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 Thought & Thinking (8 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 ...
On Approaching Paris 1826 (Eliza Acton Poems)
We journey'd on !—the twilight starShone, in its tranquil beauty, o'er us;While, with its thousand lights, afarThe glitt'ring city lay ...
Gertrude (Eliza Acton Poems)
She knelt in pray'r before th' eternal throneOf the Most High,—her streaming eyes uprais'd,—Her white hands clasp'd convulsively,—her cheek,With the ...
I linger oft beneath thy ray (Eliza Acton Poems)
I linger oft beneath thy ray,Young Queen of Heaven! at day's decline,And muse on pleasures past away,And happier hours, which ...
Revenge (Eliza Acton Poems)
I would not, in the wildness of revenge,Give poison to mine enemy, nor strikeMy dagger to his heart, but I ...
To* * * * * (Eliza Acton Poems)
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 ...