Luggie: Past and Present (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I have seen thy crystal watersMirror Beauty's sportive daughters;Seen the village maiden thereLave her brow and braid her hair—Wade, till ...
I have seen thy crystal watersMirror Beauty's sportive daughters;Seen the village maiden thereLave her brow and braid her hair—Wade, till ...
Sweet minstrel of the summer dawn,Bard of the sky, o'er lea and lawnThy rapturous anthem, clear and loud,Rings from the ...
"Oh that my head were waters," and mine eyes A tearful fountain, ever running over,A heart that bleeds, and struggles, moans, ...
To Britannia.Nay, all this availeth thee nothing— Thy prestige, thy power, and estate,Thy glory, honour, and riches; An enemy sits in the ...
Hail! infant year, fresh from the womb of Time,Cradled in clouds, what shapes and shades sublimeAttend thy birth, and hover ...
Deadlier balls than North or SouthThrow from cannon's blazing mouth,Everywhere appal my sight—Three in number—golden, bright."All that glitters is not ...
The fragrant dewy rose, The lily pure and pale,Each flower the garden shows, To charm my spirit fail;Their beauties I admire, Their fragrance ...
Lady, to thee, to fortune, and to fame,I, all unknown, would yet aspiring claimA right to love thee, and admire ...
"Peace, peace, O peace!" sweet peace, descend,The cloud of war asunder rend;Thy gentle reign alone restoresRest to Columbia's ravaged shores!Peace, ...
Singing, skipping, shaking backCurls of gold, or brown, or black,From soft cheeks and laughing eyes—Careless, gay as butterflies—Comes a fair ...
"Poor Tom's a-cold!" Upon his shrinking headThe pelting storm beats pitiless! On bedOf languishing, disease, and cureless painHe lies, surrounded ...
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