The Death-Raven (From The Danish Of Oehlenslaeger) (George Borrow Poems)
The silken sail, which caught the summer breeze,Drove the light vessel through the azure seas;Upon the lofty deck, Dame Sigrid ...
George Borrow Poems on Death & Dying (8 Poems)
Scenes (George Borrow Poems)
Observe ye not yon high cliff's brow,Up which a wanderer clambers slow,'T is by a hoary ruin crown'd,Which rocks when ...
Fridleif and Helga (George Borrow Poems)
The woods were in leaf, and they cast a sweet shade;Among them walk'd Helga, the beautiful maid.The water is dashing ...
The Violet-Gatherer (From The Danish Of Oehlenslaeger) (George Borrow Poems)
Pale the moon her light was shedding O'er the landscape far and wide;Calmly bright, all ills undreading, Emma wander'd by ...
May Asda (From The Danish Of Oehlenslaeger) (George Borrow Poems)
May Asda is gone to the merry green wood;Like flax was each tress on her temples that stood;Her cheek like ...
The Hail-Storm (From The Norse) (George Borrow Poems)
When from our ships we bounded,I heard, with fear astounded,The storm of Thorgerd's waking,From Northern vapours breaking;With flinty masses blended,Gigantic ...
Sadness (George Borrow Poems)
Lo, a pallid fleecy vapour Far along the East is spread;Every star has quench'd its taper, Lately glimmering over head.On ...
Bear Song (From The Danish Of Evald) (George Borrow Poems)
The squirrel that's sporting Amid the green leaves,Full oft, with its rustle, The hunter deceives;Who starts-and believing That booty is ...