Astraea: The Balance Of Illusions (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
WHAT secret charm, long whispering in mine ear,Allures, attracts, compels, and chains me here,Where murmuring echoes call me to resignTheir ...
WHAT secret charm, long whispering in mine ear,Allures, attracts, compels, and chains me here,Where murmuring echoes call me to resignTheir ...
I dread that street — its haggard faceI have not seen for eight long years;A mother's curse is on the ...
Mellow hazes, lowly trailing Over wood and meadow, veiling Somber skies, with wildfowl sailing Sailor-like to foreign lands; And the north-wind overleaping Summer's brink, and ...
One more little spirit to Heaven has flown, To dwell in that mansion above,Where dear little angels, together roam, In God's everlasting ...
We are little children, That go to Sabbath school,To hear of our Redeemer, Likewise the golden rule.We will try and do our ...
Dear friends, and here I say friendsthe broad sense of the word:Wife, sister, associates, relatives,Schoolmates of both sexes,People seen only ...
Alone I stand in the autumn coldOn the tip of Orange Island,The Xiang flowing northward;I see a thousand hills crimsoned ...
In the lands away beyond the sea, where Khan and Sultan rule,Where they drink their coffee thick and black, and ...
I hear thee, echo! And I start to hear thee With a strange shock, as from among the hillsThy ...
The mysteries of life and death,Lie hidden from all human ken,We know it is the vital breathOf God, that makes ...
God permits industrious Angels -- Afternoons -- to play -- I met one -- forgot my Schoolmates -- All -- ...
There is a child I used to know who sat, perhaps, at this same desk where you sit now, and ...
I heard the dogs howl in the moonlight night; I went to the window to see the sight; All the ...
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