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 ...
SMALL, fragile, and dark-eyed was Alan's mother, Of Highland blood; her solemn Saxon mate Had ne'er been able quite to ...
ELLA kept anxious vigil by the bed: How strange it is to watch through creeping hours A face which was ...
CLARICE awoke next morning with the sense That something she had found, and something lost; A little pain she felt, ...
WHITE, cold, and sacred is my chosen home, A seat for gods, a mount divine; And from the height of ...
SAW ye that spinster gaunt and grey, Whose aspect stern might well dismay A bombardier stout-hearted? The golden hair, the ...
Translated From The German of Schiller."KNIGHT, with sister's love for brother, Dear to me thou art: Take this love, and ...
MY God, who art the God of loneliness, Who, Life of human souls, art yet alone, Who, Lord of joy, ...
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, ...
PRECIOUS glimpses through the future's curtain He may catch, who sees the past unveiled; Else, in seeking for a goal ...
To her Grandfather on his Birthday.OH sweet is light that dawns from gloom, And hope that springs from grief; Soon ...
SLOWLY, with dream-like sadness, tolled The monastery bell; The Abbot of those cloisters old Lay dead within his cell. The ...
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 ...
I HAD found out a gift for my fair, I had found where the cave-men were laid; Skull, femur, and ...
Translated From The German of Goethe.WHY art thou sad, when all around So gay and bright appears? For plainly in ...
NIGHT.I LIFT to Heaven my longing eyes, Knowing that yonder tranquil moon Is bright for you in Spanish skies; And ...
Translated From The German of Schiller.THE oak-wood murmurs, The sky clouds o'er, The maiden paces The grassy shore; The billows ...
I LIVE with love encompassed round, And glowing light that is not mine, And yet am sad; for, truth to ...
I DREAMED, and saw a modern Hell, more dread Than Dante's pageant; not with gloom and glare, But all new ...
THE blackbird sits and pipes his love-notes clear In yon dark tracery of budding sprays, Sharply defined against the distant ...
NOT in the heavens alone is Truth renowned; Sad human hearts, that seem to love her less, Even in mutiny ...
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