The Terrors Of Guilt (Matilda Betham Poems)
YON coward, with the streaming hair,And visage, madden'd to despair,With step convuls'd, unsettled eye,And bosom lab'ring with a sigh,Is Guilt! ...
YON coward, with the streaming hair,And visage, madden'd to despair,With step convuls'd, unsettled eye,And bosom lab'ring with a sigh,Is Guilt! ...
Now for a smacking South-east Trade to Rio!In ten days' sail or so you'll see the land.'Tis wondrous bold and ...
OH, for some cup of consummating might,Filled with life's kind conclusion, lost in night!A wine of darkness, that with death ...
I am glad when men of genius Array a common thought,In imperishable beauty That it cannot be forgot.The heart thoughts all bright ...
When the French soldier from the field returned, Begrimed with smoke and blood, he felt content,As from Napoleon he this fact ...
Bell! thou soundest merrily,When the bridal party To the church doth hie!Bell! thou soundest solemnly.When, on Sabbath morning, Fields deserted lie!Bell! thou ...
THE BREWING OF BEER.Now we sing the wondrous legends,Songs of wedding-feasts and dances,Sing the melodies of wedlock,Sing the songs of ...
OSMOTAR THE BRIDE-ADVISERNow the bride must be instructed,Who will teach the Maid of Beauty,Who instruct the Rainbow-daughter?Osmotar, the wisdom-maiden,Kalew's fair ...
Fort Dearborn is a strong and goodly place,And o'er the frontier looks with valiant faceTo greet the hostile tread of ...
A QUIET, simple man was Abel Keene,He meant no harm, nor did he often mean;He kept a school of loud ...
Nor can the foremost of the sons of menEscape my ribald and licentious penSwiftYou prisoners of New South Wales,Who frequent ...
Composed at Stroud A.A. Co. Establishment StationNew South Wales.Composed and written October 23rd day, Anno 1839You prisoners of New South ...
Once more among our archangelic hillsThe streets of this old, grave, and gracious townThrob with renewing vigor as when SpringRushes ...
BIRTH OF THE SECOND HARP.Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel,Long reflecting, sang these measures:"It is now the time befittingTo awaken joy and gladness,Time ...
IO, that the years had language! time would tell,Of one bright night the moon has loved so well, For oft ...
Hail, glorious morning of Columbia's birth, Celestial dawn of freedom! There shall be In recognition of thy wondrous worth ...
IN MARCH 1865 A double worship hath the spring, my dear, Triumph, and joy, and sweetness more than ...
There is a wildness still in England that will not feed In cages; it shrinks away from the touch of ...
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