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 Heaven (8 Poems)
Miscellanies (George Borrow Poems)
CANTATA.This is Denmark's holyday; Dance, ye maidens! Sing, ye men! Tune, ye harpers! Blush, ye heroes!This is Denmark's holyday.ONE VOICE.In ...
Sir Middel (George Borrow Poems)
So tightly was Swanelil lacing her vest,That forth spouted milk, from each lily-white breast;That saw the Queen-mother, and thus she ...
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 ...
Aager And Eliza (From The Old Danish) (George Borrow Poems)
Have ye heard of bold Sir Aager,How he rode to yonder isle;There he saw the sweet Eliza,Who upon him deign'd ...
Glee (George Borrow Poems)
Roseate colours on heaven's high arch Are beginning to mix with the blue and the gray,Sol now commences his wonderful ...
Ode (From The Gaelic) (George Borrow Poems)
Is luaimnach mo chodal an nochd.Oh restless, to night, are my slumbers;Life yet I retain, but not gladness;My heart in ...
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 ...