After Tea (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
After Tea By Frank Oliver Call See how the agèd trembling hands of Day Spill over the white cloth and tea-cups blue, Red wine from his last goblet p…
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The Snowdrift (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Snowdrift By Frank Oliver Call The snowflakes fell on a mountain peak, Where the rocks were bare and the winds were bleak, And at first they clu…
Acanthus (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
Acanthus By Frank Oliver Call Beneath the sculptured marble portico Of a Greek temple, white against the sky, Carved capitals on pillars ris…
The Bluebird's Wing (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Bluebird's Wing By Frank Oliver Call One day I saw the bluebird's wing Agleam upon a waving sea Of emerald-coloured timothy. We walked t…
Caged Birds (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
Caged Birds (Japanese Prints) By Frank Oliver Call There are yellow birds within the cage; Beside its gilded bars there stand the women Whom the Gre…
Gray Birds (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
Gray Birds By Frank Oliver Call Gray birds of passage from another sky Are those long hours I sit and wait for you; Borne by strong wings ac…
The Old School Bell (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Old School Bell By Frank Oliver Call I can hear it calling, calling, sounding on the morning breeze, As so often I have heard it call before…
A Lincolnshire Maiden (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
A Lincolnshire Maiden By Frank Oliver Call Long the eastern beaches, Where brown the seaweed grows, And over broad salt meadows, The green t…
An Idol in A Shop Window (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
An Idol in A Shop Window By Frank Oliver Call Old Lohan peers through the dusty glass, From a jumble of curios quaint and rare; And he watches t…
On A Swiss Mountain (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
On A Swiss Mountain By Frank Oliver Call Lad, the mighty hills are calling, Hills of promise gleaming bright, And the floods of sunshine falling…
The Golden Bowl (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Golden Bowl (On seeing a picture of a boy gazing at a golden bowl which among Eastern nations was a symbol of life) By Frank Oliver Call In a dr…
Ad Episcopi Collegium (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
Ad Episcopi Collegium By Frank Oliver Call Here in the beautiful valley, here where the fair rivers meeting, Mingle their waters in silence and …
Birds (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
Birds By Frank Oliver Call I lie beneath a dark green pine Where sunbeams scarcely ever shine, And if I'm still as still can be Shy forest birds…
Rheims (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
Rheims By Frank Oliver Call In royal splendour rose the house of prayer, Its mystic gloom arched over by the flight Of soaring vault; above …