Verses – III (John Dunmore Lang Poems)
ANTARCTIC isle! thy mountains riseAll dimly o'er the western main;But gladly I regale my eyesWith the bless'd sight of land ...
ANTARCTIC isle! thy mountains riseAll dimly o'er the western main;But gladly I regale my eyesWith the bless'd sight of land ...
I SING of good eating! There lately befelA notable feast at a Sydney Hotel!There was plenty for me, and plenty ...
For the Native Youth of the Colony.FATHER of all! a youthful raceUnknown to fortune and to fame,Presumes to celebrate thy ...
From the German of Gellert.Written on Board the Medway, at Sea.Ich komme vor dein Angesicht,Verwirf, O Gott, mein Flehen nicht; ...
Written on Board the Prison Ship Medway, off the Island of St. Paul's,March, 1825.COME, heavenly Muse, descendFrom Zion's holy hill:Thy ...
THOUGH every power on earth combinesTo do his high command,God can effect his vast designsEven by the feeblest hand:The weakest ...
On Receiving the Bull of Pope Leo X., Declaring Him a Heretic, andan Enemy of the Church of Rome.THE die ...
From the German of Gellert.Jesus lebt, mit ihm auch ich.Tod! wo sind nun deine Schrecken? &c.JESUS lives, and so shall ...
Written at Midnight during a Storm, on Board the Medway, in theSouth Seas.WHILE the children of Jacob in Goshen remain,They ...
WHEN the trade wind blows fairAlong the waveless sea,Then lives the sailor, freed from care,In dull monotony.Where'er he turns his ...
The sun may shine and the favouring galeBlow fair as fair may be,When the mariner hoists the milk-white sail,And joyfully ...
The Albatross, with ceaseless flight,May cruize for many a day,And many a long and stormy night,While land lies far away.But ...
Written on Board the Medway.GOD of the dry land and the sea!From this frail bark, I look to thee:Thy heavenly ...
From the German of Gellert.Erinnre dich, mein Geist, erfreutDes hohen Tags der Herrlichkeit; &c.AWAKE, my soul, and hail the dayOn ...
YES, doubting Christian, stand and seeThe energy divineOf him who once in GalileeTurned water into wine.Do all thy friends forsake ...
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