William Baylebridge Earth Poems

  • 1.
    Some lip will use her name--a rapt surprise,
    Passing the heart's set ward, upon me steals.
    One word, to me, doth one saint canonize;
    And all the acquest of earth and heaven it seals.
    ...
  • 2.
    The brain, the blood, the busy thews
    That quickened in the primal ooze
    Support me yet; till ice shall grip
    The heart of Earth, no strength theyĆ¢??ll lose.
    ...
  • 3.
    The storm is done--the lightning with its lust
    To rend the unhallowed dome in ruin dire;
    The purple heaps, from the rank chaos thrust
    On sheets of fell and inauspicious fire;
    ...
  • 4.
    Thou grim physician, armed with septic shears,
    Thou that dissemblest even in death's repose
    Earth's quiet pulse and her remedial throes,
    How dull thy visage on this day appears!
    ...
  • 5.
    One continent, one creed, one skin -
    Our health and savour lie therein.
    From wars and heavy things this grace is won -
    They urge our pulse to unison.
    ...
Total 5 Earth Poems by William Baylebridge

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