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  • To My Country
    One told me he had heard it whispered: "Lo!
        The hour has come when Europe, desperate
    14 lines
  • The Messed Damozel
    At the Cubist Exhibition
    The Messed Damozel leaned out
    28 lines
  • Song
    I saw the day's white rapture
    Die in the sunset's flame,
    8 lines
  • An Easter Canticle
    In every trembling bud and bloom
    That cleaves the earth, a flowery sword,
    28 lines
  • After The Circus
    We came away from the tinsel and false,
    From the rings where we saw the elephants waltz;
    16 lines
  • Here In The Furnace City
    Here in the furnace city, in the humid air they faint,
    God's pallid poor, His people, with scarcely space for breath:
    18 lines
  • Ghost
    Unto a soul there came the spectre Strife,
    To teach him of the bitterness of life;
    26 lines
  • The Royal Messenger
    "I come," the New Year saith, "unbid by man,
    And all the world must look upon my face;
    18 lines
  • Toward Bethlehem
    Toward that sweet city where the Virgin mild
    Brought forth her Child
    48 lines
  • Of One Self-Slain
    When he went blundering back to God,
            His songs half written, his work half done,
    8 lines
  • The City
    When, sick of all the sorrow and distress
            That flourished in the City like foul weeds,
    14 lines, 1 comment
  • Around The Corner
    Around the corner I have a friend,
    In this great city that has no end,
    23 lines, 7 comments
  • Unasked
    Long had I dwelt with sad-faced Grief. Her tears
    Were my one gift thro’ dim and silent years.
    47 lines
  • Waiting
    I thought my heart would break
    Because the Spring was slow.
    8 lines
  • Love's Ritual
    Breathe me the ancient words when I shall find 
      Your spirit mine; if, seeking you, life wins 
    19 lines, 1 comment
  • Silence
    I need not shout my faith. Thrice eloquent
    Are quiet trees and the green listening sod;
    3 lines, 1 comment
  • I Drink The Fragrance of the Rose
    I drink the fragrance of the rose,
    And yet she has more wealth to give,
    9 lines, 3 comments
  • Manhattan
    City I love—and hate!—how can I sing
    The miracles of your might in such a mood?
    782 lines
  • Giving Thanks For Joys And Sorrows
    Lord, I am glad for the great gift of living –
    Glad for Thy Days of sun and of rain;
    13 lines
  • How Bravely Now I Face the Marching Days
    How bravely now I face the marching days,
    With Youth's strong armor to defy the years!
    13 lines
  • Till Eulenspiegel
    Eulenspiegel, merry lad,
    What a laughing life you had!
    34 lines
  • Aere Perennius
    As long as the stars of God
    Hang steadfast in the sky,
    20 lines
  • A Ballad Of The Nativity
    Now it was Mary dreamed this dream,
    Ere yet her child was born
    40 lines
  • Selfishness
    There is so much that you can give to me--
    I cannot bring you anything at all,
    13 lines
  • Eluded
    Deep in the night I heard
    The rain's mysterious word.
    10 lines, 1 comment
  • A Distant Spring
    I who love the Spring so well
    Shall be sleeping, some glad day,
    29 lines
  • The Silences
    I left the throbbing city's thundering mart
    For the great patience that the hills impart,
    6 lines
  • August In The City
    The brooding hours, through the dull afternoon,
    Pause, while a torrid sun flames in the sky.
    18 lines
  • The Lover In April
    Thou hast come back to me!
    (Thou who didst die a year ago,
    18 lines
  • Spring Rapture
    Once more the Spring's exultant joy
    And flowery dream have come to pass;
    18 lines
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