George Darley Poems Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

I SENT a ring--a little band Of emerald and ruby stone,And bade it, sparkling on thy hand, Tell thee sweet tales of ...

O BLEST unfabled Incense Tree,That burns in glorious Araby,With red scent chalicing the air,Till earth-life grow Elysian there!Half buried to ...

O Blest unfabled Incense Tree,That burns in glorious Araby,With red scent chalicing the air,Till earth-life grow Elysian there!Half buried to ...

It is not Beauty I demand, A crystal brow, the moon's despair, Nor the snow's daughter, a white hand, Nor ...

A star is gone! a star is gone! There is a blank in Heaven; One of the cherub ...

I sent a ring-a little band Of emerald and ruby stone, And bade it, sparkling on thy hand, ...

Sweet in her green dell the flower of beauty slumbers, Lull'd by the faint breezes sighing through her hair; ...

O BLEST unfabled Incense Tree, That burns in glorious Araby, With red scent chalicing the air, Till earth-life grow Elysian ...

Prayer unsaid, and mass unsung, Deadman's dirge must still be rung:Dingle-dong, the dead-bells sound! Mermen chant his dirge around!Wash him ...

Down the dimpled green-sward dancing Bursts a flaxen-headed bevy, Bud-lipt boys and girls advancing ...

Whilst the moon decks herself in Neptune's glass And ponders over her image in the sea, Her cloudy locks smoothing ...

Wherefore, unlaurell'd Boy, Whom the contemptuous Muse will not inspire,With a sad kind of joy Still sing'st thou to thy ...

Troop home to silents grots and caves!Troop home! And mimic as you goThe mournful winding of the wavesWhich to their ...

You, the choice minions of the proud-lipped nine Who warble at the great Apollo's knee, Why do you laugh at ...

George Darley Poems (14 Poems)