Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow, was an English poet and novelist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 March 1820
pain heart years
And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.
summer spring long
I wish, and I wish that the spring would go faster, Nor long summer bide so late; And I could grow on like the foxglove and aster, For some things are ill to wait.
feet rose wealth
And the guelder rose In a great stillness dropped, and ever dropped, Her wealth about her feet.
tired sleep healing
O sleep! O sleep! Do not forget me. Sometimes come and sweep, Now I have nothing left, thy healing hand Over the lids that crave thy visits bland, Thou kind, thou comforting one. For I have seen his face, as I desired, And all my story is done. O, I am tired.
peace past soul
Yet there are some resting-places, / Life's untroubled interludes; / Times when neither past nor future / On the soul's deep calm intrudes.
flower wine moon
Such a slender moon, going up and up, Waxing so fast from night to night, And swelling like an orange flower-bud, bright, Fated, methought, to round as to a golden cup, And hold to my two lips life's best of wine.
flower good-day light
Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.
time long happy-day
How short our happy days appear! How long the sorrowful!
stars sky rocks
How gently rock yon poplars high Against the reach of primrose sky With heaven's pale candles stored.
flower moon night
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
birthday thoughtful rose
A birthday:-and now a day that rose With much of hope, with meaning rife- A thoughtful day from dawn to close: The middle day of human life.
hard-life reason hard
It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.
flower daffodil
O fateful flower beside the rill- The Daffodil, the daffodil!
moon heaven faces
You moon, have you done something wrong in heaven / That God has hidden your face?