To ***** (Bessie Rayner Parkes Poems)
I WAS a child when first I read your books, And lov'd you dearly, so far as I could see ...
I WAS a child when first I read your books, And lov'd you dearly, so far as I could see ...
HER sire, a harsh and angry man, With furious voice revil'd,"Hence from my sight, I'll none of thee-- ...
My much respected, fair young friendIn youth's bright sunshine glowing:Some friendly token I would send,Some trifle, worth your knowing.A lovely ...
As when desire, long darkling, dawns, and firstThe mother looks upon the newborn child,Even so my Lady stood at gaze ...
TELL me, what is a poet's thought? Is it on the sudden born? Is it from the starlight caught? ...
FILLED WITH THE WORKS OF ART OF THREE SISTERS FOR THEIR MOTHER.AS on a lake the water-flow'rs arise, Nurs'd by ...
AS on a lake the water-flow'rs arise, Nurs'd by its bosom to the forms they wear, And floating o'er it, ...
Here lies, whom hound did ne'er pursue, Nor swiftewd greyhound follow, Whose foot ne'er tainted morning dew, Nor ear heard ...
Oh that those lips had language! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips ...
LEANDER. No more of Memphis and her mighty kings, Or Alexandria, where the Ptolomies. Taught golden commerce to unfurl her ...
THERE'S no use in weeping, Though we are condemned to part: There's such a thing as keeping A remembrance in ...
The vision of Christ that thou dost see Is my vision's greatest enemy. Thine has a great hook nose like ...
See! Winter comes, to rule the varied Year, Sullen, and sad; with all his rising Train, Vapours, and Clouds, and ...
Scene, on the Cliffs to the Eastward of the Town of Brighthelmstone in Sussex. Time, a Morning in November, 1792. ...
I rode one evening with Count Maddalo Upon the bank of land which breaks the flow Of Adria towards Venice: ...
I. Dark was the dawn, and o'er the deep The boist'rous whirlwinds blew; The Sea-bird wheel'd its circling sweep, And ...
[As a Tribute of Esteem and Admiration this Poem is inscribed to ROBERT MERRY, Esq. A. M. Member of the ...
"What is this world?thy school, O misery! "Our only lesson is to learn to suffer." - YOUNG. LOVE, thou sportive ...
BEAUTY, the attribute of Heaven! In various forms to mortals given, With magic skill enslaves mankind, As sportive fancy sways ...
SORC'RESS of the Cave profound! Hence, with thy pale, and meagre train, Nor dare my roseate bow'r profane, Where light-heel'd ...
"How sweetly," said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid, So long had they in silence stood, Looking ...
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