The Lover’s Farewell (George Moses Horton Poems)
And wilt thou, love, my soul display, And all my secret thoughts betray? I strove but could not hold thee fast, My heart ...
And wilt thou, love, my soul display, And all my secret thoughts betray? I strove but could not hold thee fast, My heart ...
Sad Moscow, thy fate do I see,Fire! fire! in the city all cry;Like quails from the eagle all flee,Escape in ...
When on my cottage falls the placid shower,When ev'ning calls the labourer home to rest,When glad the bee deserts the ...
The king of day rides on,To give the placid morning birth;On wheels of glory moves his throne,Whose light adorns the ...
Salute the august train! a scene so grand, With every tuneful band; The mighty brave, His country bound to save, ...
Hail happy pair from whom such raptures rise,On whom I gaze with pleasure and surprize;From thy bright rays the gloom ...
Ha, tott'ring Johny, strut and boast, But think of what your feathers cost; Your crowing days are short at most, ...
'Tis the hope of the noble defeated; The aim of the marksman is vain; The wish of destruction completed, The ...
I loved thee from the earliest dawn, When first I saw thy beauty's ray; And will until life's eve comes ...
'Tis sweet to trace the setting sun Wheel blushing down the west; When his diurnal race is run, The traveller ...
I feel myself in needOf the inspiring strains of ancient lore,My heart to lift, my empty mind to feed,And all ...
'Tis the voice of my sister at home, Resign'd to the treasures above, Inviting the strangers to come, And feast ...
Blown up with painful care and hard to light, A glimmering torch blown in a moment out, Suspended by a ...
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