New-York in 1826. (George Pope Morris Poems)
Two years have elapsed since the verse of S. W. Met your bright eyes like a fanciful gem;With that kind of ...
Two years have elapsed since the verse of S. W. Met your bright eyes like a fanciful gem;With that kind of ...
"Love me!--No.--He never loved me!"Else he'd sooner die than stainOne so fond as he has proved meWith the hollow world's ...
The wing of my spirit is broken, My day-star of hope has declined;For a month not a word have I spoken That's ...
I've had the heart-ache many times,At the mere mention of a nameI've never woven in my rhymes,Though from it inspiration ...
Ho! brothers--come hither and list to my story-- Merry and brief will the narrative be.Here, like a monarch, I reign in ...
OLD Ironsides at anchor lay, In the harbor of Mahon;A dead calm rested on the bay — The waves to sleep had ...
Georgie, come home!--Life's tendrils cling about thee, Where'er thou art, by wayward fancy led.We miss thee, love!--Home is not home without ...
Old Ironsides at anchor lay,In the harbor of Mahon;A dead calm rested on the bay--The waves to sleep had gone;When ...
The pride of all our chivalry, The name of Worth will stand,While throbs the pulse of liberty Within his native land:The wreath ...
Twilight.Oh, boatman, haste!--The twilight hour Is closing gently o'er the lea!The sun, whose setting shuts the flower. Has looked his last upon ...
Hard by I've a cottage that stands near the wood--A stream glides in peace at the door--Where all who will ...
Ah, woman!--in this world of ours, What boon can be compared to thee?--How slow would drag life's weary hours,Though man's proud ...
Fare thee well--we part for ever! All regrets are now in vain!Fate decrees that we must sever, Ne'er to meet on earth ...
The spring-time of love Is both happy and gay,For joy sprinkles blossoms And balm in our way;The sky, earth, and ocean, In beauty ...
Look from thy lattice, love-- Listen to me!The cool, balmy breeze Is abroad on the sea!The moon, like a queen, Roams her realms ...
Heigh-ho! for a husband!--Heigh-ho! There's danger in longer delay!Shall I never again have a beau? Will nobody marry me, pray!I begin to ...
Upon the barren sandA single captive stood;Around him came, with bow and brand,The red-men of the wood.Like him of old, ...
Deliver us from evil, Heavenly Father! It still besets us wheresoe'er we go!Bid the bright rays of revelation gather To light the ...
Some love to stroll where the wassail-bowl And the wine-cups circle free;None of that band shall win my hand: No! a sober ...
My heart I gave you with my hand, In brighter days than these,In that down-trodden father-land Beyond the distant seas,Where you were ...
Old Nick, who taught the village-school, Wedded a maid of homespun habit;He was as stubborn as a mule, She was as playful ...
A merry life does the hunter lead! He wakes with the dawn of day;He whistles his dog--he mounts his steed, And scuds ...
I never could find a good reason Why sorrow unbidden should stay,And all the bright joys of life's season Be driven unheeded ...
Searcher of Hearts!--from mine erase All thoughts that should not be,And in its deep recesses trace My gratitude to Thee!Hearer of Prayer!--oh, ...
Where is now my peace of mind? Gone, alas! for evermore:Turn where'er I may, I find Thorns where roses bloomed before!O'er the ...
William was holding in his handThe likeness of his wife!Fresh, as if touched by fairy wand,With beauty, grace, and life.He ...
Love comes and goes like a spell!How, no one knows, nor can tell!Now here--now there--then away!None dreameth where!--Well-a-day!Love should be ...
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