On Hearing It Said There Is No Satisfactory Happiness On Earth (Caroline Fry Poems)
NAY, Sister, nay,but say not so,For o'er my memory even nowThere comes, as if it were a dream,A train indeed ...
NAY, Sister, nay,but say not so,For o'er my memory even nowThere comes, as if it were a dream,A train indeed ...
And is it so? Look at creation round!See you how fair, how beautiful it is,How form'd to bless, how exquisite ...
Farewell! —and if for ever —what a doubtStrikes through the soul at that tremendous thought!'Tis not the world's for ever ...
SISTER of Faith and Charity, Where there are only three;Fit habitant of heaven, yet content, ...
AH! where, lovely Planet, Ah! where dost thou stray;Thy path it is lonely, And trackless thy way.It seems ...
WHERE hast thou been, thou pretty Flower, That ne'er before I found thee?For whom has nature deck'd thee thus, ...
STILL as I watch'd the evening close,In azure blue the pale moon rose;No sullen mist obscur'd her ray,Nor e'en a ...
Still as I watch'd the evening close,In azure blue the pale moon rose;No sullen mist obscur'd her ray,Nor e'en a ...
I saw beneath its native stemThe sever'd Vine-branch layed,The dews were fresh upon its cheek,The sun-beam on its head.The new-blown ...
ASK the bird that soars on high,Midway between earth and sky,What he sees, when he is there,On the world's receding ...
Pensive as I watch'd the night,Many a star was glitt'ring bright,While their gay, but warmthless rays,Wak'd the thoughts of other ...
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