Charleston Retaken. Dec. 14, 1782 (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
AS some half-vanquished lion,Who long hath kept at bayA band of sturdy forestersBarring his blood-stained way--Sore-smitten, weak and wounded--Glares forth ...
AS some half-vanquished lion,Who long hath kept at bayA band of sturdy forestersBarring his blood-stained way--Sore-smitten, weak and wounded--Glares forth ...
I. The beast exultant spreads the nostril wide, Snuffing a sickly hate-enkindling scent; Proud of his rage, on sudden carnage bent, He leaps, and ...
I SEE black dragons mount the sky, I see earth yawn beneath my feet — I feel within the asp, the wormThat ...
TWO travellers, worn with sun and rainAnd gropings o'er dim paths unknown,Meet where long separate ways have grownTo one, and ...
A Sabbath morn — softly the village bellsRing out their welcome to the sacred day.The weary swain has drunk of ...
IOh, for the power to call to aid, of mineOwn humble Muse, the famed and sacred nine.Then might she fitly ...
1.Lord of the world's undying youth, What joys are in thy might!What beauties of the inner truth, And of the ...
On Cape Misenum shone a palace fair Among the laurels by the summer sea; Long colonnades, and wondrous artistry, And ...
A green and silent spot, amid the hills, A small and silent dell ! O'er stiller place No singing sky-lark ...
BOOK FIRST. I. ALL valor died not on the plains of Troy. Awake, my Muse, awake! be thine the joy ...
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