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George MacDonald

10 December 1824 — 18 September 1905


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: 0 Lord, How Happy! O Lord, how happy is the time 48474
2: A Baby-Sermon The lightning and thunder 41095
3: A Better Thing I took it for a bird of prey that soared 8561
4: A Birthday-Wish Who know thee, love: thy life be such 4526
5: A Book Of Dreams. I lay and dreamed. The Master came, 590536
6: A Book Of Dreams. I lay and dreamed. The master came 748447
7: A Boy's Grief. Ah me! in ages far away, 48482
8: A Broken Prayer 0 Lord, my God, how long 216497
9: A Christmas Carol Babe Jesus lay in Mary's lap, 20488
10: A Christmas Carol For 1862 The skies are pale, the trees are stiff, 48450
11: A Christmas Prayer Loving looks the large-eyed cow, 14453
12: A Cry Lord, hear my discontent: all blank I stand, 28475
13: A Dead House. When the clock hath ceased to tick 32461
14: A Dream Of Waking A child was born in sin and shame, 56433
15: A Dream Song I dreamed of a song--I heard it sung; 1842 22454
16: A Dream Within A Dream. Young, as the day's first-born Titanic brood, 641468
17: A Dream-Song The stars are spinning their threads, 16414
18: A Father To A Mother When God's own child came down to earth, 8390
19: A Fear O Mother Earth, I have a fear 24475
20: A Gift. My gift would find thee fast asleep, 24391
21: A Hidden Life. Proudly the youth, by manhood sudden crowned, 1363444
22: A Lown Nicht Rose o' my hert, 20400
23: A Make-Believe I will think as thinks the rabbit: 163418
24: A Mammon-Marriage. The croak of a raven hoar! 30385
25: A Manchester Poem Tis a poor drizzly morning, dark and sad. 262390
26: A Meditation Of St. Eligius Queen Mary one day Jesus sent 36441
27: A Memorial Of Africa. Upon a rock, high on a mountain side, 28374
28: A Mood My thoughts are like fire-flies, pulsing in moonlight; 4454
29: A Noonday Melody Everything goes to its rest; 24412
30: A Prayer When I look back upon my life nigh spent, 8408
31: A Prayer Thou who mad'st the mighty clock 16408
32: A Prayer For The Past All sights and sounds of day and year, 120381
33: A Prayer For The Past. Now far from my old northern land, 28399
34: A Prayer For The Past. All sights and sounds of every year, 140412
35: A Prayer In Sickness. Thou foldest me in sickness; 14404
36: A Prisoner The hinges are so rusty 8420
37: A Sang O' Zion Ane by ane they gang awa; 9365
38: A Song For Christmas Hark, in the steeple the dull bell swinging 24381
39: A Song In A Dream. I dreamed of a song, I heard it sung; 20460
40: A Song In The Night I would I were an angel strong, 12426
41: A Song In The Night. A brown bird sang on a blossomy tree, 20509
42: A Song Of Hope I dinna ken what's come ower me! 30512
43: A Song Prayer Lord Jesus, 36410
44: A Song-Sermon: Would that thou hid me in the grave 14420
45: A Story Of The Sea-Shore. I sought the long clear twilights of the North, 590433
46: A Thanksgiving For F. D. Maurice The veil hath lifted and hath fallen; and him 36379
47: A Thanksgiving. I Thank Thee, boundless Giver, 48474
48: A Vision Of St. Eligius I see thy house, but I am blown about, 24417
49: A Winter Prayer. Come through the gloom of clouded skies, 20388
50: A Year Song. Sighing above, 30371
51: Abu Midjan If I sit in the dust 276348
52: Abu Midjan. It is only just 238367
53: After An Old Legend. The monk was praying in his cell, 56407
54: After An Old Legend. The monk was praying in his cell, 52431
55: After The Fashion Of An Old Emblem. I have long enough been working down in my cellar, 28382
56: After Thomas Kempis Who follows Jesus shall not walk 82379
57: An Autumn Song Are the leaves falling round about 18440
58: An Evening Prayer I am a bubble 16428
59: An Improvisation The stars cleave the sky. 16393
60: An Old Sermon With A New Text My wife contrived a fleecy thing 72381
61: An Old Story In the ancient house of ages, 64386
62: An Old Story. They were parted at last, although 8443
63: Angels Came of old to houses lonely 4487
64: Annie She's Dowie Annie she's dowie, and Willie he's wae: 8412
65: Antiphon Daylight fades away. 48420
66: Appeal If in my arms I bore my child, 12406
67: Approaches When thou turn'st away from ill, 14387
68: At My Window After Sunset Heaven and the sea attend the dying day, 1890 48422
69: Autumn Song Autumn clouds are flying, flying 40371
70: Autumn's Gold Along the tops of all the yellow trees, 14436
71: Awake! The stars are all watching; 30430
72: Baby. Where did you come from, baby dear? 24446
73: Bedtime Come, children, put away your toys; 18398
74: Bell Upon Organ. It's all very well, 29355
75: Better Things Better to smell the violet 36380
76: Better Things Better to smell a violet, 48345
77: Bird-Songs. I will sing a song, 36380
78: Blessed Are The Meek, For They Shall Inherit The Earth A quiet heart, submissive, meek, 32377
79: Blind Bartimeus As Jesus went into Jericho town, 24440
80: Blind Sorrow My life is drear; walking I labour sore; 16424
