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 Fairness (29 Poems)
The Princess Of Peru (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Far to the wilds of rich Peru,Gonzalo came--of pallid hue,Strange in these Western lands of night,Where nought, save woman's eyes, ...
Napoleon (James Avis Bartley Poems)
INTRODUCTION.If ye will walk amid the ancient wood,Ye will perceive the lordly oak o'erspreadThe slender shrubs, and shield them from ...
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 ...
Australia; Or The New Goldden Age (James Avis Bartley Poems)
In ancient days, in old, immortal Rome,Where virtues, surnamed Roman, had their home;When Virtue triumphed over Vice, and threwAcross their ...
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 ...
Blannerhassett’s Island (James Avis Bartley Poems)
On beautiful Ohio when you sail,And view its banks, forever green and fair,And feel the falling sunlight, and the galeThat ...
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 ...
Imagination (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Now fir'd imagination soars on high, and showsMagnific scenes. The first--a summer's dawn--A sky of purest blue--a golden seaBeneath--earth bright ...
The Water (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The water, see it, leaps from the mountain's high brow, Like a roll of smooth silver, and laughingly nowSee, it skips, ...
There Is A God (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The azure vault so far above,Arrayed in smiles of peace and love,Would sweetly seem the truth to prove-- "There is a ...
The Sabbath Worshipper (James Avis Bartley Poems)
'Twas Sabbath morn. A holy light Hung o'er the hill and wood,O'er wooded stream, and lofty height, And mighty solitude.All Nature lay ...
The Holy Lady (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Oh, Heaven hath given to earth some souls, Of rarest loveliness,Whose being's constant current rolls, The wretched still to bless.Well wishing Heaven ...
The Spirit Of Poesy (James Avis Bartley Poems)
O! radiant spirit, bright Poesy, whereIs thy dwelling, thou seraph of beauty, so fairIn the rainbow thou laughest at sweet ...
Sin Of The Choral Singer (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Hark! the organ's solemn peal Ascends the lofty fane,To win the soul's repeal, From everlasting pain:To waft the voice of praise To Him ...
Spring (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Now, Mary fair, the Spring has come, Back to our fairyland,And buds begin to breathe perfume, The breeze blows sweet and bland;The ...
The Vow Of Love (James Avis Bartley Poems)
'Twas evening's hour of magic power, The sun went brightly down,And shadows fell as with a spell, Along the mountains brown.On high ...
Dwelling In Heaven (James Avis Bartley Poems)
They do not--nay, they cannot die; They go to dwell in Heaven;Where God a free and full supply Of purest joys hath ...
Lilly May (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The fairest of our village maids, Was blue-eyed Lilly May;Her brow was decked with golden curls, Her laugh was wild and gay:And ...
Though Thou Wast Passing Fair (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Though thou wast passing fair, And wondrous beauty crown'd thee,And Fancy's robe most rare, Forever brightly bound thee:I could not teach my ...
The Face I See In Dreams (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Strangely sweet, and softly clear, With pure and starry beams,Reposing there, and moving here; The face I see in dreams.Oh! lovely is ...
Red Rose (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Sweet rose! ere Ellen gathered thee From off thy parent stem,With hope to rival her sweet cheek, Thou wast a floral gem.But ...
Love Without Hope (James Avis Bartley Poems)
I cannot cease to love thee, Coldest fair!Though pleading cannot move thee, And I despair.Thy beauty was diviner, Than the summer moon,And thou ...
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 ...
To The Beloved (James Avis Bartley Poems)
I dream of thee, beloved one, When the moon comes o'er the sea,And hangs her horns of silver, In yonder forest tree!I ...
To Fannie (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Fair maid, in those beloved eyes, The dream of pensive beauty lies,The radiance when the day grows less, The charm of twilight ...
Lines – II (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Far hath lovely Fanny flown, O'er the mountains, o'er the sea;All our peace with her hath gone, We are wed to misery.As ...
Blue-Eyed Ella (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Oh blue-eyed Ella's face is fair,And beautiful her braided hair,As fair the feelings that do speakUpon her pure and placid ...