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; ...
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 ...
I saw the prettiest pictureThrough a garden fence to-day,Where the lilies look like angelsJust let out to play,And the roses ...
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 ...
The shadows watch about the house;Silent as they, I come.Oh, it is true that life is deaf,And not that death ...
I read of the ermine to-day,Of the ermine who will not stepBy the feint of a step in the mire,—The ...
Deep in the brooding shadow of thy wing,Hidden and hushed and harbored here,My soul for very stillness cannot sing;A word ...
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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