War (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
Shake, shake the earth with giant tread, Thou red-maned Titian bold;For every step a man lies dead, A cottage hearth is cold.Take ...
Shake, shake the earth with giant tread, Thou red-maned Titian bold;For every step a man lies dead, A cottage hearth is cold.Take ...
O little, whisp'ring, murm'ring shell, say cans't thou tell to meGood news of any stately ship that sails upon the ...
I love old earth! Why should I lift my wings, My misty wings, so high above her breast That flowers would shake ...
When yellow-lock'd and crystal ey'd I dream'd green woods among;Where tall trees wav'd from side to side,And in their green breasts ...
GONE are the days, old Warrior of the Seas,When thine armed head, bent low to catch my voice,Caught but the ...
Day floated down the sky; a perfect day,Leaving a footprint of pale primrose goldAlong the west, that when her lover, ...
The red chief Gheezis, chief of the golden wampum, layAnd watched the west-wind blow adrift the clouds,With breath all flowery, ...
I stand within the stony, arid town, I gaze for ever on the narrow street;I hear for ever passing up and ...
Shall Thor with his hammer Beat on the mountain,As on an anvil, A shackle and fetter?Shall the lame Vulcan Shout as he swingethGod-like ...
Fountain, cans't thou sing the song My Juan sang to meThe moonlit orange groves among? Then list the words from me,And mark ...
Not from Paestum come my roses; Patrons, seeMy flowers are Roman-blown; their nectariesDrop honey amber, and their petals throwRich crimsons ...
NAY! swear no more, thou woman whom I calledStar, Empress, Wife! Were Dian's self to leanFrom her white altar and ...
Long time one whisper'd in his ear-- "Give me my strong, pure soul; behold'Tis mine to give what men hold dear-- The ...
A peaceful spot, a little street, So still between the double roarOf sea and city that it seemed A rest in music, ...
"If thou wilt hold my silver hair, O Lady sweet and bright;I'll bring thee, maiden darling, where Thy lover is to-night.Lay down ...
ONE time he dreamed beside a sea That laid a mane of mimic starsIn fondling quiet on the knee Of one tall, ...
Roses, Senors, roses! Love is subtly hidIn the fragrant roses, Blown in gay Madrid.Roses, Senors, roses! Look, look, look, and seeLove hanging in ...
Ae blink o' the bonnie new mune, Ay tinted as sune as she's seen,Wad licht me to Meg frae the toun, Tho' ...
Where is the Land of Kisses, Can you tell, tell, tell?Ah, yes; I know its blisses Very well!'Tis not beneath the swinging Of ...
I marvel if my heart, Hath any room apart,Built secretly its mystic walls within; With subtly warded key. Ne'er yielded unto me--Where even ...
THE noon was as a crystal bowl The red wine mantled through;Around it like a Viking's beard The red-gold hazes blew,As tho' ...
In the lone place of the leaves,Where they touch the hanging eaves,There sprang a spray of joyous song that sounded ...
IF songs be sung let minstrels strike their harpsTo large and joyous strains, all thunder-wingedTo beat along vast shores. Ay, ...
O BID the minstrel tune his harp, And bid the minstrel sing;And let it be a perfect strain That round the hall ...
In the first dawn she lifted from her bedThe holy silver of her noble head,And listened, listened, listened for his ...
The Rose was given to man for this: He, sudden seeing it in later years,Should swift remember Love's first lingering kiss And ...
I SAW a fairy twine, Of star-white jessamine,A dainty seat, shaped like an airy swing, With two round yellow stars Against the misty ...
"BITE deep and wide, O Axe, the tree!What doth thy bold voice promise me?""I promise thee all joyous thingsThat furnish ...
Oh Love builds on the azure sea,And Love builds on the golden sand,And Love builds on the rose-winged cloud,And sometimes ...
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