(1869 - 1910 / United States)

poet William Vaughn Moody

Poems of William Vaughn Moody

1. A Grey Day 1/3/2003
2. An Ode in Time of Hesitation 1/3/2003
3. Faded pictures 4/13/2010
4. Gloucester Moods 1/3/2003
5. On a Soldier Fallen in the Philippines 1/3/2003
6. The Bracelet of Grass 4/13/2010
7. The Daguerreotype 1/4/2003
8. The Golden Journey 4/13/2010
9. The Quarry 1/3/2003

Faded pictures

NLY two patient eyes to stare
Out of the canvas. All the rest-
The warm green gown, the small hands pressed
Light in the lap, the braided hair

That must have made the sweet low brow
So earnest, centuries ago,
When some one saw it change and glow-
All faded! Just the eyes burn now.

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