Poems about sun-beam (20 Poems)
The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb (Anonymous Olde English Poems)
In Arthur’s court Tom Thumb did live, A man of mickle might ;The best of all the table round, And eke a doughty knight.His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span :Then think … Continue reading
The Lass Of Fair Wone (Charlotte Dacre Poems)
From the German of B?rger. BESIDE the parson’s dusky bow’r Why strays a troubl’d sprite,That dimly shines in lonely hour Thro’ curtains of the night? Why steals along yon slimy bank An hov’ring fire so blue,That … Continue reading
The Call Of Liberty. May 1809 (Felicia Dorothea Hemans Poems)
“YE nations of Europe! arising to war, And scorning submission to tyranny’s might Oh! follow the track of my bright blazing car, Diffusing a path-way of radiance afar, Dispelling the shadows of night! And, hark! the destroyer has summon’d his … Continue reading
To Cynthia On A Parting Kisse (Francis Kynaston Poems)
So would a soul, if that it did but know (Being form’d in heaven) how that it was to go To a darke wombe on earth … Continue reading
Written in Time of Sickness, On Hearing it Asked If I Was Resigned to Die (Caroline Fry Poems)
Resign’d! —I am resign’d, if Heaven so will,To tread awhile the subterranean pathThat leads me to my Father and my home—To do his bidding until all be doneFor which he cloth’d my spirit in its clay,And bade my dust become … Continue reading
To My Younger Brother, On His Return From Spain, After The Fatal Retreat Under Sir John Moore, And T (Felicia Dorothea Hemans Poems)
“THO’ dark are the prospects and heavy the hours, Tho’ life is a desert, and cheerless the way; Yet still shall affection adorn it with flow’rs, Whose fragrance shall never decay! And, lo! to embrace thee, my brother! she flies, … Continue reading
Mountaineer-Song (Felicia Dorothea Hemans Poems)
“BLOW, mountain-breeze! all wild, like thee, Unfetter’d as thy wing, I rove; With airy step and spirit free, From snowy cliff, to shadowy grove! And teach lone echoes to prolong, From Caves remote, my sprightly song, Blow, mountain-breeze! No sigh … Continue reading
The Laplander To His Rein-Deer (Felicia Dorothea Hemans Poems)
“HOW long, oh, my faithful companion and guide! Thou hast wafted o’er deserts my car! How oft, oh, my rein-deer! thy speed has been tried, O’er mountains unknown and afar! But thy youth is departed, thy fire is no more, … Continue reading
The Indian Lover. Morning Song. (Felicia Dorothea Hemans Poems)
“O’ER flowery fields of waving maize, The breeze of morning lightly plays; Arise, my Zumia! let us rove, The cool and fragrant citron grove! Fair nature spreads her lavish bloom, And bids her zephyrs waft perfume; She breathes ambrosial odours … Continue reading
Sea Piece (Felicia Dorothea Hemans Poems)
SUBLIME is thy prospect, thou proud-rolling Ocean, And Fancy surveys thee with solemn delight;When thy mountainous billows are wild in commotion, And the tempest is roused by the spirits of night ! When the moon-beams thro’ winter-clouds faintly … Continue reading