Poems by Edward Robeson Taylor

Upon the lofty rim we breathless stand,
As thy stupendous, myriad structures glow
With color'...

For that they slew the cattle of the Sun
Ulysses' comrades sank to death while he,
Borne on th...

Beneath a friendly, towering pine we lay--
Its sun-smit needles dancing in their bright,
Gem-...

The great Missouri, that when Spring was young
Rolled by in still increasing, fearsome flow,
...

His eye
Sweeps all the sky,
As hard he grips the rock.
Storm's ice-clad brood that round him ...

We take for granted, ah, so many things,
Some fond, unwearied heart on us bestows,
Nor bli...

Fret not, O vainly striving soul,
For that thou mayst not reach thy goal,
Or that the mists ...

Ring out, O heartsome Christmas Bells,
Ring clear, and deep, and long,
Till every noblest ...

O Christ, on this thy natal day,
As oft before, we fain would pray;
And as the bells in lau...

AFTER ALBERT SAMAIN Upon the tower's battlements, all silent she,
The Queen, with radiant lo...

O spirit mine, arouse thee from a sleep
Which only sloth or weakness can prolong,
And on the ...

These dreams of mine refuse to let me go,
And hold me fast with such entreating face,
With su...

On a lone crag, where Storm's wild children nest
Mid glacier's ice and vast, unmelting snows, ...

Though man be lost in maze of mystery's land,
'Tis his to feel if not to understand,
And hear...

The fog rolls in as it has rolled
For years that never can be told,
And all the sky of sombre-...