Tag: English Poem
Possibilities Ada Cambridge There are who fear the loosing of the knot That ties our labouring brother to the oar. Release him, say they, and he will not …
Peace Ada Cambridge The red-rose flush fades slowly in the west. The golden water, basking in the light, Pales to clear amber and to silver white. The velvet …
Outcast Ada Cambridge Perchance for dear Life’s sake – and life is sweet – When work had failed and roads were deep in snow, And this meant food …
Ordained Ada Cambridge 1. THROUGH jewelled windows in the walls The tempered daylight smiles, And solemn music swells and falls Adown these stately aisles; Beneath that carven …
On Australian Hills Ada Cambridge Earth, outward tuning on her path in space This pensive southern face, Swathing its smile and shine In that soft veil that day …
Nightfall in The Fens Ada Cambridge 1. One hour ago the red- hot sun below the bright horizon sank. The long midsummer day is done. Our boat …
Mirage Ada Cambridge Is it a will-o’-the-wisp, or is dawn breaking, That our horizon wears so strange a hue? Is it but one more dream, or are we …
Midnight Ada Cambridge 1. The night is clear and still. The moon rides high. The green leaves whisper where the soft winds blow. Above, the stars shine …
Mates Ada Cambridge It boots not to retrace the path To ages dim and hoar, When Man, at the domestic hearth, First learned the art of war, And …
Lord Nevil’s Advice Ada Cambridge “Friend,” quoth Lord Nevil, “thou art young To face the world, and thou art blind To subtle ways of womankind; The meshes thou …
