Petronilla (Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Poems)
Of Peter's daughter, it is said, men told,While yet she breathed, a tale as sad as life,As sweet as death; ...
Of Peter's daughter, it is said, men told,While yet she breathed, a tale as sad as life,As sweet as death; ...
A blessing on the Art that dares(Cold critic, call it what you may!)Bring precious things to common homes;A blessing fall ...
Because you cannot pluck the flower,You pass the sweet scent by;Because you cannot have the starsYou will not see the ...
Oh, not to you, my mentor sweet,And stern as only sweetness can,Whose grave eyes look out steadfastlyAcross my nature's plan,And ...
That heart were something cold, I think,That on the light of stars reliedFor daily fire; and cruel isThe perfumed breath ...
Deep-hearted as an untried joyThe warm light blushes on the bay,And placid as long happinessThe perfect sky of Florida.Silent and ...
Take back, my friend, the gifts once given.No fairer find I this side HeavenWith which to bless thee, than thine ...
"That we together may sail,Just as we used to do."Carleton's BalladsAnd what if I should be kind?And what if you ...
Blinded I groped—you gave me sight.Perplexed I turned—you sent me light.You speak unto a thousand ears:I pay you tribute in ...
O Sweet!I kiss thy feet.It is permitted meSo much to keep of thee,So much to give to thee.ReverentlyI touch thy ...
Old, old,Centuries old,How old a love is, who can say?It is an ancient daySince thou and I wert wed.The orb?d ...
At evening once, the lowly men who lovedOur Master were found desolate, and grievedFor Him whose eyes had been the ...
The wave goes down, the wind goes down,The gray tide glitters on the sea,The moon seems praying in the sky.Gates ...
What can the brown earth do,Drenched and dripping throughTo the heart, and dazzled by the sightOf the lightThat cometh after ...
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