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 Night (30 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, ...
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 Prophecy Of Columbia (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The sun descends along the glowing west,His bright rays quivering o'er Potomac's breast--And still he flashes, with his parting smile,And ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Serenade – I (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Far o'er the landscape green, The moonlight like a lake,Lies; 'tis a lovely scene, To bid my lady wake; My lady, lady, wake, Wake, ...
The Lost Pleiad (James Avis Bartley Poems)
No more with thy bright sisters of the sky, Who warble ever,Wilt thou send forth thy choral melody, Sad maid! for ever.No ...
The Thunder Storm (James Avis Bartley Poems)
'Twas a cloudless night in August, and the earth all silent lay,With hills, and glittering rivers and mountains far away,And ...
The Dream Of Love (James Avis Bartley Poems)
I dreamed last night, my lady-love, A dear, delicious dream;'Twas not in bower or blooming grove, Nor by the sylvan stream.'Twas in ...
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 ...
The Song Of The Slain At The Battle Of Ticonderoga (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Farewell to the land which we sought o'er the wave;We made it our home; it will now be our grave:Farewell, ...
Where Is Our Brother? (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Where is our brother? I have come From wandering far and long,And oh! I miss one well-known face, Gone from our little ...
An Incident (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The sighs of summer night, were sweet without,As the breath of spirits, on the folded roses,The sweet moon, like 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 ...
Serenade – II (James Avis Bartley Poems)
How sombre is the gloom! I see no beam of star,Gleam o'er the garden's bloom, Or silent wood afar;So dark the thoughts ...
The Old Mill Wheel (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The old mill-wheel, it turns, it turns Throughout the livelong day,And flings the current of the stream, Abroad in glist'ning spray:That old, ...
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 ...
Song Of The Converted Heathen (James Avis Bartley Poems)
The sky to me did never speak, The sea rolled ever dumb,--Of him beneath whose wondrous power, Their mystic forms had come.The ...
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, ...
Love Song – II (James Avis Bartley Poems)
I love thee, oh! I love thee, As the sweet bee loves the flower,As the swallow loves the summer, As the humming ...
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 ...
Yorktown (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Here met three nations, panoplied for fight, Moving before the vision gorgeously;Then shamed with Battle's gloom the paling Night, Upon the land ...
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 ...
On Hearing That My Love Was Angry (James Avis Bartley Poems)
Sweet love! and wast thou angry then, And did a lovely frown,O'ershade that brow of whitest pearl, That cheek of softest down?Nay, ...