Epicedia (Henry Alford Poems)
I.Ye must not die--your cheek is red,Ye have not lost your bloom;We shall be loth when ye are deadTo lay ...
I.Ye must not die--your cheek is red,Ye have not lost your bloom;We shall be loth when ye are deadTo lay ...
XXIIt was amazement, wonder and delight,Although not love, that moved his cruel sense;'Tell on,' quoth he, 'unfold the chance aright,Thy ...
It was past the hour of trysting, But she lingered for him still;Like a child, the eager streamlet Leaped and laughed adown ...
I chose me a lovely garden,Beneath whose ivied wallA lake's blue wavelets murmurAs evening shadows fall,--A garden, whose leafy windowsFrame ...
Rise, said the Master, come unto the feast:-- She heard the call, and rose with willing feet; But thinking it not otherwise ...
Rise,' said the Master, 'come unto the feast.'She heard the call and rose with willing feet; But thinking it not otherwise ...
The phantom happiness I sought O'er every crag and moor;I paused at every postern gate, And knocked at every door;In vain I ...
King Arthur made new knights to fill the gapLeft by the Holy Quest; and as he satIn hall at old ...
AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT LLOYD. Contrarius evehor orbi.--OVID, Met. lib. ii.When foes insult, and prudent friends dispense,In pity's strains, the ...
I'll tell you a story; but pass the "jack",And let us make merry to-night, my men.Aye, those were the days ...
First, London, for its myriads; for its height, Manhattan heaped in towering stalagmite; But Paris for the smoothness of the ...
FOR three long nights had King Arthur watch'd,The light from the turret shone !For three long nights had King Arthur ...
O HAVE you seen the Stratton floodThat's great with rain to-day?It runs beneath your wall, Lord Sands,Full of the new-mown ...
The wind! the wind plays o'er the prison-bar, Still fresh from kissing the green forest-leaves;Rending the wheat-fields in the ...
"The drug clerk stands behind the counter Young and dapper and debonair…. Before him burn the great unwinking lights The ...
Salut, divin Triomphe! entre dans nos murailles!Rends-nous ces guerriers illustr?sPar le sang de D?sille, et par les fun7eacute;raillesDe tant de ...
When the Present has latched its postern behind my tremulous stay, And the May month flaps its glad green leaves ...
I. You're my friend: I was the man the Duke spoke to; I helped the Duchess to cast off his ...
I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he; I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; "Good speed!" cried ...
King Arthur made new knights to fill the gap Left by the Holy Quest; and as he sat In hall ...
First, London, for its myriads; for its height, Manhattan heaped in towering stalagmite; But Paris for the smoothness of the ...
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