Poems about enshroud (20 Poems)
The Iliad: Book 14 (Homer Poems)
Nestor was sitting over his wine, but the cry of battle did notescape him, and he said to the son of Aesculapius, ‘What, nobleMachaon, is the meaning of all this? The shouts of men fighting by ourships grow stronger and … Continue reading
The Travellers (Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass Poems)
Away from the city, away from the crowd, Two comrades in sorrow traversed hill and dale; The gloom of their hearts did their faces enshroud, And clouds of distress only seemed to prevail. Alone, as they thought; but a stranger unknown Inquired thus kindly … Continue reading
Under The Stars (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
The breath of summer stirs the trees,A thousand roses round me bloom,Whose saffron petals give the breezeA wealth of exquisite perfume,As, climbing high, with tendrils bold,They clothe the walls with cups of gold. No sound disturbs the silence sweet,The weary … Continue reading
When the Evening Star Went Down (Henry Clay Work Poems)
The morning was fearful at sea—The voyagers weary and pale;Their steamer a wreck, from keel to deck,Before an Autumnal gale.Old Neptune came forth in power—He wore on his features a frown;And many a guest he took to rest,When the “Evening … Continue reading
Friendship and Love (Mary Anne Browne Poems)
Friendship’s like the moon, All our sorrows lighteningBut Love is as the sun, Burning while ’tis brightening. Love will not allow Another friend beside us ; —But Friendship serves to show Other stars to guide us. Friendship’s moon-beam fair, If Misfortune sear us,Still is smiling … Continue reading
Sonnet on Christmas (John Codrington Bampfylde Poems)
WITH footstep slow, in furry pall clad,His brows enwreath’d with holly never-sear,Old Christmas comes, to close the waned year;And ay the Shepherd’s heart to make right glad;Who, when his teeming flocks are homeward had,To blazing hearth repairs, and nut-brown beer,And … Continue reading
Think Of Me (Thomas E Spencer Poems)
Think of me, when ‘mid joy and gladnessThey bark glides smoothly down life’s tranquil stream.When thy life, free from care or sadness,Is calm and peaceful as a summer dream. Think of me, though thy path be dreary,Though care and sorrow … Continue reading
To The Rising Full Moon (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poems)
Dornburg, 25th August, 1828. WILT thou suddenly enshroud thee, Who this moment wert so nigh?Heavy rising masses cloud thee, Thou art hidden from mine eye. Yet my sadness thou well knowest, Gleaming sweetly as a star!That I’m loved, ’tis thou … Continue reading
Rosara’s Chain. The Mystic Cave. (Alicia LeFanu Poems)
[Running head: PLEASURE] WHEN PHOEBUS tints the breezy lawn,AMANTOR hails the lovely dawn;That dawn, which sees him free again,Gay bounding o’er the smiling plain;While happy Nature’s sun-gilt vestBeams kindred radiance on his breast.The warbling birds, the glistening dews,The flowers that … Continue reading
Erin’s Flag (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Unroll Erin’s flag! fling its folds to the breeze!Let it float o’er the land, let it flash o’er the seas!Lift it out of the dust — let it wave as of yore,When its chiefs with their clans stood around it … Continue reading