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Poems by Margaret Widdemer

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The Old Kings

... " They have donned their wingéd helms, ...

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Dream Death

... But when he came who should have known ...

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I Took His Dreams

...   Light hope, a foolish thing, ...

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Denial

... And it all would have been so simple for God, ...

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Lost Counsel

... You would smile and be silent, ...

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The Wakened God

...   There were gold chains about his hands ...

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The Gypsy Star

... They never could hold the Gypsy Star to the roads where my feet must go! ...

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Tea

... THEY'VE flowers and cakes and candle-light, ...

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I Was Still A Child

...   With all-wondering eyes ...

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The Masters

...   Star-enthrilled the night: ...

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The Garden

...   Grant that children laugh there now among its green and gold, ...

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Unfaith

... . . . Why do you have the love in your eyes ...

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Mother-Prayer

... Keep their hearts white though grief cling to them ...

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The Wood-Path

...   And fields of whispering wheat ...

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Dream-House

... . . But I went from the house of the Lady of Dreams ...