Exit From Egyptian Bondage (Lucretia Maria Davidson Poems)
(Written in her thirteenth year.)When Israel's sons, from cruel bondage freed,Fled to the land by righteous Heaven decreed;Insulting Pharaoh quick ...
(Written in her thirteenth year.)When Israel's sons, from cruel bondage freed,Fled to the land by righteous Heaven decreed;Insulting Pharaoh quick ...
The Lord is King! lift up thy voice,O earth; and all ye heav'ns, rejoice!From world to world the joy shall ...
My maiden she proved false to me;To hate all joys I soon began,Then to a flowing stream I ran,—The stream ...
PART ICOME, gentle maidens, gather round.Bring sprigs of rosemary and rue,Strew virgin lilies on the ground,And the wild rose embalm'd ...
I.I stood in an ancient gardenWith high red walls around;Over them grey and green lichensIn shadowy arabesque wound.The topmost climbing ...
They stood, almost blocking the pavement,As though at a window display;The stretcher was pushed in position,The ambulance started away.Past porches ...
Well, maybe now, towards autumn,In the dusk, when in my father's orchardA giant moon hangs on above the fence,When from ...
I walked alone in depths of autumn woods; The ruthless winds had left the maple bare The fern was withered, ...
LIVIf I have served my God with faithful soul, Using the talent which He gave in trust, So that His ...
Her final Summer was it-And yet We guessed it not-If tenderer industriousnessPervaded Her, We thoughtA further force of lifeDeveloped from ...
BOOK I Deep in the shady sadness of a vale Far sunken from the healthy breath of morn, Far from ...
My maiden she proved false to me; To hate all joys I soon began, Then to a flowing stream I ...
Coming down the stairs from the office to the living room, dining room, kitchen descending into the cloud, the glorious ...
ONCE more permit me, nuns, and this the last; I can't resist, whatever may have passed, But must relate, what ...
WHAT various ways in which a thing is told Some truth abuse, while others fiction hold; In stories we invention ...
IF these gay tales give pleasure to the FAIR, The honour's great conferred, I'm well aware; Yet, why suppose the ...
Her final Summer was it -- And yet We guessed it not -- If tenderer industriousness Pervaded Her, We thought ...
BY QUEVEDO REDIVIVUS SUGGESTED BY THE COMPOSITION SO ENTITLED BY THE AUTHOR OF 'WAT TYLER' 'A Daniel come to judgment! ...
1 TO think of time-of all that retrospection! To think of to-day, and the ages continued henceforward! Have you guess'd ...
(Lines written in the Vale of Chamouni) 1 The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its ...
I The everlasting universe of things Flows through the mind, and rolls its rapid waves, Now dark--now glittering--now reflecting gloom-- ...
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