Charleston Retaken. Dec. 14, 1782 (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
AS some half-vanquished lion,Who long hath kept at bayA band of sturdy forestersBarring his blood-stained way--Sore-smitten, weak and wounded--Glares forth ...
AS some half-vanquished lion,Who long hath kept at bayA band of sturdy forestersBarring his blood-stained way--Sore-smitten, weak and wounded--Glares forth ...
A bride, sweet Lord, on this Easter morn!A pale, a breathless bride,Here waits thee, Christ of the Cross and Thorn,While ...
In the dense entangled street,Where the web of Trade is weaving,Forms unknown in crowds I meetMuch of each and all ...
This fields has buried men is browedWith easy gold; day's Midas touchTurns all to richness, only these were ploughedBy poverty ...
In bloom gemm'd depths, where Sylvan branches meetAbove dim paths, that thread a still retreat;Where light on tip-toe shy, steals ...
IEnter these enchanted woods,You who dare.Nothing harms beneath the leavesMore than waves a swimmer cleaves.Toss your heart up with the ...
The snow lies deep on hill and dale,In rocky gulch and grassy vale,The tiny, trickling, tumbling fallsAre frozen 'twixt their ...
In Vision are the centuries rolled back; The dead Past lives again. I breathe the air Of the young world; ...
When Death's pale angel stands before my face, With smile unfathomable, stern and chill, And when my sorrows with my ...
When the days of creationWere all but done,And earth lay drowsingUnder the sun —Forest and desertAching and vast,Rivers unforded,Ranges unpassed ...
There is no age, this darkness and decay Is by a radiant spirit cast aside, Young with the ageless youth ...
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