Damon And Philander (Janet Little Poems)
DAMON.THE sun with keenness darts his sultry ray;To some cool shade Philander haste away,Nigh yon smooth riv'let, where the southern ...
DAMON.THE sun with keenness darts his sultry ray;To some cool shade Philander haste away,Nigh yon smooth riv'let, where the southern ...
ALL honour, reverence, and due regard,My son! unto thy parents ever give:'Tis God's command! — and thou, for thy reward,Shalt, ...
The presbytery has gone to pot since this house-keeper came;She's up-to-date and stylish; but the place is not the sameSince ...
(From _The Shepherd's Hunting_)Seest thou not, in clearest days,Oft thick fogs cloud Heaven's rays?And that vapours which do breatheFrom the ...
My parents were sober living, and often did prayFor their family to abstain from intoxicating drink alway;Because they knew it ...
A lawyer had a legal mouse,A naughty one they say,That took possession of his houseAnd papers ev'ry day,His books and ...
WHILE Morcham does your much lov'd presence share,And Lydia's health claims your maternal care,O Madam, deign with candour to peruseA ...
A.HOW bitterly you speak!B.I have good warrant.A.Well, for my part, I hold your creed is false.Uncharitable, monstrous! I have seenThe ...
She doth tell me where to borrowComfort in the midst of sorrow:Makes the desolatest placeTo her presence be a grace;And ...
He used to get, when in civilian state,His tea and shaving water, sharp, at eight.Then ten delicious minutes would be ...
OF manufactures, trade, inventions rare,Steam-towers and looms, you'd know our Borough's share -'Tis small: we boast not these rich subjects ...
You have the grit and the guts, I know; You are ready to answer blow for blow You are virile, ...
"Bill Dwiggins had been Billy thirty years,A boyish name which piqued his clever wife,As if her man were ticketed light-weightOut ...
John, John, bad King John Shamed the throne that he sat on; Not a scruple, not a straw, Cared this ...
The crabs are lunching;An hour I've watched, and still they eat,Pincering microcosms from the scaly rocks,Time to split-second mouth shutteringsLink ...
How destitute is he Whose Gold is firm Who finds it every time The small stale Sum -- When Love ...
You have the grit and the guts, I know; You are ready to answer blow for blow You are virile, ...
'Twas in the grave-yard's gruesome gloom That May and I were mated; We sneaked inside and on a tomb Our ...
Why, having won her, do I woo? Because her spirit's vestal grace Provokes me always to pursue, But, spirit-like, eludes ...
Welcome! thrice welcome! to the year 1893, For it is the year I intend to leave Dundee, Owing to the ...
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