The Rock of the Pilgrims. (George Pope Morris Poems)
A rock in the wilderness welcomed our sires, From bondage far over the dark-rolling sea;On that holy altar they kindled the ...
A rock in the wilderness welcomed our sires, From bondage far over the dark-rolling sea;On that holy altar they kindled the ...
While before St. Agnes' shrineKnelt a true knight's lady-love,From the wars of PalestineCame a gentle carrier-dove.Round his neck a Silken ...
I knew a sweet girl, with a bonny blue eye, Who was born in the shade The wild sycamore made, Where the brook ...
She heard the fight was over, And won the wrath of fame!When tidings from her lover, With his good war-steed came:To guard ...
To meet, and part, as we have met and parted, One moment cherished and the next forgot,To wear a smile when ...
In the days that are gone, by this sweet-flowing water, Two lovers reclined in the shade of a tree;She was the ...
The wind-harp has music it moans to the tree,And so has the shell that complains to the sea,The lark that ...
Thank God for pleasant weather! Chant it, merry rills!And clap your hands together, Ye exulting hills!Thank Him, teeming valley! Thank Him, fruitful plain!For ...
My lady waits!--'Tis now the hour When morn unbars her gates!--My vessel glides beneath the tower Where now my lady waits.Her signal ...
Come, come to me, love! Come, love!--AriseAnd shame the bright stars With the light of thine eyes;Look out from thy lattice-- Oh, lady-bird, ...
Wealth sought the bower of Beauty,Dressed like a modern beau:Just then Love, Health, and DutyTook up their hats to go.Wealth ...
Oh, this love--this love! I ainse the passion slighted;But hearts that truly love, Must break or be united. Oh, this love!When first he ...
My lady hath as soft a handAs any queen in fairy-land;And, hidden in her tiny boot,As dainty and as light ...
As streams at morn, from seas that glide, Rejoicing on their sparkling way,Will turn again at eventide, To mingle with their kindred ...
I love the night when the moon streams bright On flowers that drink the dew--When cascades shout as the stars peep ...
Love left one day his leafy bower, And roamed in sportive vein,Where Vanity had built a tower, For Fashion's sparkling train.The mistress ...
Oh, think of me, my own beloved, Whatever cares beset thee!And when thou hast the falsehood proved, Of those with smiles who ...
The star of love now shines above, Cool zephyrs crisp the sea;Among the leaves the wind-harp weaves Its serenade for thee.The star, ...
To me the world's an open bookOf sweet and pleasant poetry;I read it in the running brookThat sings its way ...
Love can not be the aloe-tree, Whose bloom but once is seen;Go search the grove--the tree of love Is sure the evergreen:For ...
Love thee, dearest?--Hear me.--NeverWill my fond vows be forgot!May I perish, and for ever,When, dear maid, I love thee not!Turn ...
After life's eventful mission, In her truthfulness and worth,Like a calm and gentle vision She has passed away from earth.Lovely she in ...
Fare thee well, love!--We must sever!Nor for years, love; but for ever!We must meet no more--or onlyMeet as strangers--sad and ...
William was holding in his handThe likeness of his wife!Fresh, as if touched by fairy wand,With beauty, grace, and life.He ...
The heart that owns thy tyrant sway, Whate'er its hopes may be,Is like a bark that drifts away Upon a shoreless sea!No ...
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 ...
All that's beautiful in woman, All we in her nature love,All that's good in all that's human, Passed this gate to courts ...
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