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Book: Twenty One Poems

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  • Sheep and Lambs
    All in the April evening,
    April airs were abroad;
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • Mater Dei
    She looked to east, she looked to west,
    Her eyes, unfathomable, mild,
    20 lines
  • Blessings
    God bless the little orchard brown
    Where the sap stirs these quickening days.
    20 lines
  • Lambs
    He sleeps as a lamb sleeps,
    Beside his mother.
    10 lines
  • The Children of Lir
    Out upon the sand-dunes thrive the coarse long grasses;
    Herons standing knee-deep in the brackish pool;
    80 lines
  • Old Song Re-Sung
    I saw three ships a-sailing,
    A-sailing on the sea,
    24 lines
  • Of St. Francis and the Ass
    Our father, ere he went
    Out with his brother, Death,
    56 lines
  • Easter
    Bring flowers to strew His way,
    Yea, sing, make holiday;
    16 lines
  • A Gardener-Sage
    Here in the garden-bed,
    Hoeing the celery,
    40 lines
  • The Weeping Babe
    She kneels by the cradle
    Where Jesus doth lie;
    20 lines
  • Slow Spring
    O year, grow slowly. Exquisite, holy,
    The days go on
    8 lines, 2 comments
  • Adveniat Regnum Tuum
    Thy kingdom come ! Yea, bid it come!
    But when Thy kingdom first began
    16 lines
  • St. Francis and the Birds
    Little sisters, the birds:
    We must praise God, you and I­
    72 lines
  • The Legend of St. Austin and the Child
    St. Austin, going in thought
    Along the sea-sands gray,
    96 lines
  • The Bird's Bargain
    'O spare my cherries in the net,'
    Brother Benignus prayed; 'and I
    24 lines
  • Immortality
    So I have sunk my roots in earth
    Since that my pretty boys had birth;
    36 lines
  • Nymphs
    Where are ye now, O beautiful girls of the mountain,
    Oreads all ?
    8 lines
  • The Only Child
    Lest he miss other children, lo!
    His angel is his playfellow.
    28 lines
  • The Doves
    The house where I was born,
    Where I was young and gay,
    28 lines
  • The Nurse
    Such innocent companionship
    Is hers, whether she wake or sleep,
    36 lines
  • The Foggy Dew
    A splendid place is London, with golden store,
    For them that have the heart and hope and youth galore;
    16 lines
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