Festus – XIII (Philip James Bailey Poems)
In one of earth'sHead cities, awaiting this, the effect unknown,Of evil, not, truly, all--wise, we towerlike rise;With eminent but indifferent ...
In one of earth'sHead cities, awaiting this, the effect unknown,Of evil, not, truly, all--wise, we towerlike rise;With eminent but indifferent ...
MARICONDO. Here you see a flaming yoke enveloped in knots round which iswritten: Levius aura; which means that Divine love ...
Thence earthward tending, first we make the sun;Where, as at rest in light, a mediate point,A bright effect original of ...
I will not build on yonder mount;And, should you call me to account,Consulting with myself, I findIt was no levity ...
Self discipline and perseverance strong,Effort on effort, with endurance long,Make kings of men, who subjugate and swayStern empire over self ...
The cursive crawl, the squared-off charactersthese by themselves delight, even withouta meaning, in a foreign language, inChinese, for instance, or ...
As if chiseled, a fruit-laden branchHangs in my garden, asleep - so low...The trees sleep - and dream? - in ...
TO David Garrick, Esq;——— Ridiculum acriFortius ac melius magnas plerumque secat res. HoracePreface:The Author begs Leave to premise, that in ...
_Teteuynan ycuic._ 1. Ahuiya cocauic xochitla oya cueponca yeua tonana teumechauemoquicican tamoanchan, auayye, auayya, yyao, yya, yyeo, aye ayo, ayyayyaa. ...
I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when ...
Oh what a kissWith filial passion overcharged is this!To this misgiving breastThe child runs, as a child ne'er ran to ...
In the twilight of my audacityI saw you flee the world, the burnt highwaysOf summer gave up their light: IFollowed ...
How low when angels fall their black descent, Our primal thunder tells: known is the pain Of music, that nigh ...
Wherefore, unlaurell'd Boy, Whom the contemptuous Muse will not inspire,With a sad kind of joy Still sing'st thou to thy ...
[The following explanation is necessary, in order to make this ode in any way intelligible. The Poet is supposed to ...
The dogs greet me, I descend into their world of fur and tongues and then my wife and I embrace ...
The Frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. The owlet's cry Came loud, -and hark, again! loud as ...
"Had we never loved so kindly, Had we never loved so blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er ...
That crazed girl improvising her music. Her poetry, dancing upon the shore, Her soul in division from itself Climbing, falling ...
Across the millstream below the bridge Seven blue swallows divide the air In shapes invisible and evanescent, Kaleidoscopic beyond the ...
I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when it ...
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