Cards of Fortune (Eliza Acton Poems)
MANY a graven gem, besetWith gold, is worn as an amuletIn the far-off climes of the East,—a charmTo preserve the ...
Eliza Acton Poems on Happiness (5 Poems)
The soldier’s bride to her husband, after his escape from imminent danger (Eliza Acton Poems)
I tremble at thy peril past!It shakes me, like some fearful dream,In horror's mould of madness cast,To chill the warm ...
To H. B. * * * * * * * * * * (Eliza Acton Poems)
When the day-dreams which brighten'd the dawning of life Have vanish'd, like gems of the morning away;And Hope's fairy ...
Nay! Take the Rose (Eliza Acton Poems)
Nay! take the Rose, ere yet its grace,Its freshness, and its bloom, are gone;And be thy heart its resting placeUntil ...
Song.. (Eliza Acton Poems)
Let me sit in the twilight hour alone,And muse on the lov'd ones far away,Till my heart hath taken the ...