81: Born Of Water Methought I stood among the stars alone, 14402
82: Brother Artist! Brother artist, help me; come! 52368
83: By The Cradle. Close her eyes: she must not peep! 20362
84: Christmas Day And Every Day Star high, 8442
85: Christmas Day, 1850 Beautiful stories wed with lovely days 14388
86: Christmas Meditation He who by a mother's love 10373
87: Christmas Prayer. Cold my heart, and poor, and low, 8438
88: Christmas Song Of The Old Children Well for youth to seek the strong, 1891 42376
89: Christmas, 1873 Christmas-Days are still in store: 24371
90: Christmas, 1880. Great-hearted child, thy very being The Son, 35359
91: Christmas, 1884 Though in my heart no Christmas glee, 12421
92: Christmas-Day, 1878 I think I might be weary of this day 18367
93: Cleaning The Windows. Wash the window; rub it dry; 32394
94: Come Down Still am I haunting 8378
95: Come To Me Come to me, come to me, O my God; 28412
96: Come Unto Me Come unto me, the Master says: 28415
97: Coming When the snow is on the earth 16403
98: Confidence Lie down upon the ground, thou hopeless one! 14371
99: Consider The Ravens Lord, according to thy words, 55402
100: Contrition Out of the gulf into the glory, 30388
101: De Profundis When I am dead unto myself, and let, 24349
102: Death Mourn not, my friends, that we are growing old: 14400
103: Death When in the bosom of the eldest night 32354
104: Death And Birth Tis the midnight hour; I heard 129355
105: Death And Birth. Tis the midnight hour; I heard 394374
106: Death. Yes, there is one who makes us all lay down 14450
107: Death. When, like a garment flung aside at night, 40372
108: Dejection O Father, I am in the dark, 16550
109: Dorcas If I might guess, then guess I would 24385
110: Doubt Heralding Vision. An angel saw me sitting by a brook, 14379
111: Dr. Doddridge's Dog My little dog, who blessed you 28357
112: Drawing Water. Dark, as if it would not tell, 36381
113: Eine Kleine Predigt Graut Euch nicht, Ihr lieben Leute, 4421
114: Equity No bird can sing in tune but that the Lord 14576
115: Evening Hymn O God, whose daylight leadeth down 16396
116: Evil Influence Tis not the violent hands alone that bring 14415
117: Failure Farewell, O Arm of the Lord! 6424
118: Faith Earth, if aught should check thy race, 16403
119: False Prophets. Would-be prophets tell us 16314
120: Far And Near Blue sky above, blue sea below, 44343
121: Far And Near. Blue sunny skies above; below, 48420
122: Fate Oft, as I rest in quiet peace, am I 14381
123: Fighting Here is a temple strangely wrought: 28362
124: First Sight Of The Sea I do remember how, when very young, 14379
125: Foolish Children Waking in the night to pray, 24372
126: For Where Your Treasure Is, There Will Your Heart Be Also. The miser lay on his lonely bed; 42368
127: Forgiveness God gives his child upon his slate a sum 6378
128: From Home Some men there are who cannot spare 12449
129: From North Wales: To The Mother When the summer gave us a longer day, 32317
130: From Novalis Uplifted is the stone 32375
131: Gaein And Comin Whan Andrew frae Strathbogie gaed 24386
132: Galileo And yet it moves!" Ah, Truth, where wert thou then 14441
133: George Rolleston Dead art thou? No more dead than was the maid 12408
134: God In Growth. I said, I will arise and work some thing, 14390
135: God; Not Gift Gray clouds my heaven have covered o'er; 24394
136: Going To Sleep Little one, you must not fret 20365
137: Granny Canty. What maks ye sae canty, granny dear? 36403
138: Greitna, Father Greitna, father, that I'm gauin, 24425
139: Halloween Sweep up the flure, Janet; 88380
140: Hame The warl it's dottit wi' hames 40404
141: Hard Times I am weary, and very lonely, 17363
142: He Heeded Not Of whispering trees the tongues to hear, 84337
143: Him Wi' The Bag. Ance was a woman wha's hert was gret; 28389
144: Hom. Il. V. 403. If thou art tempted by a thought of ill, 14399
145: Home From The Wars A tattered soldier, gone the glow and gloss, 4454
146: Hope And Patience An unborn bird lies crumpled and curled, 6393
147: Hope Deferred Summer is come again. The sun is bright, 1845 60366
148: Hope Deferred Where is thy crown, O tree of Love? 8385
149: How Shall He Sing Who Hath No Song How shall he sing who hath no song? 38369
150: Hunger Father, I cry to thee for bread 16362
151: Hymn For A Sick Girl Father, in the dark I lay, 24328
152: I Ken Something. What gars ye sing sae, birdie, 20368
153: I Know What Beauty Is I know what beauty is, for thou 36367
154: I See Thee Not Yes, Master, when thou comest thou shalt find 24326
155: I Would I Were A Child I would I were a child, 52425
156: I Would I Were A Child. I would I were a child, 56403
157: If I Were A Monk, And Thou Wert A Nun If I were a monk, and thou wert a nun, 66360
158: In A Churchyard. There may be seeming calm above, but no! 14381
159: In Bonds Of the poor bird that cannot fly 12354
160: In February Now in the dark of February rains, 14368
161: In Memorium - Lady Caroline Charteris The mountain-stream may humbly boast 24356
