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 World (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 ...
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, ...
A Sketch (Eliza Acton Poems)
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 * * * * * (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 ...
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 ...
[Oh! I am weary of a world] (Eliza Acton Poems)
Oh! I am weary of a world, where vice,Like the destroying canker-worm, doth windInto the bosom's core of those who ...