Mac Duff’s Cross (Joanna Baillie Poems)
MAC DUFF'S CROSS,A DRAMA.PRELUDE.NAY , smile not, lady, when I speak of witchcraft,And say that still there lurks amongst our ...
Joanna Baillie Poems on Smiling (31 Poems)
A Summer Day (Joanna Baillie Poems)
The dark-blue clouds of night in dusky lines,Drawn wide and streaky o'er the purer sky,Wear faint the morning purple on ...
A Winter Day (Joanna Baillie Poems)
The cock, warm roosting 'midst his feather'd dames,Now lifts his beak and snuffs the morning air,Stretches his neck and claps ...
Evening (Joanna Baillie Poems)
HOW lovely, Evening, is thy parting smile!The twilight softness of thy glowing skyMay well the poet's pensive dream beguile,And kindle ...
Night Scenes Of Other Times (Joanna Baillie Poems)
Part I."The wild winds bellow o'er my head,And spent eve's fading light;Where shall I find some friendly shedTo screen me ...
The Moody Seer (Joanna Baillie Poems)
"THE sun shines in a cloudless sky,The lake is blue and still;Up, Flora! on thine errand hie,And climb the eyrie ...
Lines On The Death Of Sir Walter Scott (Joanna Baillie Poems)
THOU pleasant noble Bard of fame far spread,Now art thou gathered to the mighty dead,And the dark coffin and the ...
The Elden Tree (Joanna Baillie Poems)
A FEAST was spread in the Baron's hall,And loud was the merry sound,As minstrels played at lady's call,And the cup ...
Verses On Our Own Flowery Kirtled Spring (Joanna Baillie Poems)
WELCOME , sweet time of buds and bloom, renewingThe earliest objects of delight, and wooingThe notice of the grateful heart! ...
The Kitten (Joanna Baillie Poems)
WANTON droll, whose harmless playBeguiles the rustic's closing day,When, drawn the evening fire about,Sit aged crone and thoughtless lout,And child ...
The Robber Polydore (Joanna Baillie Poems)
O! HOLY Mary, hear the blast!The elms 'twill overthrow,Where, hung in chains, a murderer's bonesAre tossing to and fro.The robber ...
Lines, Written At Athens In 1820 (Joanna Baillie Poems)
'TIS now the fourth revolving age,Since Hellas bow'd beneath the rageOf Othman's stormy sway;Whose deep'ning gloom and horror spreadTill all ...
On Grey Hair (Joanna Baillie Poems)
THOU , whom the giddy mock, the gay deride,Protracted folly's scourge, and foe to pride,I'll meet thee, poor, pale omen ...
The Ship’s Return (Joanna Baillie Poems)
THOU com'st, fair bark, in gallant prideThy swan-white sails exulting spread;Nor I the graceful triumph chide,For silent are the tears ...
Lines Suggested By A Portrait Of The Queen, Taken On The Last Examination Previous To Execution (Joanna Baillie Poems)
AND this was she! the peerless and the bright,The false world's darling! she who did possess,(And held awhile in Europe's ...
Prelude (Joanna Baillie Poems)
NAY , smile not, lady, when I speak of witchcraft,And say that still there lurks amongst our glensSome touch of ...
Stanzas, Suggested By A Canzone Of Petrarch (Joanna Baillie Poems)
Amor se vuvi ch'i torni al giogo antico.--P.2. C.2.AWAY , proud boy, away! thou canst not harm;Seize not thy unstrung ...
A Mother To Her Waking Infant (Joanna Baillie Poems)
NOW in thy dazzled half-op'd eye,Thy curled nose and lip awry,Up-hoisted arms and noddling head,And little chin with crystal spread,Poor ...
The Fountain (Joanna Baillie Poems)
IT was a wellOf whitest marble, white as from the quarry;And richly wrought with many a high relief,Greek sculpture--in some ...
A Sketch (Joanna Baillie Poems)
LIGHT was her step, no sound her movements made;With bending head, her breath she scarcely drewBefore that couch on which ...
The Horse And His Rider (Joanna Baillie Poems)
BRACED in the sinewy vigour of thy breed,In pride of generous strength, thou stately steed!Thy broad chest to the battle's ...
Love (Joanna Baillie Poems)
YES , Love has his changes, but be not too ready,To number his faults or dishonour his sway;Abuse him you ...
The Black Cock (Joanna Baillie Poems)
WRITTEN FOR A WELCH AIR, CALLED "THE NOTE OF THE BLACK COCK."GOOD morrow to thy sable beak,And glossy plumage, dark ...
Time And Friendship (Joanna Baillie Poems)
UNFELT , unseen, time steals away,So softly with our years,The dewy gem of op'ning dayNot swifter disappears.In childhood's thoughtless, laughing ...
On A Sleeping Boy (Joanna Baillie Poems)
SLEEP --and while slumber weighs thine eyelids down,May no foul phantom o'er thy pillow frown;But brightest visions deck thy tranquil ...
Song #1 (Joanna Baillie Poems)
What voice is this, thou evening gale!That mingles with thy rising wail;And, as it passes, sadly seemsThe faint return of ...
The Maid Of Llanwellyn (Joanna Baillie Poems)
I've no sheep on the mountainsNor boat on the lake Nor coin in my cofferTo keep me awake Nor corn ...
Song #8 (Joanna Baillie Poems)
WHAT voice is this, thou evening gale!That mingles with thy rising wail;And, as it passes, sadly seemsThe faint return of ...
A Song Written For An Irish Melody (Joanna Baillie Poems)
HIS boat comes on the sunny tide,And briskly moves the flashing oar,The boatmen carol by his side,And blythely near the ...
To Cupid (Joanna Baillie Poems)
Child, with many a childish wile,Timid look, and blushing smile,Downy wings to steal thy way,Gilded bow, and quiver gay,Who in ...