Letter From The Town Mouse To The Country Mouse (Horace Smith Poems)
I.Oh for a field, my friend; oh for a field! I ask no more Than one plain field, shut in by hedgerows ...
Horace Smith Poems (21 Poems)
Prothalamion (Horace Smith Poems)
Nothing so true as what you once let fall,--"To growl at something is the lot of all;Contentment is a gem ...
Young England (Horace Smith Poems)
The times still "grow to something strange"; We rap and turn the tables;We fire our guns at awful range; We lay Atlantic ...
My Boating Song (Horace Smith Poems)
I.Oh this earth is a mineful of treasure, A goblet, that's full to the brim,And each man may take for his ...
An Attempt To Remember The “Grandmother’s Apology” (Horace Smith Poems)
And Willie, my eldest born, is gone, you say, little Anne,Ruddy and white, and strong on his legs, he looks ...
Isle Of Wight–Spring, 1891 (Horace Smith Poems)
I know not what the cause may be, Or whether there be one or many;But this year's Spring has seemed to ...
Love And Liberty (Horace Smith Poems)
The linnet had flown from its cage away,And flitted and sang in the light of day--Had flown from the lady ...
Prologue To A Charade.–“Damn-Ages” (Horace Smith Poems)
In olden time--in great Eliza's age,When rare Ben Jonson ruled the humorous stage,No play without its Prologue might appearTo earn ...
Effusion By A Cigar Smoker (Horace Smith Poems)
Warriors! who from the cannon's mouth blow fire,Your fame to raise,Upon its blaze,Alas! ye do but light your funeral pyre!Tempting ...
To A Scientific Friend (Horace Smith Poems)
You say 'tis plain that poets feign, And from the truth depart;They write with ease what fibs they please, With artifice, not ...
Air–“Give That Wreath To Me” (Horace Smith Poems)
I. Give that brief to me, Without so much bother; Never let it be Given to another. Why this coy resistance? Wherefore keep such distance?Why hesitate ...
Air–“Three Fishers Went Sailing.” (Horace Smith Poems)
Three attorneys came sailing down Chancery Lane, Down Chancery Lane e'er the courts had sat;They thought of the leaders they ought ...
An Olde Lyric (Horace Smith Poems)
I.Oh, saw ye my own true love, I praye, My own true love so sweete?For the flowers have lightly toss'd awaye The ...
Lullaby (Horace Smith Poems)
Sleep, little baby, sleep, love, sleep! Evening is coming, and night is nigh;Under the lattice the little birds cheep, All will be ...
Ozymandias (Horace Smith Poems)
In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone,Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throwsThe only shadow that the Desart knows:—"I am ...
On Circuit (Horace Smith Poems)
Two neighbours, fighting for a yard of land;Two witnesses, who _lie_ on either hand;Two lawyers, issuing many writs and pleas;Two ...
To The Rev. A. A. In The Country From His Friend In London (Horace Smith Poems)
Thou little village curate, Come quick, and do not wait;We'll sit and talk together, So sweetly _tete-a-tete_.Oh do not fear the railway Because ...
Impromptu In The Assize Court At Lincoln (Horace Smith Poems)
The moon in the valley of Ajalon Stood still at the word of the prophet;But since certain "Essays" were written We don't ...
Impromptu In The Assize Court, Nottingham (Horace Smith Poems)
Thanks for an hour of laughing In a world that is growing old;Thanks for an hour of weeping In a world that ...
The Curate To His Slippers (Horace Smith Poems)
Take, oh take those boots away, That so nearly are outworn;And those shoes remove, I pray-- Pumps that but induce the corn!But ...
At The “Cock” Tavern (Horace Smith Poems)
Champagne doth not a luncheon make, Nor caviare a meal;Men gluttonous and rich may take These till they make them ill.If I've ...