162: In The Night As to her child a mother calls, 24454
163: In The Winter In the winter, flowers are springing; 40380
164: King Cole King Cole he reigned in Aureoland, 68388
165: Legend Of The Corrievrechan Prince Breacan of Denmark was lord of the strand 76323
166: Lessons For A Child There breathes not a breath of the summer air 94369
167: Lessons For A Child. There breathes not a breath of the morning air, 89334
168: Let Your Light So Shine. Sometimes, O Lord, thou lightest in my head 16360
169: Life Or Death? Is there a secret Joy, that may not weep, 14365
170: Life-Weary O Thou that walkest with nigh hopeless feet 12341
171: Light First-born of the creating Voice! 292442
172: Light. First-born of the creating Voice! 266373
173: Little Bo-Peep Little Bo-Peep, she has lost her sheep, 64325
174: Little Boy Blue. Little Boy Blue lost his way in a wood 168344
175: Little Elfie I have a puppet-jointed child, 44393
176: Little Elfie. I have an elfish maiden child; 40377
177: Longing My heart is full of inarticulate pain, 36362
178: Longing. Away from the city's herds! 24423
179: Lost And Found. I missed him when the sun began to bend; 14394
180: Lost But Safe Lost the little one roams about, 8377
181: Love Is Home Love is the part, and love is the whole; 30393
182: Love Is Strength Love alone is great in might, 20369
183: Love's History Love, the baby, 28408
184: Love's Ordeal. Hear'st thou that sound upon the window pane? 302382
185: Love's Ordeal; Know'st thou that sound upon the window pane?" 302353
186: Lycabas: O ye months of the year, 133360
187: Marriage Song They have no more wine!" she said. 30386
188: Master And Boy. WHO is this little one lying, 20351
189: Mirls The stars are steady abune; 24394
190: Morning Hymn O Lord of life, thy quickening voice 24382
191: Mother Nature. Beautiful mother is busy all day, 12384
192: Much And More When thy heart, love-filled, grows graver, 8313
193: My Eyes Make Pictures. Fair morn, I bring my greeting 56448
194: My Heart Night, with her power to silence day, 54376
195: My Heart Thy Lark Why dost thou want to sing 16487
196: My Heart. I heard, in darkness, on my bed, 60378
197: My Room Tis a little room, my friend 296374
198: My Room. To G.E.M. Tis a little room, my friend; 372415
199: My Two Geniuses One is a slow and melancholy maid; 42396
200: Nannie Braw I like ye weel upo Sundays, Nannie, 44378
201: Nature A Moral Power Nature, to him no message dost thou bear 14410
202: New Year's Eve: A Waking Dream I have not any fearful tale to tell 176350
203: No End Of No-Story There is a river 213335
204: No Sign O Lord, if on the wind, at cool of day, 32395
205: Noontide Hymn I love thy skies, thy sunny mists, 16346
206: Not Understood. Tumultuous rushing o'er the outstretched plains; 14372
207: November, 1851 What dost thou here, O soul, 264387
208: O Do Not Leave Me O do not leave me, mother, lest I weep; 12381
209: O Lassie Ayont The Hill O lassie ayont the hill, 54457
210: O Wind Of God. O wind of God, that blowest in the mind, 14397
211: Obedience Trust him in the common light; 10345
212: Of One Who Died In Spring Loosener of springs, he died by thee! 4395
213: Of The Son Of Man I honour Nature, holding it unjust 1852 210377
214: Oh That A Wind Oh that a wind would call 32375
215: Oh Thou Of Little Faith! Sad-hearted, be at peace: the snowdrop lies 12400
216: On A December Day This is the sweetness of an April day; 28352
217: On A Midge Whence do ye come, ye creatures? Each of you 14346
218: On The Source Of The Arve Hears't thou the dash of water, loud and hoarse, 14376
219: One With Nature I have a fellowship with every shade 14343
220: Our Ship Had I a great ship coming home, 8384
221: Ower The Hedge Bonny lassie, rosy lassie, 62368
222: Picture Songs. A pale green sky is gleaming; 54413
223: Power. Power that is not of God, however great, 14379
224: Prayer We doubt the word that tells us: Ask, 8404
225: Professor Noctutus. Nobody knows the world but me. 24368
226: Provision Above my head the great pine-branches tower; 14435
227: Punishment Mourner, that dost deserve thy mournfulness, 14392
228: Quiet Dead! Quiet, quiet dead, 44419
229: Reciprocity Her mother, Elfie older grown, 1892 16469
230: Rejoice Rejoice," said the Sun; "I will make thee gay 28360
231: Rest When round the earth the Father's hands 64369
232: Reverence Waking Hope A power is on me, and my soul must speak 14403
233: Riddles. I have only one foot, but thousands of toes; 45396
234: Rondel I follow, tottering, in the funeral train 14381
235: Rondel Heart, thou must learn to do without 14406
236: Rondel I do not know thy final will, 14362
237: Room To Roam Strait is the path? He means we must not roam? 2417
238: Sabbath Bells Oh holy Sabbath bells, 1840 20395
239: Said And Did Said the boy as he read, "I too will be bold, 16398
240: Saint Peter O Peter, wherefore didst thou doubt? 40460
241: Second Sight. Rich is the fancy which can double back 14376
