Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934)

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] April Weather How long — but, nay! it is not long Since we two chirped together: And, oh! we spoke unwittingly, And it was April weather. The sun did seem as one … [Read more...] about April Weather [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Blue Wren in the Hop-Bush His home is in the wild hop, in brown and lemon green, And all the orange followers of gold that come between: He often says, to mock me, … [Read more...] about The Blue Wren in the Hop-Bush [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] Those Shaded Eyes Eyes of a damsel In the ungoverned Spring Would send me the long roads Adventuring! Reason the unwelcome As a coward cries, “Look not too long … [Read more...] about Those Shaded Eyes [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] To an Early-Flowering Almond Gowned as a bride thou art Caught with the glow, Giving with ruddy heart Blood to the snow. Thou hast come in to make Dreams to the … [Read more...] about To an Early-Flowering Almond [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] Stony Town If ever I go to Stony Town, I’ll go as to a fair, With bells and men and a dance-girl with the heat-wave in her hair: I’ll ask the birds that live on the … [Read more...] about Stony Town [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] Green Lover “Froggie was caught while crossing a brook: A lily-white duck came and gobbled him up.” Old Rhyme. Ghosts in plenty about the world Step lightly here … [Read more...] about Green Lover [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] Out to the Green Fields Here there is crying, cruelty, every tone: Cruel is iron, and where is the pity in stone? The ancient tyrannies tower, they cannot yield: Let … [Read more...] about Out to the Green Fields [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Sweetening of the Year When old birds strangely-hearted strive to sing and young birds face the Great Adventuring: When manna from the Heaven-appointed … [Read more...] about The Sweetening of the Year [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Birds Go By Westward at even . . . yet never, never to die! Surely they live as ever the laugh and the sigh: After the fight and the fall, the defeat of the … [Read more...] about The Birds Go By [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Magpie in the Moonlight Gold he has poured out and silver on this tent of mine: He leaves in the last of the moonlight his song without wine. Sable and … [Read more...] about The Magpie in the Moonlight [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] Ride Him Away Now that I weary, lad o’ my heart, I will not say that the sun is cold — The days go heavily, joys depart, The feet can never be quite so bold — But … [Read more...] about Ride Him Away [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Woman of Ireland It was a woman of Ireland in old days I knew Being far down was embittered — her little voice grew Loaded with all the sweet honey and having love … [Read more...] about The Woman of Ireland [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] Show Me the Song It is of Love and lovers — all the old dream in me — Weary am I of Hate and Pride and its finery: Summer is soon behind and the Autumn stays not … [Read more...] about Show Me the Song [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] In the Dim Counties In the dim counties we take the long calm Lilting no haziness, sequel or psalm. The little street wenches, The holy and clean, Live as good … [Read more...] about In the Dim Counties [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Orange Tree The young girl stood beside me. I Saw not what her young eyes could see: — A light, she said, not of the sky Lives somewhere in the Orange Tree. — … [Read more...] about The Orange Tree [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Evening is the Morning To make my love more delicate I say into her eyes The evening is the morning, dear, but in a sweet disguise. The morning was too loud with … [Read more...] about The Evening is the Morning [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Eleventh Moon ’Twas in the eleventh moon I went wool gathering in the dim, Near by me was a lover lad and the sweetness was on him. Lightly his eyes went to … [Read more...] about The Eleventh Moon [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Unlovely Player Over his petty mouth, his sorry chin, There runs a carnival — a summertime of follies men call sin. What thing is on his soul he will not … [Read more...] about The Unlovely Player [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] ’Tis the White Plum Tree It is the white Plum Tree Seven days fair As a bride goes combing Her joy of hair. As a peacock dowered with golden eyes Ten paces … [Read more...] about ’Tis the White Plum Tree [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] To a School-Girl O most unconscious daisy! Thou daybreak of a joy! Whose eyes invade the impassioned man In every wayside boy. Can I, walled in by Autumn, With … [Read more...] about To a School-Girl [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] Schoolgirls Hastening Fear it has faded and the night: The bells all peal the hour of nine: The schoolgirls hastening through the light Touch the unknowable … [Read more...] about Schoolgirls Hastening [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] When Kisses are as Strawberries When bees are hot with honeythirst and hastening with the Spring, When kisses are as strawberries and Love is more than king — When … [Read more...] about When Kisses are as Strawberries [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] For a Little Girl’s Birthday Is there a beauty over pain, Is there of music for a song, Gentle as sunlight on the rain, Gentle with crying all day long? How should … [Read more...] about For a Little Girl’s Birthday [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] His Love was Burned Away She seemed as one who looks upon a hill and cannot climb . . . The long days burned her: she was faint and white at Christmas-time. Her … [Read more...] about His Love was Burned Away [poem by John Shaw Neilson]