The Bird of Paradise (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
The Bird of Paradise By Edwin John Dove Pratt Answer my riddle, will you? Nay, Do not toss your head that way, With such a ruffle of passion…
Edwin John Dove Pratt
Morning (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
Morning By Edwin John Dove Pratt Old, old is the sea to-day. A sudden stealth of age Has torn away The texture of its youth and grace, And filched t…
The Secret of the Sea (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
The Secret of the Sea By Edwin John Dove Pratt Tell me thy secret, O Sea, The mystery sealed in thy breast; Come, breathe it in whispers to me, …
Ode to December (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
Ode to December 1917 By Edwin John Dove Pratt Was ever night so wild as this — this bleak December night! Veiled in the sombre shroud that sepul…
The Flood Tide (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
The Flood Tide By Edwin John Dove Pratt He paused a moment by the sea, Then stooped, and with a leisured hand He wrote in casual tracery Her…
Before an Altar (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
Before an Altar (After Gneudecourt) By Edwin John Dove Pratt Break we the bread once more, The cup we pass around — No, rather let us pour …
Later (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
Later By Edwin John Dove Pratt Was that a cry you say you heard? Where? No. The winds would drown it quite. No sound would reach the shore t…
Evening (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
Evening By Edwin John Dove Pratt So calm the air; the sunset's dying beat Wafts slowly to me from the distant brim Of silent waters; eve…
Loss of the Steamship Florizel (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
Loss of the Steamship Florizel By Edwin John Dove Pratt What changed thy face from that of yesterday, Great Sea! that with thy mothering hands o…
Great Tides (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
Great Tides By Edwin John Dove Pratt Great Tides! You filled the reaches Under the North's wild blow; Yet could not spare this smaller cup …