Monadnock Valley Press: Robert Hillyer

The Monadnock Valley Press has republished the following poems by Robert Hillyer (1895-1961):

From Sonnets and Other Lyrics (1917)

• Fly, Joyous Wind
• I Will Fling Wide the Windows of My Soul
• Long After Both of Us are Scattered Dust
• Lovely Art Thou
• Out of Lucretius
• Quickly and Pleasantly the Seasons Blow
• Two Lovers Stood Alone beneath the Night

From The Five Books of Youth (1920)

• Across the Evening Calm I Faintly Hear
• As Dreamers through Their Dreams Surmise
• By These Shall You Remember
• Esther Dancing
• I Pass My Days in Ghostly Presences
• In Gardens When the Sun Is Set
• Now the Sick Earth Revives
• Through the Deep Night the Leaves Speak
• When in the Ultimate Embrace

From The Hills Give Promise (1923)

• A Letter
• Winter Nocturne

From The Seventh Hill (1928)

• "All day from smoky roofs"
• "Always more riches, more enjoyment, more"
• "As one who bears beneath his neighbour's roof"
• "August afternoon in a drowse"
• "The great desire that urged these trees so high"
• "Happy art thou, my phantom saint"
• "He who in spring's rebirth has put his trust"
• "Let us for ever be at peace"
• "Never think of me, never remember"
• "O Mariners of the Sun"
• "Pan of the Crossroads, take the song"
• "Ponder the tone"
• "The stars came, but her Love came never"
• "Strong wills there are that dare the worst, and break"
• "When I say For Ever I think of the temple of Zeus"
• "You cannot hear me"

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