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 ...
James Avis Bartley Poems on Heaven (51 Poems)
Sunset (James Avis Bartley Poems)
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 ...
To Eloquence (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Ah Eloquence! thou God-like power; That swayest the human heart,We still must call thee, rarest dower, In the high gift of Art;And ...
Love Song – I (James Avis Bartley Poems)
My heart is newly gushing, With love for thee, with love for thee,With thoughts as wild and wasteful, As yonder sea, as ...
The Wanderer (James Avis Bartley Poems)
With none to share my ship with me,A wand'rer o'er life's stormy sea,One brilliant star, like lamp of love,Smiles calmly ...
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 ...
Take Those Pledges Back (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Take back those pledges, dearest maid, Which once I warmly gave,For then I dreamed I would be free, And nevermore thy slave.Yes! ...
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 ...
The Letter (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Amid a flower-strown cottage room, The Lady sat at even,Beneath the peerless evening star, Just peeping out in heaven;And, in her hands, ...
The Dead Eagle (James Avis Bartley Poems)
No more through the regions of glorious day,Shall thy wings waft thee proudly--oh proudly away--No more shall thy scream thrill ...
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 ...
Star Of Rest (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Star of Rest! thy silvery lustre, Brightly streams from heaven above,Ere each sweet and glittering cluster Ope on earth their eyes of ...
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, ...
The Flowers (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The flowers! the flowers! I love ye, flowers; Ye have a mystic voiceTo speak unto my inmost soul And make my heart ...
Lament (James Avis Bartley Poems)
My soul is sad--oh! dark to-night, 'Tis wrapt in midnight's gloom;Wild minstrel! seize thy harp and sing, As o'er the victor tomb.For ...
Near Yonder Banks At Even (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Near yonder banks at even, We whispered words most dear,Till love's sweet star in Heaven, Was shining, bright and clear.We saw the ...
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 ...
Of A Skylark (James Avis Bartley Poems)
At dawn I rose from silent sleep, And heard a sky-lark singing,Amid the azure far and deep, Till all the arch was ...
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 ...
To—- (James Avis Bartley Poems)
As some gay flow'ret brightly rears, Its head beside the pilgrim's way,And charms away his flowing tears, And glads him, with its ...