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Once upon Iceland's solitary strandA poet wandered with his book and pen,Seeking some final word, some sweet Amen,Wherewith to close the volume in..

I stood on the bridge at midnight,As the clocks were striking the hour,And the moon rose o'er the city,Behind the dark church-tower.I saw her bright..

Down from yon distant mountain heightThe brooklet flows through the village street;A boy comes forth to wash his hands,Washing, yes washing, there he..

At the foot of the mountain heightWhere is perched Castel Cuille,When the apple, the plum, and the almond treeIn the plain below were growing..

'Twas Pentecost, the Feast of Gladness,When woods and fields put off all sadness,Thus began the King and spake:So from the hallsOf ancient Hofburgh's..

'The rivers rush into the sea,By castle and town they go;The winds behind them merrilyTheir noisy trumpets blow.'The clouds are passing far and..

What say the Bells of San BlasTo the ships that southward passFrom the harbor of Mazatlan?To them it is nothing moreThan the sound of surf on the..

In the market-place of Bruges stands the belfrey old and brown;Thrice consumed and thrice rebuilded, still it watches o'er the town.As the summer..

Nothing the greatest artist can conceiveThat every marble block doth not confineWithin itself; and only its designThe hand that follows intellect can..

This is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling,Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms;But front their silent pipes no anthem pealingStartles the..

I shot an arrow into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;For, so swiftly it flew, the sightCould not follow it in its flight.I breathed a song..

From the river's plashy bank,Where the sedge grows green and rank,And the twisted woodbine springs,Upward speeds the morning larkTo its silver cloud..

An angel with a radiant face,Above a cradle bent to look,Seemed his own image there to trace,As in the waters of a brook.'Dear child! who me..

When first in ancient time, from Jubal's tongueThe tuneful anthem filled the morning air,To sacred hymnings and elysian songHis music-breathing sehll..

Short of stature, large of limb,Burly face and russet beard,All the women stared at him,When in Iceland he appeared."Look!" they said,With nodding..

Heard a voice, that cried,"Balder the BeautifulIs dead, is dead!"And through the misty airPassed like the mournful cryOf sunward sailing cranes.I saw..

'Hads't thou stayed, I must have fled!'That is what the Vision said.In his chamber all alone,Kneeling on the floor of stone,Prayed the Monk in deep..

The guests were loud, the ale was strong,King Olaf feasted late and long;The hoary Scalds together sang;O'erhead the smoky rafters rang.Dead rides..

'Ah, how short are the days! How soon the night overtakes us!In the old country the twilight is longer; but here in the forestSuddenly comes the..

When Alcuin taught the sons of Charlemagne,In the free schools of Aix, how kings should reign,And with them taught the children of the poorHow..

King Solomon, before his palace gateAt evening, on the pavement tessellateWas walking with a stranger from the East,Arrayed in rich attire as for a..

The battle is fought and wonBy King Ladislaus, the Hun,In fire of hell and death's frost,On the day of Pentecost.And in rout before his pathFrom the..

Once on a time, some centuries ago,In the hot sunshine two Franciscan friarsWended their weary way, with footsteps slowBack to their convent, whose..

Olger the Dane and Desiderio,King of the Lombards, on a lofty towerStood gazing northward o'er the rolling plains,League after league of harvests, to..

Svend Dyring he rideth adown the glade;I myself was young!There he hath wooed him so winsome a maid;Fair words gladden so many a heart.Together were..