My Cathedral (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
My Cathedral By Frank Oliver Call All my life long I have loved cathedrals; Their gray, mysterious vaults and arches Are the home of peace and beaut…
Frank Oliver Call
You Went Away in Summertime (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
You Went Away in Summertime By Frank Oliver Call You went away in summertime When leaves and flowers were young, And birds still lingered in the…
The Frozen Brook (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Frozen Brook By Frank Oliver Call The winter woods lie gray and still Beneath the dreary sunless skies, The brook that rippled down the hill…
The Indifferent Ones (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Indifferent Ones By Frank Oliver Call Unmoved they sit by the stream of life And its blood-red tide to the sea goes down, While the hosts ar…
The Parting Ways (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Parting Ways By Frank Oliver Call We trod together pleasant ways; The earth was fair and blue the sky; Clear were the nights and bright the …
In a Belgian Garden (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
In a Belgian Garden By Frank Oliver Call Once in a Belgian garden, (Ah, many months ago!) I saw like pale Madonnas The tall white lilies blo…
The Mystic (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Mystic By Frank Oliver Call The mystic sits by the sacred stream Watching the sun as it mounts the sky; And life to him is a haunting dream …
The Foundry (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Foundry By Frank Oliver Call Two monsters, Iron and Coal, Sleep in the darkness. A poisonous scarlet breath blows over them, And they awake hiss…
The Mirror (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Mirror By Frank Oliver Call Your mirror, love, reflects your smile As morn-flushed skies the coming dawn, But oh, how blank the weary while …
Japanese Love-Songs (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
Japanese Love-Songs (In the Hokku manner) By Frank Oliver Call (1) The white lotus-flower Grows in the depths of the pool, Love grows in my heart. (…
The Answer (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Answer By Frank Oliver Call Why do I lie upon the ground And listen to the silver sound Of water flowing from a spring? It sings a song I cannot…
The Madonna (Poem by Frank Oliver Call)
The Madonna By Frank Oliver Call She shivered and crouched in the immigrant shed In the midst of the surging crowd; Her hands were warped with t…
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…
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…