242: Shadows. All things are shadows of thee, Lord; 20454
243: Shall The Dead Praise Thee? I cannot praise thee. By his instrument 28382
244: Sharing On the far horizon there 44371
245: Shew Us The Father Shew us the Father." Chiming stars of space, 14337
246: Sir Lark And King Sun. Good morrow, my lord!" in the sky alone 42369
247: Sleep Oh! is it Death that comes 45409
248: Smoke Lord, I have laid my heart upon thy altar 12413
249: Somnium Mystici Quiet I lay at last, and knew no more 660341
250: Song Lighter and sweeter 4444
251: Song She loves thee, loves thee not! 14378
252: Song Why do the houses stand 14408
253: Song I was very cold 24405
254: Song Of A Poor Pilgrim Roses all the rosy way! 28382
255: Song Of The Innocents Merry, merry we well may be, 10358
256: Song Of The Saints And Angels Gordon, the self-refusing, 1885 20388
257: Song Of The Waiting Dead With us there is no gray fearing, 16324
258: Song-Prayer: After King David. I shall be satisfied 65354
259: Song-Sermon Mercy to thee, O Lord, belongs, 8369
260: Song-Sermon In his arms thy silly lamb, 8345
261: Song-Sermon. Lord, what is man 8326
262: Songs Of The Autumn Days We bore him through the golden land, 64324
263: Songs Of The Autumn Nights O night, send up the harvest moon 64360
264: Songs Of The Spring Days A gentle wind, of western birth 64376
265: Songs Of The Spring Nights The flush of green that dyed the day 64352
266: Songs Of The Summer Days A glory on the chamber wall! 64352
267: Songs Of The Summer Nights The dreary wind of night is out, 64355
268: Songs Of The Winter Days The sky has turned its heart away, 64345
269: Songs Of The Winter Nights Back shining from the pane, the fire 64403
270: Sonnet. (Exodus xxxiii. 18-23.) I do beseech Thee, God, show me thy face. 14361
271: Sonnet. About Jesus. I. If Thou hadst been a sculptor, what a race 14440
272: Sonnet. About Jesus. II. There, Buonarotti, stands thy statue. Take 14376
273: Sonnet. About Jesus. III. Some men I have beheld with wonderment, 14404
274: Sonnet. About Jesus. IV. If Thou hadst been a painter, what fresh looks, 14358
275: Sonnet. About Jesus. IX. So if Thou hadst been scorned in human eyes, 14357
276: Sonnet. About Jesus. V. But I have looked on pictures made by man, 14471
277: Sonnet. About Jesus. VI. And is not Earth thy living picture, where 14390
278: Sonnet. About Jesus. VII. If Thou hadst been a Poet! On my heart 14353
279: Sonnet. About Jesus. VIII. Thou wouldst have led us through the twilight land 14375
280: Sonnet. About Jesus. X. But as Thou earnest forth to bring the Poor, 14363
281: Sonnet. About Jesus. XI. The eye was shut in men; the hearing ear 14417
282: Sonnet. About Jesus. XII. So highest poets, painters, owe to Thee 14421
283: Sonnet. About Jesus. XIII. So, as Thou wert the seed and not the flower, 14357
284: Sonnet. About Jesus. XIV. All divine artists, humble, filial, 14360
285: Sonnet. About Jesus. XV. Men may pursue the Beautiful, while they 14419
286: Sonnet. About Jesus. XVI. And yet I fear lest men who read these lines, 14446
287: Sonnet. About Jesus. XVII The highest marble Sorrow vanishes 14391
288: Sonnet. About Jesus. XVIII. Thou art before me, and I see no more 14397
289: Sonnet. To A.M.D. Methinks I see thee, lying calm and low, 14358
290: Sonnets I. They say that lonely sorrows do not chance. 14415
291: Sonnets II. I went to listen to my teacher friend. 14353
292: Sonnets III. I, strengthened, left him. Next in a close place, 14353
293: Sonnets IV. And there I found him whom I went to find, 14379
294: Spoken Of Several Philosophers I pray you, all ye men who put your trust 14330
295: Spring Song Days of old, 8428
296: Steadfast Here stands a giant stone from whose far top 14415
297: Subsidy If thou wouldst live the Truth in very deed, 14334
298: Sudden Calm There is a bellowing in me, as of might 14382
299: Summer Summer, sweet Summer, many-fingered Summer! 14426
300: Summer Song Murmuring, 'twixt a murmur and moan, 24409
301: Sun And Moon. First came the red-eyed sun as I did wake; 14454
302: Sunday A dim, vague shrinking haunts my soul, 95403
303: Sweeping The Floor. Sweep and sweep and sweep the floor, 16382
304: Sympathy Grief held me silent in my seat; 32375
305: Tell Me. Traveller, what lies over the hill? 60343
306: That Holy Thing. They all were looking for a king 12383
307: The Asthmatic Man To The Satan That Binds Him Satan, avaunt! 42380
308: The Auld Fisher There was an auld fisher, he sat by the wa', 26370
309: The Auld Man's Prayer Lord, I'm an auld man, 104427
310: The Aurora Borealis Now have I grown a sharpness and an edge 14402
311: The Beloved Disciple One do I see and twelve; but second there 28390
312: The Bonny, Bonny Dell Oh! the bonny, bonny dell, whaur the yorlin sings, 60426
313: The Burnie The water ran doon frae the heich hope-heid, 35356
314: The Burnt Offering. Is there a man on earth, who, every night, 14458
315: The Carpenter 0 Lord, at Joseph's humble bench 28413
316: The Child-Mother Heavily slumbered noonday bright 132360
