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Poems by Dora Sigerson Shorter

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An Eastern God

... I said, "If in those lands you wander still, ...

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The Freeborn

... What crime but this, else would his poor babes die, ...

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The Harper’s Story

... ‘In faith,’ quoth he, ‘I thought that some foul snare ...

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A Careless Heart

... If you can find it, pray you tell, ...

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The Robin

... And flirts his nut-brown wings, ...

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Cecilia’s Way

... On the wings that fear would lend her! ...

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The Man Who Trod On Sleeping Grass

... Three days, three nights I slumbered, ...

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The Fair Little Maiden

... " “And who let him pass through the courtyard, ...

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To Clarissa

... So soft your eye, so sweet your lip, ...

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The Comforters

... The soft little hands of the rain stroked my pale cheek, ...

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A Song For Evaleen

... So they grow not dull with grief or too bright with fears— ...

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The Black Horseman

... “I am the best adventure," smiled the black horseman ...

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The Priest’s Brother

... " "God rest you, brother," the good priest said, ...

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A Vagrant Heart

... Would you leave your world of passion for a home that knows no riot ...

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The Spies

... Sings, till the Saint forgives, all the late news of earth, ...