Eyes Like the Sea (Poem by Gilbert Parker) Eyes Like the Sea By Gilbert Parker Eyes like the sea, look up, the beacons brighten, Home comes the sailor, home across the tide! Back drifts t…
Under the Cliff (Poem by Gilbert Parker) Under the Cliff By Gilbert Parker The sands and the sea, and the white gulls fleeting, The mist on the island, the cloud on the hill; The song i…
The Bridge of the Hundred Spans (Poem by Gilbert Parker) The Bridge of the Hundred Spans By Gilbert Parker It was the time that the Long Divide Blooms and glows like an hour-old bride; It was the days when…
The Last Dream (Poem by Gilbert Parker) The Last Dream By Gilbert Parker One more dream in the slow night watches, One more sleep when the world is dumb, And his soul leans out to the …
Annunciation (Poem by Gilbert Parker) Annunciation By Gilbert Parker I think in that far time when Gabriel came And gave short speech to Mary sweet and wise, That when the faint fear fad…
Summer is Come (Poem by Gilbert Parker) Summer is Come By Gilbert Parker Summer is come; the corn is in the ear, The haze is swimming where the beeches stand; Summer is come, though wi…
The Twilight of Love (Poem by Gilbert Parker) The Twilight of Love By Gilbert Parker Adieu! and the sun goes awearily down, The mist creeps up o’er the sleepy town, The white sails bend to the s…
Listening (Poem by Gilbert Parker) Listening By Gilbert Parker I have lain beneath the pine trees just to hear the thrush's calling, I have waited for the throstle where the harve…
Love’s Courage (Poem by Gilbert Parker) Love’s Courage By Gilbert Parker Courage have I to face all bitter things, That start out darkly from the rugged path, Leading to life’s achievement…
Love’s Tributaries (Poem by Gilbert Parker) Love’s Tributaries By Gilbert Parker I can say now, "There was the confluence Of all Love’s tributaries; there the sea Of Love spread out towar…
The Desert Road (Poem by Gilbert Parker) The Desert Road By Gilbert Parker In the sands I lived in a hut of palm, There was never a garden to see; There was never a path through the desert …
Love's Usury (Poem by Gilbert Parker) Love' s Usury By Gilbert Parker Here count I over all the gentle deeds Which thou hast done; here summon I thy words, Sweeter to me than sweetes…