The Death Of The Boar (John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Poems)
OSSIAN.This vale of Peace, this glen close by,Where deer and elk would often cry,Of old saw the fleet-footed Fianti boundIn ...
OSSIAN.This vale of Peace, this glen close by,Where deer and elk would often cry,Of old saw the fleet-footed Fianti boundIn ...
Now of the hard strait of the Feinne this legend's verse shall tell:When Fionn's men had fought and won, and ...
I.Where the snow-world of the mountains Fronts the sea-like world of sward,And encamped along the prairies Tower the white peaks heavenward;Where they ...
Lo, a castle, tall, lake-mirrored, Ringed around by mountain forms,Roofless, ruined, still defying Summer's rains and winter's storms.Every shattered lifeless window, Every stone ...
An ancient cannon, finely cast. Of bronze, all smooth and green with age, A by-gone actor on the stage,Yet fit to take, ...
In the vapour and haze on the ocean, Where the skies and the waters meet,There's a form that drifts, phantom-like, onward As ...
(FROM THE GAELIC)The Hern at early morning cries,Where at Sleve-gail the meadow lies.Say, Duin's son, whom I love well,Canst thou ...
Away to the west! Westward ho! Westward ho!Where over the prairies the summer winds blow!Why known to so few were ...
OR, THE ORIGIN OF THE INDIAN-CORN.Cherry bloom and green buds bursting Fleck the azure skies;In the spring wood, hungering, thirsting, Faint an ...
A moment's pause before we play our parts,To speak the thought that reigns within your hearts.--Now from the Future's hours, ...
King Arthur on a journey went,His men and he on hunting bent.Came to the hill for victories known;He, and Sir ...
Grey-cowled monk, whose faith so earnest Guides these Indians' childlike hearts,As their hands to toil thou turnest, Teaching them the Builder's arts,Speak ...
Colin, Chief of Diarmid's kin,Strode alone to Ederlinn.Night, and heath, and deep morassHear the chain-mailed warrior pass.Ambushed lay the treacherous ...
Look not for me at eventide, I cannot come when work is done;I go to wander far and wide, For 'tis not ...
A GREAT ROCK ON THE AMERICAN NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.Among white peaks a rock, hewn altar-wise, Marks the long frontier of our mighty ...
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