Thomas Campbell Poems (25 Poems)
Lochiel’s Warning (Thomas Campbell Poems)
Wizard. – Lochiel. Wizard.- Lochiel! Lochiel, beware of the dayWhen the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array!For a field of the dead rushes red on my sight,And the clans of Culloden are scattered in fight:They rally, they bleed, for … Continue reading
Last Man, The (Thomas Campbell Poems)
All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom,The Sun himself must die,Before this mortal shall assumeIts Immortality!I saw a vision in my sleepThat gave my spirit strength to sweepAdown the gulf of Time!I saw the last of human mould,That shall Creation’s … Continue reading
Hope Triumphant in Death (Thomas Campbell Poems)
Unfading Hope! when life’s last embers burn -When soul to soul, and dust to dust return,Heaven to thy charge resigns the awful hour!Oh! then thy kingdom comes, Immortal Power!What though each spark of earth-born rapture flyThe quivering lip, pale cheek, … Continue reading
Battle of the Baltic, The (Thomas Campbell Poems)
Of Nelson and the NorthSing the glorious day’s renown,When to battle fierce came forthAll the might of Denmark’s crown,And her arms along the deep proudly shone;By each gun the lighted brandIn a bold determined hand,And the Prince of all the … Continue reading
Maternal Hope (Thomas Campbell Poems)
Lo! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps,Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps:She, while the lovely babe unconscious lies,Smiles on her slumb’ring child with pensive eyes,And weaves a song of melancholy joy:-‘Sleep, image of thy father! – sleep, my … Continue reading
Glenara (Thomas Campbell Poems)
O, heard ye yon pibroch sound sad in the gale,Where a band cometh slowly with weeping and wail?‘Tis the chief of Glenara laments for his dear;And her sire and her people are called to her bier. Glenara came first, with … Continue reading
The Beech Tree’s Petition (Thomas Campbell Poems)
O leave this barren spot to me!Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree!Though bush or floweret never growMy dark unwarming shade below;Nor summer bud perfume the dewOf rosy blush, or yellow hue;Nor fruits of autumn, blossom-born,My green and glossy leaves adorn;Nor … Continue reading
River of Life, The (Thomas Campbell Poems)
The more we live, more brief appearOur life’s succeeding stages;A day to childhood seems a year,And years like passing ages. The gladsome current of our youth,Ere passion yet disorders,Steals lingering like a river smoothAlong its grassy borders. But as the … Continue reading
Hope (Thomas Campbell Poems)
At summer eve, when heaven’s aerial bowSpans with bright arch the glittering hills below,Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye,Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky?Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appearMore sweet than all the landscape smiling … Continue reading
Ye Mariners of England (Thomas Campbell Poem)
1 Ye Mariners of England 2 That guard our native seas, 3 Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, 4 The battle and the breeze– 5 Your glorious standard launch again 6 To match another foe! 7 And sweep through … Continue reading
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