Beechenbrook – X (Margaret Junkin Preston Poems)
"Break, my heart, and ease this pain-- Cease to throb, thou tortured brain; Let me die,--since he is slain, --Slain in battle! Blessed brow, ...
"Break, my heart, and ease this pain-- Cease to throb, thou tortured brain; Let me die,--since he is slain, --Slain in battle! Blessed brow, ...
"I don't care," we hear it oft And oft, the words are seeming fair;But many a heartache lies beneath A careless "I ...
The breezes blow on the river below, And the fleecy clouds float high,And I mark how the dark green gum trees ...
TIME was, not very long ago,When Mabel's walking skirtTrailed half a yard behind to showHow well she swept the dirt.But ...
Darling,' he said, 'I never meantTo hurt you;' and his eyes were wet.'I would not hurt you for the world:Am ...
Joy was in Israel; for all hoped that, now, A three days' journey in the wilderness Verily should they go, ...
LOUISATOEMMA,HER FRIEND IN THE EAST-INDIES.THEE EMMA , four slow-circling years have seenPress, with thy pensive foot, Savannas green;Seen thee, with ...
Part IMAGISTRATE, VAGRANT, CONSTABLE, &c. VAGRANT.Take, take away thy barbarous hand,And let me to thy ...
November 5: 1640Harsh words have been utter'd and written on her, Henrietta the Queen:She was young in a difficult part, ...
I. Where falls the shadow of the Kofel cross Athwart the Alpine snows, the rose of faith ...
The spirit in my soul hath woken,And bids me speak to thee again; And silence, many a day unbroken,Must cease, ...
(Erinna was a Greek poetess, a friend and pupil of Sappho of Lesbos. She died at the age of nineteen.) ...
Look down from heaven, and behold and visit this vine.Psalm lxxx. 14. The spot where I loiter'd was lonely and ...
……….. The imperial votress passed onIn maiden meditation, fancy free.Midsummer Night's Dream,Shall I never see a bachelor of three-score again?BENEDICT, ...
OF THE PRIORY,CORNWALL. WHEN the awaken'd soul receivesThe first impression fancy gives,Temper'd by soft affection's reign,Sweet are the days of ...
For some the river of life would seem Free from the shallow, the reef, or bar,As they gently glide down ...
Shrill chirp the insects in the grass; All about the hoppers spring. While I my husband do not see, ...
These to me are beautiful people;Thick hair sliding in a rippleA tall throat, round as a column;A mournful mouth, small ...
Darling,' he said, 'I never meant To hurt you;' and his eyes were wet. 'I would not hurt you for ...
1 It once might have been, once only: 2 We lodged in a street together, 3 You, a sparrow on ...
Oh, lead me to a quiet cell Where never footfall rankles, And bar the window passing well, And gyve my ...
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