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 ...
I love thee, as I love the calm Of sweet, star-lighted hours!I love thee, as I love the balm Of ...
Think of me, dearest! when the Western star Sheds o'er the soft blue heav'n its lovely light;For know, that ...
When flow'rs o'er which the sun-light plays,In summer's bright, and glorious days,Have left each stem which bore their bloom,And made ...
When the day-dreams which brighten'd the dawning of life Have vanish'd, like gems of the morning away;And Hope's fairy ...
Oh! I am weary of a world, where vice,Like the destroying canker-worm, doth windInto the bosom's core of those who ...
In Beauty's dwelling all things fair, And rich, to win her sweet smiles strove;But still young Beauty's only care ...
I love in loneliness to stand afar,When lingering twilight gently rests around;And night is flinging from her "ebon car"O'er earth, ...
How sacred is the lightest thing Which wakes a thought of thee !—The wild-flow'r's lonely blossoming;The young spring-zephyr's laden ...
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