wind is heaping..

Sonnets are full of love, and this my tomeHas many sonnets: so here now shall beOne sonnet more, a love sonnet, from meTo her whose heart is my..

A song in a cornfieldWhere corn begins to fall,Where reapers are reaping,Reaping one, reaping all.Sing pretty Lettice,Sing Rachel, sing May;Only..

Two doves upon the selfsame branch,Two lilies on a single stem,Two butterflies upon one flower:—Oh happy they who look on them.Who look upon them..

Oh roses for the flush of youth,And laurel for the perfect prime;But pluck an ivy branch for meGrown old before my time.Oh violets for the grave of..

She sat and sang alwayBy the green margin of a stream,Watching the fishes leap and playBeneath the glad sunbeam. I sat and wept alwayBeneath the..

Oh roses for the flush of youth,And laurel for the perfect prime;But pluck an ivy branch for meGrown old before my time. Oh violets for the grave of..

When I am dead, my dearest,Sing no sad songs for me;Plant thou no roses at my head,Nor shady cypress tree:Be the green grass above meWith showers and..

Somewhere or other there must surely beThe face not seen, the voice not heard,The heart that not yet - never yet - ah me!Made answer to my..

Sleeping at last, the trouble and tumult over,Sleeping at last, the struggle and horror past,Cold and white, out of sight of friend and of..

Sing me a song -What shall I sing? -Three merry sistersDancing in a ring,Light and fleet upon their feetAs birds upon the wing.Tell me a tale -What..

Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass, -The finger-points look through like rosy blooms:Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and..

The door was shut. I looked betweenIts iron bars; and saw it lie,My garden, mine, beneath the sky,Pied with all flowers bedewed and green:From bough..