Tomorrow (John Collins Poems)
In the down-hill of life, when I find I'm declining,May my fate no less fortunate beThan a snug elbow-chair will ...
In the down-hill of life, when I find I'm declining,May my fate no less fortunate beThan a snug elbow-chair will ...
Brother, come back! come back!Dear brother, what can be the charm,That holds you so strong — that keeps you so ...
Oh! surely for thee were the gates ajar,As thy chariot onward sped,When with brightened eye and youth renewed,Triumphant thou did'st ...
As I went a-walking on _Lavender Hill_,O, I met a Darling in frock and frill;And she looked at me shyly, ...
MY father lived his three-score years; my son lived twenty-two;One looked long back on work well done, and one had ...
You were a pearlIn the palm of my hand,My tiny baby boy.Why is it that I,A white-haired man of three-score ...
Two little children played among the flowers,Their mothers were of kin, tho' far apart;The children's ages were the very sameE'en ...
Bring the wine-cup, companions! and let it go round! At its bottom good humor and mirth will be found; Bring ...
IOh, for the power to call to aid, of mineOwn humble Muse, the famed and sacred nine.Then might she fitly ...
Fytte IBy Wood and Wold"Beneath the greenwood bough." — W. Scott.Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows, Though ...
HE.See the smoke-wreaths how they curl so lightly skywardFrom the ivied cottage nestled in the trees:Such a lovely spot-I really ...
……….. The imperial votress passed onIn maiden meditation, fancy free.Midsummer Night's Dream,Shall I never see a bachelor of three-score again?BENEDICT, ...
You were a pearlIn the palm of my hand,My tiny baby boy. Why is it that I,A white-haired man of ...
A wearied pilgrim I have wander'd here, Twice five-and-twenty, bate me but one year; Long I have lasted in this ...
All things decay with time: The forest sees The growth and down-fall of her aged trees; That timber tall, which ...
BOOK FIRST. I. ALL valor died not on the plains of Troy. Awake, my Muse, awake! be thine the joy ...
The Countess sprawled beside the sea As naked a she well could be; Indeed her only garments were A "G" ...
Let us have birthdays every day, (I had the thought while I was shaving) Because a birthday should be gay, ...
My mother she had children five and four are dead and gone; While I, least worthy to survive, persist in ...
I stood before a candy shop Which with a Christmas radiance shone; I saw my parents pass and stop To ...
I Once, when a boy, I killed a cat. I guess it's just because of that A cat evokes my ...
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