J. R. Eastwood Home Poems Poets J. R. Eastwood Poems What the Birds Teach Us by J. R. Eastwood November now is here, With skies of leaden hue, A Christmas Carol by J. R. Eastwood It is the time when frost and snow Bring Christmas mirth and mistletoe, Harvest by J. R. Eastwood Last night we saw the sunlight fall Beyond the gate and old stone wall, The Old Mill by J. R. Eastwood One hundred years the mill has stood: One hundred years the dashing flood The Village Wedding by J. R. Eastwood The weeks and months, with long delay, Have brought at last the wedding day; The Shoeing Forge by J. R. Eastwood A Stone's throw from the market town, Close on the lane that wanders down The Village May-Day by J. R. Eastwood Piled up with sacks, to yonder town The great mill waggon lumbers down: An Unbidden Guest by J. R. Eastwood A bird one day, as birds will do When times are hard, came hopping through Thanksgiving by J. R. Eastwood The village church, a quaint old pile, Stands where the quiet meadows smile, Faith and Work by J. R. Eastwood This gospel is more true and sweet Than all beside that men declare; Conscience by J. R. Eastwood Deep down in every human heart By storms of passion stirred, Let us be True by J. R. Eastwood Let us be true, the young and strong, And, waging battle with the wrong, First Love by J. R. Eastwood There is no second love like this: For there is something that we miss Sunset by J. R. Eastwood In grass-grown, sheltered ways and green, Where gleams of glory glance between Firelight by J. R. Eastwood I gave the wealth of love for dross Of falsehood, and I suffered loss: Give Me thine heart! by J. R. Eastwood "Give Me thine heart!" When life was young That summons gently came, Forgiveness by J. R. Eastwood O God, forgive the years and years Of worldly pride and hopes and fears;
