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 (41 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
I Love Thee (Eliza Acton Poems)
I love thee, as I love the calm Of sweet, star-lighted hours!I love thee, as I love the balm Of ...
Portrait (Eliza Acton Poems)
The second, with a brow serenely calm,And eye of inspiration, is the child,The favour'd child of Song, and o'er his ...
To Anna (Eliza Acton Poems)
Think of me, dearest! when the Western star Sheds o'er the soft blue heav'n its lovely light;For know, that ...
Stanzas. (Eliza Acton Poems)
I saw the worthless and the vile,By Pleasure's light surrounded,And wond'ringly I mark'd the while,Their joy and bliss unbounded. For ...
Twilight (Eliza Acton Poems)
The hour when Fancy, and Remembrance, weaveTheir fairest tissue of enchanted dreams. Twilight! still season of deep communings,And holiest hopes, ...
To —- —— (Eliza Acton Poems)
We parted—thou wert borne afar,Through lands of loveliness to range,Thy guide and hope, that glorious star,Which knows no dark'ning shade ...
[To those who have few ties to bind the soul to earth] (Eliza Acton Poems)
To those who have few ties to bind the soulTo earth, it must be sweet to steal awayGently, from life ...
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 ...
To H. B. * * * * * * * * * * (Eliza Acton Poems)
When the day-dreams which brighten'd the dawning of life Have vanish'd, like gems of the morning away;And Hope's fairy ...
To Eliza D (Eliza Acton Poems)
When in far-future years thy bright glance shall be resting, On the line of remembrance my pen hath impress'd,Oh! ...
To A Friend With A Pyrus Japionica (Eliza Acton Poems)
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 ...
[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 ...
Song! (Eliza Acton Poems)
In Beauty's dwelling all things fair, And rich, to win her sweet smiles strove;But still young Beauty's only care ...
The Last Song (Eliza Acton Poems)
'Tis ruin all!—but o'er my heartA deeper change is hast'ning on;Its ev'ry dream will soon depart,Its ev'ry hope from earth ...
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 ...
Nay! Take the Rose (Eliza Acton Poems)
Nay! take the Rose, ere yet its grace,Its freshness, and its bloom, are gone;And be thy heart its resting placeUntil ...
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 ...
Venice (Eliza Acton Poems)
Tis ev'ning now! —the vesper-starWith smiles of beauty glads the sky,And breathings from the light guitar,Are blending with the minstrel's ...
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 ...
Song. (Eliza Acton Poems)
Thou shalt know my love by his eagle-eye,And his lofty brow,Where in richness the dark curls clust'ring lieOn the forehead's ...