Poetry

The Lily Flower By  Gilbert Parker Oh, love, it is a lily flower, (Sing, my captain, sing, my lady!) The sword shall cleave it, Life shall leave it —…

Close Up By  Gilbert Parker You heard the bugles calling, comrades, brothers, —  “Close up! Close up!”  You mounted to go forth, You answered “We are…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 …