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Poems by Arthur J. Munby

Munby, Arthur Joseph (1828-1910)

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[Thou, whom I know not—knew not; whose mere name]

WAIT.

[Life is like a tear]

[From month to month I come, from year]

THE PRISONERS OF HOPE.

[O sweet sad face, so ghastly dim]

VULCAN VICTORIOUS.

CLOUDLAND.

[Thou wert a timid girl in those wild days—]

[O full of all delicious dews]

LINUS.

GLAUCUS.

THE BRIDEGROOM'S SONG.

[If I should see thee where perhaps in peace]

PSYCHE AND HER TRIALS.

THE PROGRESS OF POETRY.

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WAIT.

Fret not, tho' all cherish'd musings
Trickle from thy soul away,—
Tho' thy thoughts be ever vainly
Struggling upward toward the day:

Fret not, tho' on earth thou wander
Mask'd and muffled half from view,—
Whilst the dear ones closest round thee
Are but mask'd and muffled too:

No; let life's eternal watchword
Nerve thy heart, and guide thy brain—
Action! Let the shout arouse thee
To thy manly work again.

Pore not o'er thy changeful Being—
Ample task it is to Be;
Thoughts that bring no help to labour,
Were not born for earth and thee:

Let them die—no tender blossoms
In the winter frosts appear:
Wait thou till the sunshine wakens
In the spring-time of the year;

Till the time when full communion
Thro' untrammell'd souls shall thrill;
Thought her disembodied music
Flash from heart to heart at will.