Festus – VI (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Our nextAdventure seems to promise fair, for be thereOne scene, in life whence evil may be ruledAbsent, 'tis sure pure ...
Our nextAdventure seems to promise fair, for be thereOne scene, in life whence evil may be ruledAbsent, 'tis sure pure ...
The hostility of the kindred races of Pandu and Kuru forms one of the great circles of Indian fable. It fills ...
A simple thing of knotted pine And corrugated tin;But still, to those who read, a sign,A fortress on the farthest line Against ...
In lowly dale, fast by a river's side,With woody hill o'er hill encompass'd round,A most enchanting wizard did abide,Than whom ...
Because I am by nature blind,I wisely choose to walk behind;However, to avoid disgrace,I let no creature see my face.My ...
His face wor varry thin an pale, His een wor strangely breet;His old rags flapt i'th' wintry gale, An shooless wor his ...
My countryman, dear LithuanianBrought up in meadows and in leafy dales,To lead a new life is my invitation,A life loud ...
Dearest, there is no part of us, but airAnd earth are counterparts. Your fragrant eyesTouching my own, some essence of ...
IEnter these enchanted woods,You who dare.Nothing harms beneath the leavesMore than waves a swimmer cleaves.Toss your heart up with the ...
There stands a singer in the street, He has an audience motley and meet; Above him lowers the London night, ...
The buried voice bespake Antigone.'O sister! couldst thou know, as thou wilt know,The bliss above, the reverence below,Enkindled by thy ...
I hied me to the ocean-side; Its waves rolled bright and high; Upon its waters, spreading wide, ...
I hied me to the ocean-side; Its waves rolled bright and high; Upon its waters, spreading wide, ...
My Reason for being one Week absent from her. You ask me why my throbbing breast Heaves with a ...
O mother who sips sweetened liquors!Look down at the child on your breast;Think, think of the rough path before him,And ...
Ah, Necromancy Sweet! Ah, Wizard erudite! Teach me the skill, That I instil the pain Surgeons assuage in vain, Nor ...
Round clouds roll in the arms of the wind, The round earth rolls in a clasp of blue sky, And ...
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