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 ...
MANY a graven gem, besetWith gold, is worn as an amuletIn the far-off climes of the East,—a charmTo preserve the ...
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 ...
To win, beloved Caroline from thee,One thought, in years when we shall sever'd be——Sever'd, perchance, by those deep waves, which ...
I tremble at thy peril past!It shakes me, like some fearful dream,In horror's mould of madness cast,To chill the warm ...
We parted—thou wert borne afar,Through lands of loveliness to range,Thy guide and hope, that glorious star,Which knows no dark'ning shade ...
I linger oft beneath thy ray,Young Queen of Heaven! at day's decline,And muse on pleasures past away,And happier hours, which ...
I have but left my pleasant homeAnd native vales, to die!—Ah wherefore did the wish to roam,So wildly o'er my ...
Je vis,—mais dans les larmes! Such is the heart whose treasur'd storeOf sweet, and early hope is gone:It withers to ...
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