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 ...
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 ...
The hour when Fancy, and Remembrance, weaveTheir fairest tissue of enchanted dreams. Twilight! still season of deep communings,And holiest hopes, ...
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 ...
I am so weary, Love !—a chain,Whose ev'ry link is form'd of pain,Clings round me, like the serpent-coil,Whose graspings crush ...
I love in loneliness to stand afar,When lingering twilight gently rests around;And night is flinging from her "ebon car"O'er earth, ...
Fresh may the flow'rs of remembrance remain When calmly thy sister is sleeping;And still may thy warm heart its ...
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