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 Joy & Excitement (5 Poems)
Le Trist Adieu (Eliza Acton Poems)
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 ...
Rhymes Written In Albums. To Caroline (Eliza Acton Poems)
To win, beloved Caroline from thee,One thought, in years when we shall sever'd be——Sever'd, perchance, by those deep waves, which ...
Twilight (Eliza Acton Poems)
The hour when Fancy, and Remembrance, weaveTheir fairest tissue of enchanted dreams. Twilight! still season of deep communings,And holiest hopes, ...
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 ...