Gowry’s Conspiracy (Caroline Maxwell Poems)
AS Scotland's monarch forth did goTo hunt in Falkland's wood;Then Ruthven Gowry, bowing low,Before the king there stood.This youth was ...
AS Scotland's monarch forth did goTo hunt in Falkland's wood;Then Ruthven Gowry, bowing low,Before the king there stood.This youth was ...
While about the shore of Mona those Neronian legionariesBurnt and broke the grove and altar of the Druid and Druidess,Far ...
"DEATH. Lady, lady, come with me, I am thy true friend; New and strange sights shalt thou see If thine ...
The clock in the steeple struck fourteenThe day that the wedding was fixedThe couple had gone on their honeymoon firstSo ...
A patriot spake thus to an eager throng:"Give me the power and I shall right each wrong.And Fortune, smiling, on ...
O Friend too dearly lov'd, O name ador'd!My fancy's idol, and my reason's lord!In vain a powerful duty bids us ...
Then Wisdom againHis treasury of words unlocked;Sung various maxims,And thus expressed himself:—"When the sunClearest shinesSerenest in the heaven,Quickly are obscuredOver ...
The girl smiled and said: Whatis the secret of this gold ring,the secret of this ring that so tightlyembraces my ...
How I hate those modern Poems Vaguer, looser than a dream!Pointless things that look like poems Only, to ...
You are ice and fire,The touch of you burns my hands like snow.You are cold and flame.You are the crimson ...
IN that so temperate Soil Arcadia nam'd, For fertile Pasturage by Poets fam'd; Stands a steep Hill, whose lofty jetting ...
As the Sun withdrew his rays from the garden, and the moon threw cushioned beams upon the flowers, I sat ...
He seemed so complacent in the hot August sun on the barrier islands not moving at all basking in the ...
We make ourselves a place apart Behind light words that tease and flout, But oh, the agitated hear Till someone ...
Our efforts are those of the unfortunate; our efforts are like those of the Trojans. Somewhat we succeed; somewhat we ...
Amid fear and suspicions, with agitated mind and frightened eyes, we melt and plan how to act to avoid the ...
PART I On Susquehanna's side, fair Wyoming! Although the wild-flower on thy ruin'd wall, And roofless homes, a sad remembrance ...
The meadow and the mountain with desire Gazed on each other, till a fierce unrest Surged 'neath the meadow's seemingly ...
While about the shore of Mona those Neronian legionaries Burnt and broke the grove and altar of the Druid and ...
One night one night all full of murmurings, of perfumes and music of wings; one night in which fantastic fireflies ...
This night, agitated by the growing storm, how it has suddenly expanded its dimensions--, that ordinarily would have gone unnoticed, ...
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