Author: Katharine Tynan

She looked to east, she looked to west, Her eyes, unfathomable, mild, That saw both worlds, came home to rest,­ […]

Such innocent companionship Is hers, whether she wake or sleep, ‘Tis scarcely strange her face should wear The young child’s […]

St. Austin, going in thought Along the sea-sands gray, Into another world was caught, And Carthage far away. He saw […]

I saw three ships a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea, The first her masts were silver, Her hull was ivory. The […]

He sleeps as a lamb sleeps, Beside his mother. Somewhere in yon blue deeps His tender brother Sleeps like a […]

Thy kingdom come! Yea, bid it come! But when Thy kingdom first began On earth, Thy kingdom was a home, […]

Here in the garden-bed, Hoeing the celery, Wonders the Lord has made Pass ever before me. I see the young […]

A splendid place is London, with golden store, For them that have the heart and hope and youth galore; But […]

O year, grow slowly. Exquisite, holy, The days go on With almonds showing the pink stars blowing And birds in […]

The night darkens fast & the shadows darken, Clouds & the rain gather about mine house, Only the wood-dove moans, […]

There’s music in my heart all day, I hear it late and early, It comes from fields are far away, […]

I am the pillars of the house; The keystone of the arch am I. Take me away, and roof and […]

So I have sunk my roots in earth Since that my pretty boys had birth; And fear no more the […]

The house where I was born, Where I was young and gay, Grows old amid its corn, Amid its scented […]

She kneels by the cradle Where Jesus doth lie; Singing, Lullaby, my Baby! But why dost Thou cry? The babes […]

Where are ye now, O beautiful girls of the mountain, Oreads all? Nothing at all stirs here save the drip […]

Bring flowers to strew His way, Yea, sing, make holiday; Bid young lambs leap, And earth laugh after sleep. For […]

Little sisters, the birds: We must praise God, you and I­ You, with songs that fill the sky, I, with […]

All in the April evening, April airs were abroad; The sheep with their little lambs Passed me by on the […]

Our father, ere he went Out with his brother, Death, Smiling and well-content As a bridegroom goeth, Sweetly forgiveness prayed […]

Lest he miss other children, lo! His angel is his playfellow. A riotous angel two years old, With wings of […]

Out upon the sand-dunes thrive the coarse long grasses; Herons standing knee-deep in the brackish pool; Overhead the sunset fire […]

God bless the little orchard brown Where the sap stirs these quickening days. Soon in a white and rosy gown […]

‘O spare my cherries in the net,’ Brother Benignus prayed; ‘and I Summer and winter, shine and wet, Will pile […]