Eliza Acton Poems on Beauty Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

MANY a graven gem, besetWith gold, is worn as an amuletIn the far-off climes of the East,—a charmTo preserve the ...

Oft have we parted Love! beforeWith prospects darkly shadow'd o'er,But never have we sunder'd yet,With such wild hopelessness as now,Since ...

There be sweet wreaths upon the brow of spring,Thornless, as those which bloom in Paradise,And fresh as Love's first feelings,—bright, ...

We stood together in that tranquil sceneOf moon-light loveliness;-its silent spellStole o'er the spirit with a soft'ning pow'r,Which might have ...

We journey'd on !—the twilight starShone, in its tranquil beauty, o'er us;While, with its thousand lights, afarThe glitt'ring city lay ...

She lov'd to hold communion with the nightWhen none were near, and to the golden starsPour forth the silent breathings ...

The second, with a brow serenely calm,And eye of inspiration, is the child,The favour'd child of Song, and o'er his ...

Think of me, dearest! when the Western star Sheds o'er the soft blue heav'n its lovely light;For know, that ...

Nay! take the Rose, ere yet its grace,Its freshness, and its bloom, are gone;And be thy heart its resting placeUntil ...

Tis ev'ning now! —the vesper-starWith smiles of beauty glads the sky,And breathings from the light guitar,Are blending with the minstrel's ...

Thou shalt know my love by his eagle-eye,And his lofty brow,Where in richness the dark curls clust'ring lieOn the forehead's ...

I love in loneliness to stand afar,When lingering twilight gently rests around;And night is flinging from her "ebon car"O'er earth, ...

When the beautiful star of the West moves on,A lonely gem, through the fields of air;When the last faint flush ...

I turn from pleasures witching tone,Though sweet the syren-strain may beAnd wander silently, and lone,To think, my own best love! ...

Eliza Acton Poems on Beauty (14 Poems)