Poems about alarum (21 Poems)
The Cumberland (Ralph Waldo Emerson Poems)
At anchor in Hampton Roads we lay,On board of the Cumberland, sloop-of-war;And at times from the fortress across the bayThe alarum of drums swept past,Or a bugle blastFrom the camp on the shore. Then far away to the south uproseA … Continue reading
These Lines Are Inscribed To The Memory Of John Q. Carlin, Killed At Buena Vista (George W Sands Poems)
Warrior of the youthful brow,Eager heart and eagle eye!Pants thy soul for battle now?Burns thy glance with victory?Dost thou dream of conflicts done,Perils past and trophies won?And a nation’s grateful praiseGiven to thine after days? Bloodless is thy cheek, and … Continue reading
The Kalevala – Rune XVIII (Elias Lonnrot Poems)
THE RIVAL SUITORS Wainamoinen, old and truthful,Long considered, long debated,How to woo and win the daughterOf the hostess of Pohyola,How to lead the Bride of Beauty,Fairy maiden of the rainbow,To the meadows of Wainola,From the dismal Sariola.Now he decks his … Continue reading
Flight Of Leeona (Albery Allson Whitman Poems)
In bloom gemm’d depths, where Sylvan branches meetAbove dim paths, that thread a still retreat;Where light on tip-toe shy, steals o’er your path,Like some chaste maid unrobing at the bath;There where old warrior pines on high doth tower,In fashion quaint … Continue reading
The Rhyme Of The Lady Of The Rock. Fitte The Fifth. (Emily Pfeiffer Poems)
My lady sat in her bower, and span From a newly plenished creel; She loved the wild sea noise that drowned The droning of her wheel, Nor feared to hear the low winds race Through the tall spear-grass to their … Continue reading
Madonna Dunya (Emily Pfeiffer Poems)
Three long days o’er the barren steppe Where the earth lay dead in her winding-sheet She measured the hours from dawn to down, And trod out the seconds with ceaseless feet. ‘Neath the floor of God that is pierced by … Continue reading
In The Land Where We Were Dreaming (Daniel Bedinger Lucas Poems)
“Fair were our nation’s visions, and as grandAs ever floated out of fancy-land; Children we were in simple faith, But god-like children, whom nor death,Nor threat of danger drove from honor’s path — In the land where … Continue reading
Autumnalia (Frances Fuller Victor Poems)
The crimson color lays As bright as beauty’s blush along the West; And a warm golden haze, Promising sheafs of ripe Autumnal days To crown the old year’s crest. Hangs in … Continue reading
Seascape (Francis Brett Young Poems)
Over that morn hung heaviness, until,Near sunless noon, we heard the ship’s bell beatingA melancholy staccato on dead metal;Saw the bare-footed watch come running aft;Felt, far below, the sudden telegraph jangleIts harsh metallic challenge, thrice repeated:‘Stand to. Half-speed ahead. Slow. … Continue reading
The Eagle, The Sow, And The Cat (Anne Kingsmill Finch Poems)
THE Queen of Birds, t’encrease the Regal Stock, Had hatch’d her young Ones in a stately Oak, Whose Middle-part was by a Cat possest, And near the Root with Litter warmly drest, A teeming Sow had made her peaceful Nest. … Continue reading