The Man-O-War Hawk (Herman Melville Poems)
Yon black man-of-war-hawk that wheels in the lightO'er the black ship's white sky-s'l, sunned cloud to the sight,Have we low-flyers wings to ...
Yon black man-of-war-hawk that wheels in the lightO'er the black ship's white sky-s'l, sunned cloud to the sight,Have we low-flyers wings to ...
The fields and lanes show fresh and fain Pranked in the jewels of the rain; And the scent that breathes ...
Now, when our Lord was come to eighteen years,The King commanded that there should be builtThree stately houses, one of ...
I.WHAT shalt THOU know of Spring? A verdant crown Of young boughs waving o'er thy blooming head: White tufted Guelder-roses, ...
Behold, even I, even I am Beatrice.(Div. Com. Purg. xxx.)OF Florence and of BeatriceServant and singer from of old,O'er Dante's ...
'Twas the hour of four by Quarterman's clock Of a July day in the afternoon,- Four of the clock, not ...
Dead is he? Yes, our stranger guest said dead— said it by noonday, when it seemed a thing most natural ...
INot yet had History's Aetna smoked the skies,And low the Gallic Giantess lay enchained,While overhead in ordered set and riseHer ...
Sweet, kiss my eyelids close, and let me lie, On this old-fashioned sofa, in the dim And purple ...
Bursts from a rending East in flawsThe young green leaflet's harrier, swornTo strew the garden, strip the shaws,And show our ...
"Once more 'twas spring! The meadow-lark gave noteAbout his grassy nest, and builders hummed Old songs while sod on sod ...
THERE was a lion in JudahWhich whelped, and was Mark.But winged.A lion with wings.At least at Venice.Even as late as ...
snow liesearth flieslights flipnight walks innight lies on a rug of starsnight how are you spelled?like an inane leversleeps the ...
PRECIOUS glimpses through the future's curtain He may catch, who sees the past unveiled; Else, in seeking for a goal ...
AN INVOCATION.I. HAIL Goddess of the heaven-reflecting eyes, Divine Athena! thou whose sweet breath blew The message of the Gods ...
Sunned in the South, and here to-day; --If all organic things Be sentient, Flowers, as some men say, What are ...
In a great land, a new land, a land full of labour and riches and confusion, Where there were many ...
Fame, wisdom, love, and power were mine, And health and youth possessed me; My goblets blushed from every vine, And ...
He does not live here but it is the god. A priest tools in a top his motorbike. You do ...
I was angry with my friend; I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: ...
If Mary had known When she held her Babe's hands in her own Little hands that were tender and white ...
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