Things As They Seem (Laura Sophia Temple Poems)
"Airy dreamsSat for the picture, and the Poet's handImparting substance to an empty shade,Imposed a gay delirium for a truth."When ...
"Airy dreamsSat for the picture, and the Poet's handImparting substance to an empty shade,Imposed a gay delirium for a truth."When ...
When lately I mus'd on the days that are fled,And dwelt on the friendships that now are no more,When I ...
When Music's sweet accents I hear in the breeze,For awhile its soft language my fancy may please,But soon on sad ...
Loud rav'd the rav'ning storm ! it came--it past,And Angels trembled at the ruthless blast ;Yes, angels wept to view ...
Can I forget the look she gave,When Passion seal'd the parting token ? Her lily hand she thrice did wave,But ne'er ...
Hark ! to the muttering blast of NightThat sweeps o'er the heath its ruffling wing ;Now does it rush o'er ...
What is Pleasure ?--'tis a bubble, Fill'd with empty froth and wind ;Leading on to care and trouble, Leaving many a sting ...
To his RIVAL.And dost thou think those smiling eyesHave warmly glow'd on thee alone ?And canst thou think her fainting ...
ascending to a great height one fine Morning in Summer.Bird of Morn ! now blithe ascending,With the breeze thy wild-note ...
SONG.I saw the leaves of Hope uncloseI drank their rich meridian bloom ;And oh ! behold her fairest rose,Stripp'd of ...
SONG .Now smiling Summer gilds the scene,And bids each flow'r its sweets exhale,Clothes the tall hills in brightest green,And loads ...
Ah ! bright is the blush on the cheek of the Morning, Behold how its presence enlivens the sky,But pale are ...
I read of the gay smile of Love, I hear of its mischievous flame,But vainly my fancy has strove To believe in ...
Where wanders the beautiful Maid of my soul ?Where lingers the fair one with tresses of jet ?Behold o'er the ...
Days of my youth, ye are gliding away !Days of my youth ye will shortly be vanish'd ;Soon will the ...
To the BANKS of the EX.Oft does my heart recal each bloomy grace,That clothes thy woodland-wilds enchanting scene ;And oft ...
To the EVENING GALE.I love thee, wanton Wind ! I love thy wingTo gently winnow my recumbent form,As on the ...
When grey Eve steals along the Western sky,Musing I climb the headland's craggy steep ;Gaze on the bosom of the ...
To the MORNING STAR.Hail lovely loiterer that greet'st my eyes,Thou sweet precursor of the merry morn,At sight of whom she ...
You ask me, my heavenly Maid !Why my fancy is thus prone to wander, Why the vows that to you once ...
When the fair Morning.Nature adorning, Chases the shadows of Night from the sky ;Oh what a pleasureFondly to treasure All the rich ...
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