317: The Child-Mother. Heavily lay the warm sunlight 138405
318: The Children's Heaven. The infant lies in blessed ease 48383
319: The Christmas Child Little one, who straight hast come 8396
320: The Clock Of The Universe A clock aeonian, steady and tall, 98433
321: The Consoler - On An Engraving Of Scheffer's Christus Consolator. What human form is this? what form divine? 45344
322: The Coorse Cratur. The Lord gaed wi' a crood o' men 32348
323: The Dawn And must I ever wake, gray dawn, to know 14430
324: The Dead Hand The witch lady walked along the strand, 32450
325: The Death Of The Old Year. The weary Old Year is dead at last; 184353
326: The Deil's Forhooit His Ain The Deil's forhooit his ain, his ain! 81364
327: The Diary Of An Old Soul - Complete Sweet friends, receive my offering. You will find 2582502
328: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - April. LORD, I do choose the higher than my will. 210361
329: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - August. SO shall abundant entrance me be given 217391
330: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - December. I AM a little weary of my life 217377
331: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - Dedication Sweet friends, receive my offering. You will find 7371
332: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - February. I TO myself have neither power nor worth, 203406
333: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - January. LORD, what I once had done with youthful might, 217383
334: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - July. ALAS, my tent! see through it a whirlwind sweep! 217494
335: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - June. FROM thine, as then, the healing virtue goes 210380
336: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - March. THE song birds that come to me night and morn, 217372
337: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - May. WHAT though my words glance sideways from the thing 217354
338: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - November THOU art of this world, Christ. Thou know'st it all; 210314
339: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - October. REMEMBER, Lord, thou hast not made me good. 217355
340: The Diary Of An Old Soul. - September. WE are a shadow and a shining, we! 210389
341: The Diver. Which of you, knight or squire, will dare 162359
342: The Donkey In The Cart To The Horse In The Carriage I say! hey! cousin there! I mustn't call you brother! 42421
343: The Dwellers Therein Down a warm alley, early in the year, 14352
344: The Early Bird. A little bird sat on the edge of her nest; 48589
345: The Failing Track Where went the feet that hitherto have come? 24363
346: The Father's Worshippers Tis we, not in thine arms, who weep and pray; 2404
347: The Flower-Angels Of old, with goodwill from the skies 24391
348: The Foolish Harebell A harebell hung her wilful head: 38361
349: The Girl That Lost Things There was a girl that lost things 88379
350: The Giver. To give a thing and take again 12433
351: The Goal In God alone, the perfect end, 2424
352: The Golden Key. From off the earth the vapours curled, 64377
353: The Grace Of Grace Had I the grace to win the grace 16397
354: The Haunted House This must be the very night! 210432
355: The Healer They come to thee, the halt, the maimed, the blind, 24406
356: The Herd And The Mavis What gars ye sing," said the herd-laddie, 46333
357: The Hills. Behind my father's cottage lies 48386
358: The Hills. Behind my father's house there lies 54385
359: The Holy Midnight Ah, holy midnight of the soul, 12359
360: The Holy Snowdrops. Of old, with goodwill from the skies, 16353
361: The Home Of Death Death, whaur do ye bide, auld Death?" 24355
362: The Homeless Ghost Through still, bare streets, and cold moonshine 259360
363: The Homeless Ghost. Still flowed the music, flowed the wine. 212524
364: The Human. Within each living man there doth reside, 14340
365: The Journey. Hark, the rain is on my roof! 132428
366: The Lark And The Wind. In the air why such a ringing? 8359
367: The Last Wooin O lat me in, my bonny lass! 80315
368: The Laverock Laverock i' the lift, 83361
369: The Lily Of The Valley There is not any weed but hath its shower, 14441
370: The Lost House Out of thy door I run to do the thing 15329
371: The Lost Soul Look! look there! 81423
372: The Lost Soul. Brothers, look there! 114380
373: The Man Of Songs. Thou wanderest in the land of dreams, 12348
374: The Mermaid Up cam the tide wi' a burst and a whush, 76374
375: The Mistletoe. Kiss me: there now, little Neddy, 87353
376: The Moon. She comes! again she comes, the bright-eyed moon! 14364
377: The New Year Be welcome, year! with corn and sickle come; 8391
378: The Old Castle The brother knew well the castle old, 17355
379: The Old Garden I stood in an ancient garden 156385
380: The Owl And The Bell. Bing, Bim, Bang, Bome! 78381
381: The Pinafore When peevish flaws his soul have stirred 40358
