Poems by Robert Norwood
His Lady Of The Sonnets VI
... My heart has known the flame-winged seraphs' song ...
His Lady Of The Sonnets X
... Drew sword, smote him, and life's door opened wide ...
Dives In Torment
... (Latter Half) THIS was my failure, who thought that the feast ...
His Lady Of The Sonnets XXIV
... Since you came forth, and looked on me, and smiled ...
His Lady Of The Sonnets IV
... Long ere my love had reached you, hard I strove ...
His Lady Of The Sonnets V
... Save that you find in me this strong defence ...
His Lady Of The Sonnets XXVIII
... Those dauntless, singing pilgrims of the Gleam! ...
His Lady Of The Sonnets IX
... And stricken soulslost, sundered souls, who bear ...
His Lady Of The Sonnets II
... Joy of the world fades when you fade from sight ...
Darwin
... all we see,One day, the Good Host standing in the hallWith waiting hands and lips of love that smile ...
A Song of Workers
... Hail to the hodmen,The builders of houses!Hail to the navviesLaying pipes for pure water!Hail to the minersPrisoned in pits,Cleaving the coal,Dauntless of death from the gases!Here's to you, sailors,Brave on the boisterousBreast of the ocean,Tanned by the sun and the tempest!Here's to you, trainmen--Couplers and stokers--All you conductors--You with your hand on the throttle!Gloria! Doctors,Nurses and mothers,Teachers of children,Patient with feet that are plodding;Gloria! Students,Lovers of nature,And you scientists--Priests of the veiled, vast Shekinahs! ...
Voice of the Twentieth Century
... e is much to do:The winding trails of ancient IgnoranceMust be made straight--a highway for the King ...