Welcome To October, 1867 (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I hail and bless thy presence, month most dearIn the round cycle of the rolling year;Thy grave, sweet aspect, silent ...
I hail and bless thy presence, month most dearIn the round cycle of the rolling year;Thy grave, sweet aspect, silent ...
O'er thy lone beauty, sweet Birkhill,Sad, brooding memory hovers still;Within, without, the sylvan cot,Ah! long unseen, but ne'er forgot.The fair-haired ...
A voice deep and solemn is sounding abroad;Oh mothers of Britain! each humble abodeShould echo the burden with which it ...
"Poor Tom's a-cold!" Upon his shrinking headThe pelting storm beats pitiless! On bedOf languishing, disease, and cureless painHe lies, surrounded ...
Sweet Calder! on thy flowery margeWhen life was young I roamed at large,With heart that owned no care, no charge,Save ...
An eager, youthful voice I hearAsking for bread a father dear;For he had strayed into the wild,And wandered far, the ...
Welcome, October! let my simple songSoft echoing, steal thy yellow groves along,Where Nature, conscious of her faded charms,Dejected, sinks into ...
Servant of God! thy soul's pure spring of lifeDisturb, defile not, with unholy strife;Gentle to all, as it becomes thee ...
Drifting before the tempter's power,This piteous wreck in horror's hourOn dark perdition's rock was driven!Let groaning earth and righteous heavenSum ...
Hail! noble mind, that formed the liberal plan:Hail! generous heart, that on the working man,With kindly courtesy, this day bestowedA ...
Spirit Divine! Eternal! Holy Dove!These sacred fruits are thine,—peace, joy, and love,Even peace with heaven, and peace on earth; a ...
Once dear companion of my early youth,The heart of feeling and the soul of truthIn thee were joined, and still ...
On Receiving His Photographic PortraitMy valued friend, long tried and true,Thanks warm, sincere, I render you,And haste to say with ...
Morning is doffing her mantle of grey;Up from the sod to the portals of dayThe blithe lark is soaring—carolling free,Musical ...
Blushing and glowing, the rose in full bloom,Jewell'd with dewdrops and rich in perfume;Fairest of blossoms, a gem and a ...
When hands are united, and hearts are entwined,And the bond of affection endorsed by the mind;When the heart's warm devotion ...
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