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 ...
SCENE I.--A WOODED MOUNTAIN IN BLOOM--TIMESUNRISE--ENTER LOVER SOLUS.This is my fair resort, the Summer SunIs rising there, the ocean gleams ...
In ancient days, in old, immortal Rome,Where virtues, surnamed Roman, had their home;When Virtue triumphed over Vice, and threwAcross their ...
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 ...
Of woman was I born, and man I am.I come to teach the greatest, yet the most meekOf all true ...
The Southern Muse--so long with drooping wing,--The Southern Muse, alas! too sad to sing--Her fair head drooped and dim her ...
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 ...
To him whose soul is locked and bolted fast, By lust and guilt against the entrance there,Of heavenly light; whose soul ...
Two lovers in the strength of life, Had built a beauteous home,Where tall, ancestral oaks uprose, O'ershadowing their high dome.He was a ...
The azure vault so far above,Arrayed in smiles of peace and love,Would sweetly seem the truth to prove-- "There is a ...
O! radiant spirit, bright Poesy, whereIs thy dwelling, thou seraph of beauty, so fairIn the rainbow thou laughest at sweet ...
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 ...
'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 ...
I love thee--oh! I love thee, With fervor, deep and wild,Thy beauty's charm most strangely, My spirit hath beguiled.I love thee--oh! I ...
The Summer's sunset throws a tender spell,Along the hills, o'er ocean's softened swell;The God of day goes flaming down the ...
Heavenly father, God of mercy, Look upon a sinful soul;For, the waves of sad contrition, Now above me darkly roll.Ah! my crimes ...
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 sky to me did never speak, The sea rolled ever dumb,--Of him beneath whose wondrous power, Their mystic forms had come.The ...
O Lord, I kneel at mother's knee,And lift my trembling heart to thee.Send down thy grace, I meekly pray,To drive ...
Sweet bud of life, God knew this earth, Was not a home for thee;He took thee, even from thy birth, To bless ...
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