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 War & Peace (7 Poems)
To the Wild Heath-flow’r (Eliza Acton Poems)
There be sweet wreaths upon the brow of spring,Thornless, as those which bloom in Paradise,And fresh as Love's first feelings,—bright, ...
To * * * * * (Eliza Acton Poems)
We stood together in that tranquil sceneOf moon-light loveliness;-its silent spellStole o'er the spirit with a soft'ning pow'r,Which might have ...
The soldier’s bride to her husband, after his escape from imminent danger (Eliza Acton Poems)
I tremble at thy peril past!It shakes me, like some fearful dream,In horror's mould of madness cast,To chill the warm ...
Adine: A Fragment (Eliza Acton Poems)
She lov'd to hold communion with the nightWhen none were near, and to the golden starsPour forth the silent breathings ...
Song (Eliza Acton Poems)
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 ...
Come to my Grave (Eliza Acton Poems)
Come to my grave when I am gone,And bend a moment there alone;It will not cost thee much of painTo ...