382: The Prism A pool of broken sunbeams lay 40504
383: The Prophet Speak, Prophet of the Lord! We may not start 14426
384: The Sang O' The Auld Fowk. Doon cam the sunbeams, and up gaed the stour, 20411
385: The Sangreal Through the wood the sunny day 227373
386: The Shadows My little boy, with smooth, fair cheeks, 24370
387: The Sheep And The Goat The thousand streets of London gray 50344
388: The Sleepless Jesus Tis time to sleep, my little boy: 45319
389: The Souls' Rising. See how the storm of life ascends 134349
390: The Sparrow O Lord, I cannot but believe 60366
391: The Talk Of The Echoes - A Fragment. When the cock crows loud from the glen, 22318
392: The Temple Of God In the desert by the bush, 20341
393: The Thank Offering. My little child receives my gift, 24345
394: The Thank-Offering My Lily snatches not my gift; 24403
395: The Thankless Lady It is May, and the moon leans down at night 32369
396: The Thorn In The Flesh. Within my heart a worm had long been hid. 31406
397: The Three Horses What shall I be?--I will be a knight 192372
398: The Tree's Prayer Alas, 'tis cold and dark! 36450
399: The True I envy the tree-tops that shake so high 14385
400: The Twa Baubees. Stately, lang-robit, an' steppin at ease, 8417
401: The Twa Gordons There was John Gordon an' Archibold, 176389
402: The Unseen Model Forth to his study the sculptor goes 66366
403: The Waesome Carl There cam a man to oor toon-en', 99382
404: The Wakeful Sleeper When things are holding wonted pace 60338
405: The Watcher From out a windy cleft there comes a gaze 14352
406: The Wind And The Moon Said the Wind to the Moon, "I will blow you out! 66360
407: The Wind Of The World Chained is the Spring. The Night-wind bold 8341
408: The Word Of God Where the bud has never blown 8370
409: The Yerl O' Waterydeck The wind it blew, and the ship it flew, 124358
410: They Are Blind They are blind, and they are dead: 1852 28354
411: This Side An' That. The rich man sat in his father's seat 24327
412: This World Thy world is made to fit thine own, 48333
413: Thou Also Cry out upon the crime, and then let slip 14377
414: Thy Heart Make not of thy heart a casket, 4414
415: Time A lang-backit, spilgie, fuistit auld carl 32429
416: Time And Tide As I was walkin on the strand, 60385
417: To ---- I cannot write old verses here, 20352
418: To A Certain Critic Such guests as you, sir, were not in my mind 8384
419: To A February Primrose I know not what among the grass thou art, 14413
420: To A Sister A fresh young voice that sings to me 24386
421: To A Thunder-Cloud. Oh, melancholy fragment of the night 14369
422: To A. J. Scott I walked all night: the darkness did not yield. 33339
423: To A. J. Scott When, long ago, the daring of my youth 1857 17321
424: To A.J. Scott. Thus, once, long since, the daring of my youth 1857 17335
425: To An Autograph-Hunter Seek not my name--it doth no virtue bear; 16364
426: To Any Friend If I did seem to you no more 20344
427: To Any One Go not forth to call Dame Sorrow 6366
428: To Aurelio Saffi To God and man be simply true; 16410
429: To Aurelio Saffi. To God and man be simply true: 16328
430: To E. G., Dedicating A Book A broken tale of endless things, 12406
431: To G. M. T The sun is sinking in the west, 28340
432: To Gordon, Leaving Khartoum. The silence of traitorous feet! 36313
433: To June Ah, truant, thou art here again, I see! 14374
434: To Lady Noel Byron Men sought, ambition's thirst to slake, 8377
435: To My Aging Friends It is no winter night comes down 24312
436: To My Father. Take of the first fruits, Father, of thy care, 1857 28351
437: To My God Oh how oft I wake and find 4372
438: To My Lord And Master Imagination cannot rise above thee; 4455
439: To My Mother Earth 0 Earth, Earth, Earth, 100383
440: To My Sister, On Her Twenty-First Birthday. Old fables are not all a lie 36356
441: To My Sister. O sister, God is very good 48342
442: To One Unsatisfied When, with all the loved around thee, 4384
443: To The Clouds. Through the unchanging heaven, as ye have sped, 14360
444: To The Life Eternal Thou art my thought, my heart, my being's fortune, 4362
445: To The Same (Lady Noel Byron ) Dead, why defend thee, who in life 8310
446: To-Morrow My TO-MORROW is but a flitting 12403
447: Translations. - A Parable.(From Novalis.) (From The Disciples At Sais) Long ago, there lived far to the west a very young man, 14322
448: Translations. - Contentment. (From Claudius.) I am content. In triumph's tone 36331
449: Translations. - Death. (Luther's Song-Book.) In the midst of life, we are 42294
450: Translations. - Die Heimkehr. (From Heine.) They have company this evening, 24327
451: Translations. - Die Nordsee (From Heine.) High in heaven the sun was glowing, 44353
452: Translations. - Expectation And Fulfilment. (From Schiller.) Thousand-masted, mighty float, 4301
453: Translations. - Friend And Foe. (From Schiller.) Dear is my friend, but my foe too 4434
