Human Pleasure Or Pain (Matilda Betham Poems)
WHEN clouds and rain deform the sky,And light'nings glare around,Amidst the dreary, cheerless scene,Some comfort may be found.There will, at ...
WHEN clouds and rain deform the sky,And light'nings glare around,Amidst the dreary, cheerless scene,Some comfort may be found.There will, at ...
Scene: --A MADHOUSE.Persons: --VISITOR, PHYSICIAN, AND PATIENT."Veris miscens falsa." SENECA. ------------------- ...
Hail to thee, mountain beloved, with thy glittering purple-dyed summit! Hail to thee also, fair sun, looking so lovingly ...
I.MY lay is ended! closed the circling year, From Spring's first dawn to Winter's darkling night; The moan of sorrow, ...
WHAT blest design in Albion's Council moves,Which earth with pleasure views, and heav'n approves?'Tis a design humanely just and kind,Worthy ...
An ancient joker, grizzled and half-bald,With the outward seeming and the attireOf a devout deacon, and yet possessingThe frolicsome nature ...
You can sigh o'er the sad-eyed Armenian Who weeps in her desolate home. You can mourn o'er the exile of ...
Place the white man on Afric's coast,Whose swarthy sons in blood delight,Who of their scorn to Europe boast,And paint their ...
Four horseman rode out from the heart of the range,Four horseman with aspects forbidding and strange.They were booted and spurred, ...
The run of Billabong-go-dryIs just beyond Lime Burner's Gap;Its waterhole and tank supplyIs excellent — upon the map.But lacking nature's ...
'And he, casting away his garment, rose and came to Jesus.'And he cast it down, down, on the green grass,Over ...
Cinna, the great Venusian told In songs that will not dieHow in Augustan days of old Your love did glorifyHis ...
"L'amor che mi fa bella." PARADISO.Who is she? The air repliesWhat know we of name or fame?Born ...
How bravely now I face the marching days,With Youth's strong armor to defy the years!Nought now I know of the ...
A rich and lovely country wide unrolled,A fair face by me, heavens where white clouds sail,Why does my heart forever ...
Cinna, the great Venusian told In songs that will not die How in Augustan days of old Your love did ...
Even the bravest that are slain Shall not dissemble their surprise On waking to find valor reign, Even as on ...
And the first grey of morning fill'd the east, And the fog rose out of the Oxus stream. But all ...
1 AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path ...
Hail to thee, mountain beloved, with thy glittering purple-dyed summit! Hail to thee also, fair sun, looking so lovingly on! ...
The run of Billabong-go-dry Is just beyond Lime Burner's Gap; Its waterhole and tank supply Is excellent -- upon the ...
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