Festus – XXXI (Philip James Bailey Poems)
Earth regained,And lone sea--shore where the great waves come inFrothed like a horse put to his heart--burst speed,Sobbing up--hill, note ...
Earth regained,And lone sea--shore where the great waves come inFrothed like a horse put to his heart--burst speed,Sobbing up--hill, note ...
WHEN first thou wakest, each succeeding day,Lift up to God above thy grateful eyes,And due respect to him be sure ...
Now I know when will come the last morning — when the Light no more scares away Night and Love ...
'Tis beautiful indeed--thro' parted boughsTo see the moving clouds darken the sky,To mark their many--shifting forms, and tints,As slow they ...
Hold high the brow serene,O youth, where now you stand;Let the bright sheenOf your grace be seen,Fair hope of my ...
With lullay, lullay, like a child,Thou sleepest too long, thou art beguiled!'My darling dear, my daisy flower,Let me,' quoth he, ...
Both joy and sorrow come from Thee,Who in our life's variety Dost good with seeming evil blend:Thou wakest peace from suffering,And ...
Balow, my babe, lye still and sleipe!It grieves me sair to see thee weipe:If thoust be silent, Ise be glad,Thy ...
A sad, sweet dream; it fell upon my soul When song and thought first woke their echoes there,Swaying my spirit ...
Cry on! full well I know the voice,For often it hath called on me, Stirring my passions with the noise,As ...
AN INVOCATION.I. HAIL Goddess of the heaven-reflecting eyes, Divine Athena! thou whose sweet breath blew The message of the Gods ...
'Tis time to sleep, my little boy:Why gaze thy bright eyes so?At night our children, for new joyHome to thy ...
Thou shalt behold it once, and once believe Thou may'st possess it-Love shall make the dream, Impossible and ...
SLEEP, half-blown rose, against my lady's breast, Rocked by my lady's heart and rhythmic breath, Sleep on, sweet rose, awaiting ...
Oh how oft I wake and findI have been forgetting thee!I am never from thy mind:Thou it is that wakest ...
Undoubtedly he will relent, and turn From his displeasure; in whose look serene, When angry most he seemed and most ...
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