Helen Gray Cone Poems
- 1. The Dandelions
Upon a showery night and still,
Without a sound of warning,
A trooper band surprised the hill,
And held it in the morning.
... - 2. A Fairy Tale
There stands by the wood-path shaded
A meek little beggar maid;
Close under her mantle faded
She is hidden like one afraid.
... - 3. To-day
Voice, with what emulous fire thou singest free hearts of old fashion,
English scorners of Spain, sweeping the blue sea-way,
Sing me the daring of life for life, the magnanimous passion
Of man for man in the mean populous streets of To-day!
... - 4. The Ride To The Lady
“Now since mine even is come at last,-
For I have been the sport of steel,
And hot life ebbeth from me fast,
And I in saddle roll and reel,-
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