Robert Laurence Binyon's Poetry, by title

• " Do kings put faith in fortressed walls, and bar"

  Do kings put faith in fortressed walls, and bar
  Their cities' gates, as strong to keep out war?

  26 lines
• " No more now with jealous complaining"

  No more now with jealous complaining
  Shall you be vext; nor I with fears

  14 lines
• "A child in nature, as a child in years"

  A child in nature, as a child in years,
  If on past hours she turn remembering eyes,

  17 lines
• "Ah, now this happy month is gone"

  Ah, now this happy month is gone,
  Not now, my heart, complain,

  9 lines
• "As in the dusty lane to fern or flower"

  As in the dusty lane to fern or flower,
  Whose freshness in hot noon is dried and dead,

  17 lines
• "Beautifully dies the year."

  Beautifully dies the year.
  Silence sleeps upon the mere:

  14 lines
• "Come back, sweet yesterdays!"

  Come back, sweet yesterdays!
  Sweet yesterdays, come back!

  10 lines
• "How dark, how quiet sleeps the vale below!"

  How dark, how quiet sleeps the vale below!
  In the dim farms, look, not a window shines:

  44 lines
• "In the shadow of a broken house"

  In the shadow of a broken house,
  Down a deserted street,

  13 lines
• "Now that I have won"

  Now that I have won
  Long despaired of peace,

  34 lines
• "O sorrowful thought! But one more flying year"

  O sorrowful thought! But one more flying year,
  And our ways part, perhaps no more to meet:

  19 lines
• "Pale are the words I build for my delight"

  Pale are the words I build for my delight
  To house in; pale as the chill mist that holds

  7 lines
• "The shrines of old are broken down"

  The shrines of old are broken down;
  The faiths that knelt at them are dead.

  13 lines, 1 comment
• "The sun goes down, on other lands to shine."

  The sun goes down, on other lands to shine.
  I long to keep him, but he will not stay.

  13 lines
• "Vision of peace, Joy without stain"

  Vision of peace, Joy without stain,
  That on my vext heart sweetly shinest,

  11 lines
• "What shall I say to thee, my spirit, so soon dejected"

  What shall I say to thee, my spirit, so soon dejected,
  Unaccountably conquered, where thou seemed'st strong?

  19 lines
• A Colliquy

  Why hurt so hard by little pricks,
  By chasing cares so clouded over,

  25 lines
• A Daffodil

  Pure--throated Flower,
  Smelling of Spring,

  54 lines
• A Day That Is Boundless As Youth

  A day that is boundless as youth
  And gay with delight to be born,

  16 lines
• A Dialogue

  The Man.
  O tyrannous Angel, dreadful God,

  63 lines
• A Dream

  Behold an endless evening over land
  That lapped in vast vales rises up afar

  23 lines
• A Glimpse Of Time

  In the shadow of a broken house,
  Down a deserted street,

  12 lines, 1 comment
• A Hymn Of Love

  O hush, sweet birds, that linger in lonely song!
  Hold in your evening fragrance, wet May--bloom!

  44 lines
• A Mother’s Song

  Over fast--closed baby eyes
  In the garden's golden air

  34 lines
• A new Idol

  Magnificent the Beast! Look in the eyes
  Of the fell tiger towering on his prey,

  15 lines
• A Picture Seen In A Dream

  I saw the Goddess of the Evening pause
  Between two mountain pillars. Tall as they

  17 lines
• A Prayer

  O Thou who seekest me
  Through the day's heartless hurry and uproar,

  22 lines
• A Prayer Of Time

  Move onward, Time, and bring us sooner free
  From this self--clouding turmoil where we ply

  17 lines
• A Prelude At Evening

  My spirit was like the lonely air
  Before night,

  62 lines
• A Secret Place

  O my peace, O well
  So deep no thought could sound it,

  34 lines

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