Eliza Acton Poems on Sadness Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

MANY a graven gem, besetWith gold, is worn as an amuletIn the far-off climes of the East,—a charmTo preserve the ...

Where is he now?—that mightiest one, whose nameWas still the spell-word of the fray,—the soundWhich led his legions on untir'd, ...

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 journey'd on !—the twilight starShone, in its tranquil beauty, o'er us;While, with its thousand lights, afarThe glitt'ring city lay ...

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 ...

When the day-dreams which brighten'd the dawning of life Have vanish'd, like gems of the morning away;And Hope's fairy ...

I would not, in the wildness of revenge,Give poison to mine enemy, nor strikeMy dagger to his heart, but I ...

Nay! take the Rose, ere yet its grace,Its freshness, and its bloom, are gone;And be thy heart its resting placeUntil ...

Come to my grave when I am gone,And bend a moment there alone;It will not cost thee much of painTo ...

There is a low and lonely place of rest,Upon whose couch the worn and wearied frameReposes in forgetfulness,—and there,The streaming ...

Eliza Acton Poems on Sadness (12 Poems)