Poems of Optimism
Excerpt
Contents:
War
Greater Britain
Belgium
Knitting
Mobilisation
Neutral
A book for the King
The men-made gods
The Ghosts
The poet’s
theme
Europe
After
The peace angel
Peace should not come
Miscellaneous
The Winds of Fate
Beauty
The invisible helpers
To the women of
Australia
Replies
Earth bound
A successful man
Unsatisfied
Separation
To the teachers of the
young
Beauty making
On Avon’s breast I saw a
stately swan
The little go-cart
I am running forth to meet
you
Martyrs of peace
Home
The eternal now
If I were a man, a young
man
We must send them out to
play
Protest
Reward
This is my task
The statue
Behold the earth
What they saw
His last letter
A dialogue
A wish
Justice
An old song
Oh, poor, sick world
Praise day
Interlude
The land of the
gone-away-souls
The harp’s song
The pendulum
An old-fashioned type
The sword
Love and the seasons
A naughty little
comet
The last dance
A vagabond mind
My flower room
My faith
Arrow and bow
If we should meet him
Faith
The secret of prayer
The answer
A vision
The second coming