[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Woman. A Reply. “God be sorry for women?” Nay, singer and sister woman, Sing the woman Triumphant! — “the face turned from the clod” — Wave of the mystical … [Read more...] about Woman [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911)
Mountain Myrtle [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Mountain Myrtle. Myrtle by the mountain rills! Dark-plumed monarch stern and scowling, You that hear the thunder growling And the black sou’-wester howling ’Mong … [Read more...] about Mountain Myrtle [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Ballade of the Road [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Ballade of the Road. Between the living and the dead, Our waking and our sleep between, A ribbon, dark with hues of dread, That links the hidden with the … [Read more...] about Ballade of the Road [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Gold and Grey [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Gold and Grey. O lightsome leaps the heart when the year is i’ the gold! When the skies are big with promise that the years may not withhold, When we gather in full … [Read more...] about Gold and Grey [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
The Reiver [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The Reiver. The floods are out on the flats to-night, Moaning and maddened and wild and red, Like a hooded serpent ready to smite, Old Mitchell rears in his … [Read more...] about The Reiver [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Veiled [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Veiled. Sojourner of the peaks divine No gusts of human folly sweep, Fenced from the shadow and the shine That dapple Life’s disastrous deep! Hushed is the … [Read more...] about Veiled [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
The Horses of the Hills [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The Horses of the Hills. When cohorts of September Are marching down amain, We waken and remember Our fathers’ fields again. Old Winter’s ice-bonds slacken, His … [Read more...] about The Horses of the Hills [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Acknowledgment [by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This notation by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Acknowledgment In publishing this little book I must thank many people, among them the proprietors of the “Bulletin,” (Sydney, Australia), the Melbourne “Herald,” … [Read more...] about Acknowledgment [by Marie E. J. Pitt]
The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses [by Marie E. J. Pitt, 1911]
[Editor: This book of poetry by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in 1911.] The Horses of the Hills And other Verses By Marie E. J. Pitt Contents [Acknowledgment] The Horses of the Hills Veiled The Reiver Gold and Grey Ballade of the Road Mountain … [Read more...] about The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses [by Marie E. J. Pitt, 1911]