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…
Edwin John Dove Pratt
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, …
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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
Magnolia Blossoms (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
Magnolia Blossoms (1) By Edwin John Dove Pratt The year's processionals mocked her as they streamed Across the earth with proud, unsullied g…
The Passing of Jerry Moore (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt)
The Passing of Jerry Moore (Juniper Hall answers the critics) By Edwin John Dove Pratt Did Jerry get through the gates of gold, To join the whit…