The Branded Hand (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
WELCOME home again, brave seaman! with thy thoughtful brow and gray,And the old heroic spirit of our earlier, better day;With ...
WELCOME home again, brave seaman! with thy thoughtful brow and gray,And the old heroic spirit of our earlier, better day;With ...
FROM gold to grayOur mild sweet dayOf Indian Summer fades too soon;But tenderlyAbove the seaHangs, white and calm, the hunter's ...
'Tis hard, my friend, to write in such an age,As damns not only poets, but the stage.That sacred art, by ...
Poor sinners! little do they thinkWith whom they have to do!But stand securely on the brinkOf everlasting woe.Belshazzar thus, profanely ...
'Tis strange, profanely strange, but men will stand Upon some spot of blighted happiness,Where the Omnipotent's mysterious hand Has fallen with disaster ...
CHORUS Iacchus! Iacchus! Ho! ...
Lucilla, wedded to Lucretius, foundHer master cold; for when the morning flushOf passion and the first embrace had died Between ...
THOU that wouldst enter here, Hold thy breath inward with an holy fear; Put off thy shoes, thou in this ...
You say there's a Being all-loving, Whose nature is justice and pity; Could you say where you ...
I Within a Temple of the Toes, Where twirled the passionate Wili, I saw full many a market rose, And ...
A youth, impelled by a burning thirst for knowledgeTo roam to Sais, in fair Egypt's land,The priesthood's secret learning to ...
Now I 'm convinced the Lord is kind To men of heart sincere; Yet once my foolish thoughts repined, And ...
Will God for ever east us off? His wrath for ever smoke Against the people of' his love, His little ...
Afflicted saints happy, and prosperous sinners cursed. Now I'm convinced the Lord is kind To men of heart sincere; Yet ...
The church pleading with God under sore persecutions. Will God for ever cast us off? His wrath for ever smoke ...
v.16,21,26-31 C. M. Charity to the poor. Why do the wealthy wicked boast, And grow profanely bold? The meanest portion ...
Lucilla, wedded to Lucretius, found Her master cold; for when the morning flush Of passion and the first embrace had ...
A youth, impelled by a burning thirst for knowledge To roam to Sais, in fair Egypt's land, The priesthood's secret ...
With belly like a poisoned pup Said I: 'I must give bacon up: And also, I profanely fear, I must ...
THERE'S just a twinkle in your eye That seems to say I MIGHT, if I Were only bold enough to ...
Chapter I. Once on a time, a Dawn, all red and bright Leapt on the conquered ramparts of the Night, ...
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