454: Translations. - Hope. (From Schiller.) Men talk with their lips and dream with their soul 18308
455: Translations. - Knight Toggenburg. (From Schiller.) True love, knight, as to a brother, 80342
456: Translations. - Knowledge. (From Schiller.) To this man, 'tis a goddess tall, 4281
457: Translations. - Legend. (From Goethe.) While yet unknown, and very low, 64264
458: Translations. - Longing. (From Schiller.) Ah, from out this valley hollow, 32297
459: Translations. - My Faith. (From Schiller.) Which religion I profess? 4318
460: Translations. - Of Life At Court. (Luther's Song-Book.) Who number one 68345
461: Translations. - Sayings Of Confucius. (From Schiller.) Threefold is of Time the tread: 32302
462: Translations. - Song Of The Lonely. (From The German) Son, first-born, at home abiding! 12282
463: Translations. - The Castle On The Mountain. (From Goethe.) Up there, upon yonder mountain, 52309
464: Translations. - The Diver (From Schiller.) Which of you, knight or squire, will dare 162297
465: Translations. - The Dream. (From Uhland.) In a garden sweet went walking 12311
466: Translations. - The Mother By The Cradle. (From Claudius.) Sleep, baby boy, sleep sweet, secure; 16320
467: Translations. - The Philosophers. (From Schiller.) The principle whence everything 54287
468: Translations. - The Praise Of God. (Luther's Song-Book.) Unto the seer, Isaiah, it was given 32451
469: Translations. - The Words Of Faith. (From Schiller.) Three words I will tell you, of meaning full: 60331
470: Translations. - A Children'S Song, To Sing Against The Two Archenemies Of Christ And His Holy Church, The Pope And The Turks. (Luther's Song-Book.) Lord, keep us by thy word in hope, 12346
471: Translations. - A Song Concerning The Two Martyrs Of Christ, Burnt At Brussels By The Sophists Of Loubaine, Which Took Place In The Year 1523. (Luther's Song-Book.) A new song here shall be begun 108315
472: Translations. - A Song Of Praise For Easter. (Luther's Song-Book.) Jesus Christ, our Saviour true 15320
473: Translations. - A Song of Praise for the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Luther's Song-Book.) Praised be thou, O Jesus Christ, 35291
474: Translations. - A Song Of Praise. (Luther's Song-Book.) Now let us pray the Holy Ghost, 20340
475: Translations. - A Song Of Praise. (Luther's Song-Book.) Let God be blest, be praised, and be thanked, 30315
476: Translations. - A Song Of St. John Huss, Improved By Dr. Martin Luther. (Luther's Song-Book.) Christ Jesus, our Redeemer born, 40386
477: Translations. - A Song Of Thanksgiving For The Benefits Most Great Which God Hath Shown To Us In Christ. (Luther's Song-Book.) Dear Christians, let us now rejoice, 70302
478: Translations. - A Song Of The Holy Christian Church, From The Twelfth Chapter Of The Apocalypse. (Luther's Song-Book.) Her, the worthy maid, my heart doth hold, 36322
479: Translations. - A Song Of The Little Child Jesus, For Children At Christmas. Taken Out Of The Second Chapter Of The Gospel Of St. Luke. (Luther's Song-Book.) From heaven high I come to you, 60323
480: Translations. - A Spiritual Song, Concerning Our Holy Baptism, Wherein Is Briefly Contained What It Is, Who Has Instituted It, Whereto It Serves, &C. (Luther's Song-Book.) To Jordan when our Lord had gone, 63379
481: Translations. - Advent. (Luther's Song-Book.) Come, saviour of nations wild, 32268
482: Translations. - Another Christ-Song. (Luther's Song-Book.) From heaven the angel-troop come near 24328
483: Translations. - Christmas. (Luther's Song-Book.) Jesus we now must laud and sing, 32431
484: Translations. - Dame Music. (Luther's Song-Book.) Of all the joys earth possesses, 40347
485: Translations. - Easter. (Luther's Song-Book.) Death held our Lord in prison 49301
486: Translations. - Epiphany. (Luther's Song-Book.) Herod, why dreadest thou a foe 20329
487: Translations. - Hymns To The Night. (From Novalis.) Before all the wondrous shows of the widespread space around him 189413
488: Translations. - Lieder. (From Heine.) Thy little hand lay on my bosom, dear: 8392
489: Translations. - Lyrisches Intermezzo. Lxiv. (From Heine.) Night lay upon mine eyelids; 44290
490: Translations. - Lyrisches Intermezzo. Xli. (From Heine.) I dreamt of the daughter of a king, 12286
491: Translations. - Lyrisches Intermezzo. Xlv. (From Heine.) In the sunny summer morning 8351
492: Translations. - Lyrisches Intermezzo. Xxxviii. (From Heine.) The phantoms of times forgotten 24266
493: Translations. - Milton's Italian Poems. I. O Lady fair, whose honoured name doth grace 51301
494: Translations. - Milton's Italian Poems. Ii. As in the twilight brown, on hillside bare, 14422
495: Translations. - Milton's Italian Poems. Iii. Canzone. Ladies, and youths that in their favour bask, 15358
496: Translations. - Milton's Italian Poems. Iv. Diodati--and I muse to tell the tale 14306
497: Translations. - Milton's Italian Poems. V. Certes, my lady sweet, your blessed eyes 14318
498: Translations. - Milton's Italian Poems. VI. A modest youth, in love a simpleton, 14367
