A Modern Apostle IV (Constance Naden Poems)
AT last they met, once, twice, and many times, Until she knew the secret of his being, That essence which ...
AT last they met, once, twice, and many times, Until she knew the secret of his being, That essence which ...
ELLA kept anxious vigil by the bed: How strange it is to watch through creeping hours A face which was ...
SMALL, fragile, and dark-eyed was Alan's mother, Of Highland blood; her solemn Saxon mate Had ne'er been able quite to ...
HOW lightly men can love, how soon forget! I said--yet some there be not false or fickle: For one, the ...
THEY'VE left me alone in the garden, So I'll talk to that dear little wren-- Mr. Beetle! I do beg ...
Translated From The German of Schiller.AH faithless! canst thou thus desert me, With all fair thoughts and fancies gay, With ...
THERE was a land, where all men lived in dreams, Where heaven was hid by vapours, grey or gold; Yet ...
SAW ye that spinster gaunt and grey, Whose aspect stern might well dismay A bombardier stout-hearted? The golden hair, the ...
SOFT blows the breeze, the sun shines bright, The birds sing loud and gay; But from the castle on the ...
BRING snow-white lilies, pallid heart-flushed roses, Enwreath her brow with heavy-scented flowers; In soft undreaming sleep her head reposes, While, ...
To her Grandfather on his Birthday.OH sweet is light that dawns from gloom, And hope that springs from grief; Soon ...
OH, fatal fruits, nurtured with tears and blood! To taste your richness, we have given youth, Unshadowed mirth, and calm ...
ONLY a woman's letter, brown with age, Yet breathing deathless love, too strong and deep E'er to be told, save ...
EVIL has brought forth good, but good in turn Brings evil forth, and painfully we learn The rich resulting harmony ...
NO more I long for April's fitful sheen, For little fluttering lives, that passed in June, For leaves and flowers, ...
THE silver birch, with pure-green flickering leaves, Flooded by morn with golden light, rejoices, And mingles with the kindred merriment ...
Translated From The German of Luise von Ploennies.HIGH on that hill thou seest A single fir-tree stand; I sit there ...
LIKE waves that rise and fall, the morning sheen Glows between quivering leaves, which fain would fling Their dust and ...
AT last, coy Spring, concede one festal day To us who yearn thy beauty to behold; These pallid leaves, that ...
THROUGH all the dolorous year mine eyes have sought The ever-living loveliness that cleaves Even to dim grey skies and ...
YE little birds, that chant your love so loud, Your careless hearts are not so glad as mine, For he ...
WITH bounding heart, with eyes and cheeks aglow. Not caring how the frost may stab and sting, I haste along, ...
YE who received me, when your hearts were sore, With double welcome, since I came in lieu Of one whose ...
NO light of sun or moon can reach the seed That blindly in the bosom of a flower Ripens through ...
THE sky is dim and silent; lost are mirth, Colour, and motion; e'en the winds are dumb, Save for a ...
SWEET sounds, and scents, and colours join to woo My musing heart to love and reverence; A tender and a ...
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