Columbus (James Russell Lowell Poems)
The cordage creaks and rattles in the wind,With whims of sudden hush; the reeling seaNow thumps like solid rock beneath ...
The cordage creaks and rattles in the wind,With whims of sudden hush; the reeling seaNow thumps like solid rock beneath ...
I am a man of forty, sirs, a native of East Haddam,And have some reason to surmise that I descend ...
IWho cometh over the hills,Her garments with morning sweet,The dance of a thousand rillsMaking music before her feet?Her presence freshens ...
Dear M---- By way of saving time,I'll do this letter up in rhyme,Whose slim stream through four pages flowsEre one is ...
O Land of Promise! from what Pisgah's height Can I behold thy stretch of peaceful bowers,Thy golden harvests flowing out of ...
The dandelions and buttercupsGild all the lawn; the drowsy beeStumbles among the clover-tops,And summer sweetens all but me:Away, unfruitful lore ...
Go! leave me, Priest; my soul would be Alone with the consoler, Death;Far sadder eyes than thine will see This crumbling clay ...
I do not come to weep above thy pall, And mourn the dying-out of noble powers,The poet's clearer eye should see, ...
Strong, simple, silent are the lawsThat sway this universe, of none withstood,Unconscious of man's outcries or applause,Or what man ...
Never, surely, was holier manThan Ambrose, since the world began;With diet spare and raiment thinHe shielded himself from the father ...
Wondrous and awful are thy silent halls, O kingdom of the past!There lie the bygone ages in their palls, Guarded by shadows ...
Woe worth the hour when it is crime To plead the poor dumb bondman's cause,When all that makes the heart sublime,The ...
O poet! above all men blest,Take heed that thus thou store them;Love, Hope, and Faith shall ever rest,Sweet birds (upon ...
I.In life's small things be resolute and greatTo keep thy muscle trained: know'st thou when FateThy measure takes, or when ...
ON READING WORDSWORTH'S SONNETS IN DEFENCE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENTAs the broad ocean endlessly upheaveth,With the majestic beating of his heart,The ...
TO THE SPIRIT OF KEATSGreat soul, thou sittest with me in my room,Uplifting me with thy vast, quiet eyes,On whose ...
THE SAME CONTINUEDTherefore think not the Past is wise alone,For Yesterday knows nothing of the Best,And thou shalt love it ...
My Love, I have no fear that thou shouldst die;Albeit I ask no fairer life than this,Whose numbering-clock is still ...
TO M.W., ON HER BIRTHDAYMaiden, when such a soul as thine is born,The morning-stars their ancient music make,And, joyful, once ...
Great Truths are portions of the soul of man;Great souls are portions of Eternity;Each drop of blood that e'er through ...
THE SAME CONCLUDEDFar 'yond this narrow parapet of Time,With eyes uplift, the poet's soul should lookInto the Endless Promise, nor ...
I cannot think that thou shouldst pass away,Whose life to mine is an eternal law,A piece of nature that can ...
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