Eleanor Makes Macaroons (James Russell Lowell Poems)
Light of triumph in her eyes,Eleanor her apron ties;As she pushes back her sleeves,High resolve her bosom heaves.Hasten, cook! impel ...
Light of triumph in her eyes,Eleanor her apron ties;As she pushes back her sleeves,High resolve her bosom heaves.Hasten, cook! impel ...
Old events have modern meanings; only that survivesOf past history which finds kindred in all hearts and lives.Mahmood once, the ...
I.About the oak that framed this chair, of oldThe seasons danced their round; delighted wingsBrought music to its boughs; shy ...
Like some lorn abbey now, the wood Stands roofless in the bitter air;In ruins on its floor is strewed The carven foliage ...
MAYWhen oaken woods with buds are pink, And new-come birds each morning sing,When fickle May on Summer's brink Pauses, and knows not ...
When the down is on the chinAnd the gold-gleam in the hair,When the birds their sweethearts winAnd champagne is in ...
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 ...
Hers all that Earth could promise or bestow,--Youth, Beauty, Love, a crown, the beckoning years,Lids never wet, unless with joyous ...
Unconscious as the sunshine, simply sweetAnd generous as that, thou dost not closeThyself in art, as life were but a ...
Ye little think what toil it was to buildA world of men imperfect even as this,Where we conceive of Good ...
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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