Pocahontas (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Where yonder moss-grown ruin lonely stands,Which from the James, the Pilgrim may survey,Stretch alway forth its old, forsaken handsAs if ...
James Avis Bartley Poems on Angels (21 Poems)
Elfindale (James Avis Bartley Poems)
PART FIRST.Sweet Frankie lives in Elfindale;Where all the flowers are fair, and frail(Like her fair self,) a slender fairy,And like ...
The Lover (James Avis Bartley Poems)
SCENE I.--A WOODED MOUNTAIN IN BLOOM--TIMESUNRISE--ENTER LOVER SOLUS.This is my fair resort, the Summer SunIs rising there, the ocean gleams ...
Hours With Nature (James Avis Bartley Poems)
When smiling spring, an angel fair! Walks o'er the verdant plain,And breathes a soft and balmy air, From isles beyond the main:When ...
The Angels Of Earth (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Angels of Earth! they soothe and bless The troubled soul of man,Bestow the most of happiness, They can.Angels of Earth--they are but ...
Watoga (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Oh, think not that the polished breast, Only, can feel the fire of love,Pure as the flames that brightly rest In bosoms ...
Love (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Of woman was I born, and man I am.I come to teach the greatest, yet the most meekOf all true ...
Poet’s Enchanted Life (James Avis Bartley Poems)
THE ANGEL-CHILD.A fairy land of grass and flowers, And of the greenest treesA land of singing brooks and springs, A land of ...
The Heavenly Flower (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Now the final stroke is over! And the heart hath ceased its beat;And that form so palely beauteous, In a ghastly winding ...
Virginia (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Thy soil, Virginia! is all hallowed ground, Made such by steps of patriots; thy high fame,Alway unto our ears, a glorious ...
To Bettie (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Give me thy heart, give me thy hand,Thy love, thy dower, thy goods, thy land;Give me o'er thee a free ...
Melancholy (James Avis Bartley Poems)
There comes a time for flowers to fade, and light to die in gloom,There is a time for mortal bliss ...
To The Muse. L’Envoi (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Dear maid, with whom I, happy, wander'd back, To roam o'er that now sacred, hallow'd ground,Where Smith who trod old ocean's ...
Beneath Those Stars Of Summer (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Beneath those stars of summer, I told thee my wild love;And I beheld thy blushes, And saw thy bosom move.It was a ...
Baby Song (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Rock'd on Mamma's heaving breast, Heaving like the pearly deep,Hugg'd to that sweet, honey rest, Sleep, little baby, sleep, Baby sleep.White like the ...
O Bride! Speak To Me (James Avis Bartley Poems)
O Birdie! speak to me, Speak from thy silent grave;It doth not roll o'er thee, Death's dark and Stygian wave!Sweet! speak, I'm ...
On —- (James Avis Bartley Poems)
A brainless beauty, a would-be coquette,A brow of marble, but a heart of jet;An eye that shows no vestige of ...
To A Poet’s Wife (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Thou art indeed a happy one, And hast a charmed life,A noble triumph thou hast won, A bright-eyed Poet's wife.His fancy plucks ...
Sabbath (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The Sabbath morn! How beautiful, How peaceful and how blest;An Angel's whisper seems to lull The weary world to rest.Hark! how the ...
For Mary (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Oh! may the brightest smiles of heaven That beam on men below,Still shine upon sweet Mary's path, Wherever she may go.May Angels, ...
A Portrait (James Avis Bartley Poems)
In those mild eyes, there is a lightWhich dwells not with the evil; andA calm repose upon thy features, whichSays ...