Emma Lyon Poems on Name Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

Paraphrased From David's Psalms. Psalm XIX.THE arched heavens ere since the birth of timeInstruct the earth, in characters sublime, ...

IS there on earth a charm more firmly binds,Than gentle gratitude congenial minds?That Goddess now, at whose soft shrine I ...

TO thee, bright Orb, my humid eyes I raise; To thee I sigh, reflecting as I gaze,How dark earth's ...

MY soul with joyful gratitude surveys The cheerful sun each day more splendid rise!The softest breezes fan me as ...

OH ! that amid this wandering maze of care,Where short-liv'd pleasure meets o'erwhelming woeAt every turn; e'en where bright virtue ...

OF thee, pale monarch, death! my verse shall sing, Though chilling moisture dews each tuneful string;And thou, sad willow, ...

SWEET Sleep! that unsolicited to all, In night's dark robe descending from the sky,Soft as the dews upon the ...

WHILE Friendship, Frances! spreads my Muse's wing,Dwells on thy virtues, and allures to sing,If these weak hands could touch the ...

ALL glorious power! of keen celestial eye, Genius! tumultuous ruler of the breast,By nature wing'd with wond'rous speed to ...

OH let my Muse the lyre inflame At Friendship's ever-sacred name;A fair imperishable flower, Though dew'd with many ...

Emma Lyon Poems on Name (10 Poems)