Rachel (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
'Twas sunset in Jerusalem; the lightStill lingered on the city's walls, and crownedMount Olivet with splendor, while below,Among the trees ...
'Twas sunset in Jerusalem; the lightStill lingered on the city's walls, and crownedMount Olivet with splendor, while below,Among the trees ...
I made a journey o'er the sea,I bade my faithful dog good-bye,I knew that he would grieve for me,But did ...
"I will gain a fortune," the young man cried;"For Gold by the world is deified;Hence, whether the means be foul ...
Within a home for captive beastsWhose world had dwindled to a cage,I noted in their mournful eyesSuch resignation, fear, and ...
I know not how, I know not where,But from my own heart's mystic loreI feel that I have breathed this ...
I take their hands with placid smileAnd words which social rules enforce,Though sadly conscious all the whileOf something very like ...
Idly one day in a foreign townIn a churchyard's shade I sat me downBy the side of a little cross ...
on receipt of his picture and that of his baby in his arms.Far from the great lake's pride, Over the ocean ...
She is seated by the riverIn a robe of spotless white,With her lovely face illuminedBy the evening's tender light;But her ...
O pallid spectre of the midnight skies,Whose phantom features in the dome of NightElude the keenest gaze of wistful eyes,Till ...
Passing ships! Passing ships!The white foam sparkling at your lipsAnd countless jewels in your wakeProclaim your progress o'er the lake,While ...
I opened the cage of my pet canary;Timid, it faltered a moment there,Then, at my call, became less wary,And blithely ...
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