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 ...
There be sweet wreaths upon the brow of spring,Thornless, as those which bloom in Paradise,And fresh as Love's first feelings,—bright, ...
I love thee, as I love the calm Of sweet, star-lighted hours!I love thee, as I love the balm Of ...
To those who have few ties to bind the soulTo earth, it must be sweet to steal awayGently, from life ...
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 linger oft beneath thy ray,Young Queen of Heaven! at day's decline,And muse on pleasures past away,And happier hours, which ...
Nay! take the Rose, ere yet its grace,Its freshness, and its bloom, are gone;And be thy heart its resting placeUntil ...
I love in loneliness to stand afar,When lingering twilight gently rests around;And night is flinging from her "ebon car"O'er earth, ...
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 ...
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