Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems (408 Poems)
Antonio Melidori (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
SCENE I.[A place not far from the summit of Mount Psiloriti, in the Isle of Candia. Philota discovered with a basket of grapes upon her head; she looks eagerly upward. Time, a little before sunset.]PHILOTA. WHY comes he not? Here … Continue reading
Daphles. An Argive Story (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
ONCE on the throne of Argos sat a maid,Daphles the fair; serene and unafraidShe ruled her realm, for the rough folk were broughtTo worship one they deemed divinely wrought,In beauty and mild graciousness of heart:Nobles and courtiers, too, espoused her … Continue reading
The Mountain Of The Lovers (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
I. LOVE scorns degrees! the low he lifteth high,The high he draweth down to that fair plainWhereon, in his divine equality,Two loving hearts may meet, nor meet in vain;‘Gainst such sweet levelling Custom cries amain,But o’er its harshest utterance one … Continue reading
Songs Of The Imprisoned Naiad (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
“WOE! woe is me! the centuries pass away,The mortal seasons run their ceaseless rounds,While here I wither for the sunbright day,Its genial sights and sounds.Woe! woe is me! “One summer night, in ages long agone,I saw my woodland lover leave … Continue reading
Widderin’s Race. Australian. (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
“A HORSE amongst ten thousand! on the verge,The extremest verge of equine life he stands;Yet mark his action, as those wild young coltsFreed from the stock-yard gallop whinnying up;See how he trots towards them,–nose in air,Tail arched, and his still … Continue reading
Ode II (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
[In honor of the bravery and sacrifices of the soldiers of the South.] WITH bayonets slanted in the glittering light,With solemn roll of drums,With star-lit banners rustling wings of might,The knightly concourse comes!The flower and fruit of all the tropic … Continue reading
W. Gilmore Simms (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
THE swift mysterious seasons rise and set;The omnipotent years pass o’er us, bright or dun;–Dawns blush, and mid-days burn, ’till scarce awareOf what deep meaning haunts our twilight air,We pause bewildered, yearning for the sun;Only to find in that strange … Continue reading
The Visit Of Mahmoud Ben Suleim To Paradise (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
BENEATH the shadow of a breezeless palmMahmoud Ben Suleim, in the evening calm,Sat, with his gravely meditative eyesTurned on the waning wonder of the skies;What time beside him paused a brother sage,Whose flowing locks, like his, were whit with age:His … Continue reading
The Battle Of King’s Mountain (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
OFTTIMES an old man’s yesterdays o’er his frail vision pass,Dim as the twilight tints that touch a dusk-enshrouded glass;But, ah! youth’s time and manhood’s prime but grow more brave, more bright,As still the lengthening shadows steal toward the rayless night. … Continue reading
Ode (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
Delivered on the first anniversary of the Carolina Art Association, Feb. 10, 1856. THERE are two worlds wherein our souls may dwell,With discord, or ethereal music fraught,One the loud mart wherein men buy and sell(Too oft the haunt of grovelling … Continue reading
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