On The Poetic Muse (George Moses Horton Poems)
Far, far above this world I soar, And almost nature lose, Aerial regions to explore, With this ambitious Muse. My towering thoughts with pinions ...
Far, far above this world I soar, And almost nature lose, Aerial regions to explore, With this ambitious Muse. My towering thoughts with pinions ...
Sad Moscow, thy fate do I see,Fire! fire! in the city all cry;Like quails from the eagle all flee,Escape in ...
With tears I leave these academic bowers, And cease to cull the scientific flowers; With tears I hail the fair ...
When Tiger left his native yard, He did not many ills regard, A fleet and harmless cur; Indeed, he was ...
Salute the august train! a scene so grand, With every tuneful band; The mighty brave, His country bound to save, ...
Though with an angel's tongue I set on fire the congregations all, 'Tis but a brazen bell that I have ...
Hail happy pair from whom such raptures rise,On whom I gaze with pleasure and surprize;From thy bright rays the gloom ...
As smoke from a volcano soars in the air, The soul of man discontent mounts from a sigh, Exhaled as ...
When Evening bids the Sun to rest retire,Unwearied Ether sets her lamps on fire;Lit by one torch, each is supplied ...
Bless'd hope, when Tempe takes her last long flight, And leaves her lass-lorn lover to complain, Like Luna mantling o'er ...
Sweet memory, like a pleasing dream, Still lends a dull and feeble ray; For ages with her vestige teems, When ...
'Tis the voice of my sister at home, Resign'd to the treasures above, Inviting the strangers to come, And feast ...
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