Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868-1946) (author)

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] Margaret The skein is snapped, And the hand is still; She will spin no more By the window sill. ’Twas a poor design, And a paltry task; Could a common … [Read more...] about Margaret [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Rose on the Lattice. You were born on my lattice oh wonderful thing, As old as creation yet new as the spring, And the odours of Eden about you still … [Read more...] about The Rose on the Lattice [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Blue Endearment of the Hills Is life not fair, when all around The blue endearment of the hills Lays on the eyes the larger sight That lifts and … [Read more...] about The Blue Endearment of the Hills [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] Sorrow and Joy Sorrow came down to the gate, To the gate of my innocent soul; And she cried, “Let me in, let me in, To carry the rue to its goal.” I cried, “It … [Read more...] about Sorrow and Joy [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] Divided When the rose on the stem Goes a-nod to the sun, And the east is aflame Where the dawn colours run. In that beautiful hour There is only for me A … [Read more...] about Divided [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] From the Star World You and I must have met In a star-world long ago; The thrill is with me yet, I worshipped and loved you so. I must have loved you … [Read more...] about From the Star World [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] Night Night brings the bird to its nest, And cools the hot lips of the flower; She opens the fans of the bat, And beckons the moon o’er the tower. She … [Read more...] about Night [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Nautilus Shell Tossed on the foam ashore, skiff of the sea; What is your wondrous tale? Tell it to me. Dainty and delicate, were the waves rough? But you … [Read more...] about The Nautilus Shell [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] When Love Awakes. Like the frost on the pane Or the dew at the dawn, Cold, cold was your glance And careless your scorn; But deep in your eyes, In a violet … [Read more...] about When Love Awakes [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Guests Life, life, life everywhere: so much appals — The spawning sod, the fecund ocean slime, The monster, and the atom, the sublime And dreadful children … [Read more...] about The Guests [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] Re-Incarnated Along the west horizon to and fro I lie and watch him from the far hill-top, Turn Autumn furrow for the Summer crop; His stout team pulls along the … [Read more...] about Re-Incarnated [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] Sense Sense walked amid his broad inheritance: “Now am I filled,” he cried, “the man complete” “Life overbrims and to the core, is sweet With Taste, and Touch, … [Read more...] about Sense [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Shadow Death is not death while yet the Body lies In sight; what though the flesh be cold as snow Laid on an Arctic peak where only go The wings whose eyrie … [Read more...] about The Shadow [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] Love’s Conspirators She thought the gentle boat would drift among The shallows of his heart for holiday; But while she watched the gleaming oars at play, And … [Read more...] about Love’s Conspirators [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Artist How came this picture? By your hand, I know, Poured from your boundless soul to fit a frame. The Art is not the wonder, but the flame That makes it … [Read more...] about The Artist [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Attributes What strange ancestral souls do we possess — The curious cullings from departed sires, Some the chaste Phoenix-soul of many fires, The soul that … [Read more...] about The Attributes [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Hothouse Orchid Too strange for beauty, yet so delicate The curious comer may not quickly pass, Where flowers your alien bloom behind the glass Frail and … [Read more...] about The Hothouse Orchid [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Mendicant I saw poor Mis’ry clasp his trembling hand To his last rag and weakly stormward set His limping feet upon the pavement wet; Upon his form the … [Read more...] about The Mendicant [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Reformer I dreamed one night that it was morn, and all The earth sprang quick beneath the gift of growth: The tossing grass, the trailing weeds … [Read more...] about The Reformer [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] Talent and Genius The crowd huzzas, a Genius proclaims. The wise appraiser, cool phlegmatic Time, Says: “Wait; the years shall weigh the rhyme” He lays in dust … [Read more...] about Talent and Genius [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Baby Fresh from the gulfs he came to waiting arms, Magnificently small, supremely weak; And love he finds, who lovers cannot seek; And all his answer to the … [Read more...] about The Baby [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Mask Beneath the mask the spirit shall not fail Though miser Life bestow but favours scant; He whose fine ear is toward the seraph’s chant Shall not lose … [Read more...] about The Mask [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] The Idiot Sad are the eyes of her who sits apart With her dead babe; but sadder still is she Who lays her idiot child upon her knee; Its every pulsebeat … [Read more...] about The Idiot [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]

[Editor: This poem by Mary Eliza Fullerton was published in Moods and Melodies: Sonnets and Lyrics (1908).] Transmigration Ah, love, you cannot pass and leave me lone: We have been always mates along life’s shores, Twin stems upspringing gladly from twin cores, Twin … [Read more...] about Transmigration [poem by Mary E. Fullerton]