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 Love (16 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 ...
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 ...
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 Deceived Merman (From The Old Danish) (George Borrow Poems)
Fair Agnes alone on the sea-shore stood,Then rose a Merman from out the flood:"Now, Agnes, hear what I say to ...
Sir John (George Borrow Poems)
Sir Lave to the island stray'd;He wedded there a lovely maid:"I'll have her yet," said John.He brought her home across ...
The Elder-Witch (George Borrow Poems)
Though tall the oak, and firm its stem, Though far abroad its boughs are spread, Though high the poplar lifts ...
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 ...
Thoughts On Death (From The Swedish Of C. Lohman) (George Borrow Poems)
Perhaps 't is folly, but still I feelMy heart-strings quiver, my senses reel,Thinking how like a fast stream we rangeNearer ...
Sudden Chorus Of The Slain Warriors Is Heard From On High (George Borrow Poems)
From the heavenly, clear, invisible, homeOur voices come:No joy can resemble the joy which reignsIn our seraph veins.Lov'd ones, lov'd ...
Youthful Maidens (George Borrow Poems)
Love, with rosy fetter, Held us firmly bound;Pure unmix'd enjoyment Grateful here we found.Bosom, bosom meeting, 'Gainst our youths we ...