Poems by Rose Terry Cooke

Poems by Rose Terry Cooke

May, by Rose Terry Cooke

There's a bluebird sits on the apple-tree bough,
Singing merrily and gay.
Come, little blosso...

The Two Villages, by Rose Terry Cooke

Over the river, on the hill,
Lieth a village white and still;
All around it the forest-trees...

Two, by Rose Terry Cooke

From the Portuguese. How does a woman love? Once, no more,
Though life forever its loss deplo...

Trailing Arbutus, by Rose Terry Cooke

Darlings of the forest!
Blossoming alone
When Earth's grief is sorest
For her jewels gone--
E...

A Story, by Rose Terry Cooke

In a gleam of sunshine a gentian stood,
Dreaming her life away,
While the leaves danced merri...

Samson Agonistes, by Rose Terry Cooke

You bound and made your sport of him, Philistia!
You set your sons at him to floud and jeer;
...

The River, by Rose Terry Cooke

The river flows and flows away,
A lonely stream through forests gray,
No rippled rapids o'er ...

Prayer, by Rose Terry Cooke

Oh, Love divine, ineffable!
Help the weak heart that strays from thee!
And battling with the ...

Once Before, by Rose Terry Cooke

Sole she sat beside her window,
Hearing only rain-drops pour,
Looking only at the shore,
Wh...

October, by Rose Terry Cooke

"Rest! Rest! Shall I not have all Eternity to rest in?"--ARNAULD. There comes a time of rest to ...

Night Comes Creeping, by Rose Terry Cooke

Night comes creeping slowly o'er me,
Like a vapor cold and gray;
Dim the track that lies befo...

New Moon, by Rose Terry Cooke

Once, when the new moon glittered
So slender in the West,
I looked across my shoulder,
And ...

Nemesis, by Rose Terry Cooke

With eager steps I go
Across the valleys low,
Where in deep brakes the writhing serpents hiss....

Monotropa, by Rose Terry Cooke

Loves serene, uncarnate Graces!
Born of pure dreams in lonely places,
Where the black untrodd...

The Lesson, by Rose Terry Cooke

Flutter thy new wings lightly,
Poor, fearful little bird!
Nor grasp thy bough so tightly;
H...