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 Happiness (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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
To Lizzie (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Oh, Lizzie, when I read your card, Which you had printed in the paper,Wherein you said your case was hard, My fancy ...
The Lovers (James Avis Bartley Poems)
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 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 ...
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 ...
Disappointment (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Last eve ere sleep had closed mine eyes, To me there came a dream,That when the saffron morn should rise O'er lovely ...
To My Copy Of Shakspeare Which Had Been Lost (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Hast thou come back, my Shakspeare! bard, Who didst dethrone and drive away those others,From cold Parnassus, fate that seem'd too ...
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 ...
Song (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Oh! Love's the sweetest joy of earth, Love's keenest pang is bliss,And, like a wild, delirious bee, We hang upon a kiss:With ...
Yemen (James Avis Bartley Poems)
My soul has been wandering in Yemen, The land of the aloe and myrrh;Where the breezes that blow from the ocean, Brought ...
I Love Thee (James Avis Bartley Poems)
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 ...
A Stroll Down Quality Row (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The other day I took a stroll, Just when the sun grew low,A down the Row of Quality, That gay and charming ...
The Lady’s Soliloquy (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Ah! now I am beloved by him, And sweet it is, to think,That life no more will be so dim, To make ...
To One (James Avis Bartley Poems)
I love thee, and my trembling lyre Will learn no other strain;I marvel if thy gentle heart Will ever cease disdain;I marvel ...
The Song Of May (James Avis Bartley Poems)
To mountains hoar and russet plain,A joyous sprite, I come again;With many a sweet and joyous strain,And break grim winter's ...
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 ...
The Enchanted Realm Of Joy (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Oh! I am sick of the ennui that comes of the earth,All tasteless its landscapes--and charmless its mirth.Away, swift away, ...
To Mis M.T.R. (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Whate'er may be my unknown fate Upon this dark, terrestrial sphere,Wilt smile to hear that I am blest, And o'er my anguish ...
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, ...
Lines On Parting With—- (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Since Fate's tyrannical decree,Sweet friend, dissevers you and me,Now memory shall vanquish fate,And yield the bliss we knew so late.Yes, ...