Cito Pede Preterit Aetas (Adam Lindsay Gordon Poems)
A mellower light doth Sol afford,His meridian glare has pass'dAnd the trees on the broad and sloping swardTheir length'ning shadows ...
A mellower light doth Sol afford,His meridian glare has pass'dAnd the trees on the broad and sloping swardTheir length'ning shadows ...
Fytte IBy Wood and Wold"Beneath the greenwood bough." — W. Scott.Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows, Though ...
Through the lattice rushes the south wind, dense With fumes of the flowery frankincense From hawthorn blossoming thickly; And gold ...
The troubles of life are many, The pleasures of life are few;When we sat in the sunlight, Annie, I dreamt ...
Across the trackless seas I go, No matter when or where,And few my future lot will know, And fewer still ...
A stone upon her heart and head, But no name written on that stone;Sweet neighbours whisper low instead, This sinner ...
Oh! wind that whistles o'er thorns and thistles, Of this fruitful earth like a goblin elf;Why should he labour to ...
The Lord shall slay or the Lord shall save! He is righteous whether He save or slay —Brother, give thanks ...
Adieu to kindred hearts and home, To pleasure, joy, and mirth,A fitter foot than mine to roam Could scarcely tread ...
WHITE steeds of ocean, that leap with a hollow and wearisome roarOn the bar of ironstone steep, not a fathom's ...
Lay me low, my work is done;I am weary. Lay me low,Where the wild flowers woo the sun,Where the balmy ...
Here's a health to every sportsman, be he stableman or lord,If his heart be true, I care not what his ...
A man is independent of the world,And little recks of strife or angry brawl,If 'gainst a host his banner be ...
Hold hard, Ned! Lift me down once more, and lay me in the shade. Old man, you've had your work ...
They are rhymes rudely strung with intent less Of sound than of words, In lands where bright blossoms are scentless, ...
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