My Birthday (John Henry Newman Poems)
Let the sun summon all his beams to hold Bright pageant in his court, the cloud-paved skyEarth trim her fields and ...
Let the sun summon all his beams to hold Bright pageant in his court, the cloud-paved skyEarth trim her fields and ...
Ladies, well I deem, delight In comely tire to move;Soft, and delicate, and bright, Are the robes they love.Silks, where hues alternate ...
Dear Frank, this morn has usher'd in The manhood of thy days;A boy no more, thou must begin To choose thy future ...
"Man goeth forth" with reckless trust Upon his wealth of mind,As if in self a thing of dust Creative skill might find;He ...
"The maiden is not dead, but sleepeth."She is not gone;-still in our sight That dearest maid shall live,In form as true, ...
Death was full urgent with thee, Sister dear, And startling in his speed;-Brief pain, then languor till thy end came near- Such ...
O that Thou wouldest rend the breadth of sky, That veils Thy presence from the sons of men!O that, as erst ...
'Snapdragon' a Riddle for a Flower BookI am rooted in the wallOf buttress'd tower or ancient hall;Prison'd in an art-wrought ...
'Snapdragon' a Riddle for a Flower BookI am rooted in the wallOf buttress'd tower or ancient hall;Prison'd in an art-wrought ...
"Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,Atque metus omnes, et inexorabile fatumSubjecit pedibus, strepitumque Acherontis avari!"IN childhood, when with eager eyes The ...
Death was full urgent with thee, Sister dear,And startling in his speed;-Brief pain, then languor till thy end came near-Such ...
MAN is permitted much To scan and learn In Nature's frame; Till he well-nigh can tame Brute mischiefs, and can ...
Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home — Lead ...
There is in stillness oft a magic powerTo calm the breast, when struggling passions lower;Touch'd by its influence, in the ...
Fair Cousin, thy pageis small to encagethe thoughts which engagethe mind of a sage, such as I am;'Twere in teaspoon to ...
WHEN mirth is full and free, Some sudden gloom shall be; When haughty power mounts high, The Watcher's axe is ...
Weep not for me;-Be blithe as wont, nor tinge with gloomThe stream of love that circles home, Light hearts and free!Joy ...
Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home,-- Lead thou ...
Type of the West, and glorying in the nameMore than in Faith's pure fame!Oh. trust not crafty fort nor rock ...
Time was I shrank from what was right, From fear of what was wrong; I would not brave the sacred fight Because the ...
Prune thou thy words; the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng;-- They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose ...
WHENE'ER across this sinful flesh of mine I draw the Holy Sign, All good thoughts stir within me, and renew ...
I am a harp of many chords, and eachStrung by a separate hand;-most musicalMy notes, discoursing with the mental sense,Not ...
I am a harp of many chords, and eachStrung by a separate hand;-most musicalMy notes, discoursing with the mental sense,Not ...
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