Category: Poetry
_The following collection of verses_, _written at various times and places_, _principally after the author’s final departure from England in_ 1887, _was sent home by him for publication some months before his death_. _He had tried them in several different orders and under sev...
_The following collection of verses_, _written at various times and places_, _principally after the author’s final departure from England in_ 1887, _was sent home by him for pub...
2. Chapter 2The Silver Ship, my King—that was her name In the bright islands whence your fathers came {45}— The Silver Ship, at rest from winds and tides, Below your palace in your harbour...
3. Chapter 3The breeze from the enbalmèd land Blows sudden toward the shore, And claps my cottage door. I hear the signal, Lord—I understand. The night at Thy command Comes. I will eat and...