Lines On The Death Of The Princess Charlotte (John Anster Poems)
Weep!--for the wrath of God is over us!Weep!--for his arm is lifted to destroy!Famine hath thinned the land! in Autumn's ...
John Anster Poems on Light (12 Poems)
Zamri. A fragment (John Anster Poems)
Hast thou sailed on the summer seaWhen its bosom lies in light?And have the scenes of life to theeBeen as ...
Solitude (John Anster Poems)
Oh, what a lovely silent spot!'Mid such a scene the eremite would hopeTo build his lowly cot,Just where with easy ...
Ode To Fancy (John Anster Poems)
Oh Fancy, hither bend thy flight,Hither steer thy car of light,Tho' its rainbow colours fleeEre they have shone a moment ...
Elegy (John Anster Poems)
Oh breathe not--breathe not--sure 'twas something holy--Earth hath no sounds like these--again it passesWith a wild, low voice, that slowly ...
Mirth And Grief. An Allegory (John Anster Poems)
In vain--ah me!--in vain, with murmured charmOf love--inwoven sounds, would I recallThe long--forgotten art--in vain imploreAt noon the colouring of ...
The Poet’s Haunt (John Anster Poems)
'Tis beautiful indeed--thro' parted boughsTo see the moving clouds darken the sky,To mark their many--shifting forms, and tints,As slow they ...
“Oh! If, As Arabs Fancy.” (John Anster Poems)
Oh! if, as Arabs fancy, the traces on thy browWere symbols of thy future fate, and I could read them ...
Dirge (John Anster Poems)
CHORUS.Like the oak of the vale was thy strength and thy height,Thy foot, like the erne of the mountain in ...
The Fairy Child (John Anster Poems)
The summer sun was sinkingWith a mild light, calm and mellow:It shone on my little boy's bonnie cheeks,And his loose ...
Alfred (John Anster Poems)
Alfred,--oh read his tale by Milton told!--In seasons, when the change of day and nightDoth, in our heaven, ill separate ...
To– Fragment (John Anster Poems)
And thou hast many a medicine for grief!--The silent volume on my table placed,And in some favourite page the myrtle--leaf,Or ...