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year1934

He Sold Himself to the Daisies [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

30 August 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] He Sold Himself to the Daisies He stayed too long in the sunlight, He was so thin and shy, He sold himself to the daisies When no one strove to buy. They called … [Read more...] about He Sold Himself to the Daisies [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), melancholy poetry, poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Child Being There [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Child Being There She will be looking at all the bright shops in the town, Some like the sunrise, and some like the sun going down: — “Such lights,” she says, “are … [Read more...] about The Child Being There [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

Love in Absence [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] Love in Absence When thou art gone but a little way I am in a cold fear: The day like a long sickness is, And I count the moon a year. When thou art gone but a … [Read more...] about Love in Absence [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Flight of the Weary [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Flight of the Weary Your feet have been made for the fairies: Your seventeen sorrows are there: The moonlight has been with the sunlight And both have misgoverned … [Read more...] about The Flight of the Weary [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Moon was Seven Days Down [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Moon was Seven Days Down “Peter!” she said, “the clock has struck At one and two and three; You sleep so sound, and the lonesome hours They seem so black to … [Read more...] about The Moon was Seven Days Down [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Hen in the Bushes [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Hen in the Bushes Call me the man seeing Too much in air: Low by the little hen Love it is there. Winds of the Summer, The red, the unkind, Tilt at her … [Read more...] about The Hen in the Bushes [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

Colour Yourself for a Man [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] Colour Yourself for a Man The seers may chasten; the fools may bid the waters dance uphill; The seers may sorrow that little of all in the world can heed their … [Read more...] about Colour Yourself for a Man [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Irish Welcome [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[Editor: This poem by John Shaw Neilson was published in Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934).] The Irish Welcome All the good drinks are unworthy! No food is too fine! (Though you did hate them, you love them: you cannot decline). Angels are with you! and ten … [Read more...] about The Irish Welcome [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

April Weather [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Blue Wren in the Hop-Bush [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

Those Shaded Eyes [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

To an Early-Flowering Almond [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

Stony Town [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

Green Lover [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

Out to the Green Fields [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Sweetening of the Year [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Birds Go By [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Magpie in the Moonlight [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

Ride Him Away [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

30 August 2014 · 1 Comment

[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Woman of Ireland [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

Show Me the Song [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

In the Dim Counties [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Orange Tree [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Evening is the Morning [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

The Eleventh Moon [poem by John Shaw Neilson]

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[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]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson (1934), John Shaw Neilson (author) (1872-1942), poem, SourceIACLibrary, year1934

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