499: Translations. - Part I. Sonnet Lix. (From Petrarch.) I am so weary with the burden old 14349
500: Translations. - Part Ii. Sonnet Lxxv. (From Petrarch.) The elect angels and the souls in bliss, 14297
501: Translations. - Pentecost. (Luther's Song-Book.) Come, God, Creator, Holy Ghost, 55349
502: Translations. - Poems. (From Goethe.) Poems are painted window-panes: 13299
503: Translations. - Psyches Mourning. (From Von Salis-Seewis.) Psyche moans, in deep-sunk, darksome prison, 36296
504: Translations. - Simeon The Patriarch's Song Of Praise. (Luther's Song-Book.) In peace and joy I now depart, 48322
505: Translations. - Spiritual Songs.(From Novalis.) Without thee, what were life or being! 578322
506: Translations. - The Commandments. (Luther's Song-Book.) These are the holy ten commands 85296
507: Translations. - The Creed. (Luther's Song-Book.) In one true God we all believe, 30320
508: Translations. - The Fourteenth Psalm. (Luther's Song-Book.) Although the fools say with their mouth: 42302
509: Translations. - The Fourty-Sixth Psalm. (Luther's Song-Book.) Our God he is a castle strong, 36297
510: Translations. - The Grave. (From Von Salis-Seewis.) The grave is deep and soundless, 20290
511: Translations. - The Hundred And Thirtieth Psalm. (Luther's Song-Book.) From trouble deep I cry to thee; 35332
512: Translations. - The Hundred And Twenty-Eighth Psalm. (Luther's Song-Book.) Happy who in God's fear doth stay, 20369
513: Translations. - The Hundred And Twenty-Fourth Psalm. (Luther's Song-Book.) Were God not with us all the time 21321
514: Translations. - The Litany. (Luther's Song-Book.) Lord God, the Father in heaven, 69352
515: Translations. - The Lord's Prayer, Briefly And Plainly Set Forth, And Turned Into Metre. (Luther's Song-Book.) Our Father in the heaven who art, 54327
516: Translations. - The Lost Church. (From Uhland.) In the far forest, overhead, 64310
517: Translations. - The Metaphysician. (From Schiller.) How far the world lies under me! 12317
518: Translations. - The Sixty-Seventh Psalm. (Luther's Song-Book.) Would that the Lord would grant us grace, 27298
519: Translations. - The Song Of Praise "Te Teum Laudamus," Turned Into German By Dr. Mart. Luther. (Luther's Song-Book.) Thee, Father, eternal God, 96340
520: Translations. - The Trinity. (Luther's Song-Book.) God, the Father, with us be, 30341
521: Translations. - The Tryst. (From Schiller.) That was the sound of the wicket! 64286
522: Translations. - The Twelfth Psalm. (Luther's Song-Book.) Ah God, from heaven look down and view; 42333
523: Translations. - Three Pairs And One. (From Genestet.) You have two ears--and but one mouth: 12305
524: Travellers' Song Bands of dark and bands of light 16336
525: Triolet Oh that men would praise the Lord 8312
526: Triolet Few in joy's sweet riot 8349
527: Triolet I'm a puir man I grant, 8315
528: Triolet. When the heart is a cup 8330
529: Truth, Not Form! I came upon a fountain on my way 14290
530: Two In One Were thou and I the white pinions 16326
531: Two Rondels When, in the mid-sea of the night, 28311
532: Unrest Comes there, O Earth, no breathing time for thee, 14316
533: Up And-Down. The sun is gone down 16330
534: Up In The Tree What would you see, if I took you up 16317
535: Waiting I waited for the Master 8391
536: Waiting Lie, little cow, and chew thy cud, 6388
537: Washing The Clothes. This is the way we wash the clo'es 16334
538: Were I A Skilful Painter. Were I a skilful painter, 40329
539: Wha's My Neibour? Doon frae Jerus'lem a traveller took 36327
540: What Makes Summer? Winter froze both brook and well; 132362
541: What Man Is There Of You? The homely words how often read! 16318
542: What The Auld Fowk Are Thinkin The bairns i' their beds, worn oot wi' nae wark, 20367
543: What The Lord Saith Trust my father, saith the eldest-born; 20292
544: When The Storm Was Proudest When the storm was proudest, 30389
545: Who Lights The Fire? Who lights the fire--that forth so gracefully 14354
546: Who Would Have Thought? Who would have thought that even an idle song 14286
547: Wild Flowers Content Primroses, 77304
548: Willie's Question Is it wrong, the wish to be great, 278331
549: Win' That 'Blaws Win' that blaws the simmer plaid 40326
550: Winter Song They were parted then at last? 8323
551: With A Copy Of "In Memoriam." Dear friend, you love the poet's song, 52296
552: Words In The Night I woke at midnight, and my heart, 80354
553: Written For One In Sore Pain Shepherd, on before thy sheep, 20371
554: Written On A Stormy Night. O wild and dark! a night hath found me now 14346
555: Zacchaeus To whom the heavy burden clings, 28408




About:
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.

Though no longer well known, his works have inspired admiration in such notables as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle. For instance C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master".


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