Animal Poems

Animal Poems

Oh Little Bird, by Edwin Leibfreed

Oh little bird with head atilt,
In safety dri...

The Quest for God, by Edwin Leibfreed

I would find God--the sovereign quest of life--...

The Song of the Soul, by Edwin Leibfreed

I Oh to be naked!
My body? Yes, if need be.
...

The Summer Day, by Edwin Leibfreed

The farm--a bit of heaven--
Where nature stopp...

When the Gentle Christ Was Tracing, by Edwin Leibfreed

When the gentle Christ was tracing
His forgive...

How Oswald Dined with God, by Edwin Markham

Over Northumbria's lone, gray lands,
Over th...

Beauty, by Elinor Wylie

Say not of Beauty she is good,
Or aught but b...

The Tortoise in Eternity, by Elinor Wylie

Within my house of patterned horn
I sleep in s...

Winter Sleep, by Elinor Wylie

When against earth a wooden heel
Clicks as lou...

Arizona, by Elise Pumpelly Cabot

PART I: ARIZONA I MAN above himself looks dow...

August Skies, by Elise Pumpelly Cabot

August skies, where is the voice of spring?
J...

Early Called, by Eliza Allen Starr

Do you remember how he lay
All through that gl...

Easter-Tide, by Eliza Allen Starr

"My flesh also shall rest in hope." With the s...

Forest Vespers, by Eliza Allen Starr

In the twilight of a pensive mind,
And the ea...

In Winter, by Eliza Allen Starr

How lonely on the hillside look the graves!
Th...

The Lonely Window, by Eliza Allen Starr

December, 1845. DEERFIELD. O how sadly looks ...

Lucifer Matutinus, by Eliza Allen Starr

From a heart of infinite longing the youth
Loo...

Moths, by Eliza Allen Starr

An india shawl--of texture wondrous fair,
Wro...

One Hour After Death, by Eliza Allen Starr

For Mrs. W. H. November 15, 1857. O I could e...

Our Neighbor, by Eliza Allen Starr

Set it down gently at the altar rail
The faith...

The Palmer's Rosary, by Eliza Allen Starr

No coral beads on costly chain of gold
The Pal...

Robin Redbreast, by Eliza Allen Starr

An early bird is our Robin, bold Rob,
The fi...

Six Stone Steps, by Eliza Allen Starr

The October sun is lighting up
The sunny limes...

The Spring, by Eliza Allen Starr

1866. SPRING PARK. Through the twisted roots o...

Spring Birds, by Eliza Allen Starr

O ask no song of one whose heart
Has not a hop...