Chicomico – Part V (Lucretia Maria Davidson Poems)
THE fourth day found the dark tribe brooding o'erTheir chieftain's body, chieftain now no more!As fire half-quench'd, some faint spark ...
THE fourth day found the dark tribe brooding o'erTheir chieftain's body, chieftain now no more!As fire half-quench'd, some faint spark ...
THERE's silence in the princely halls,And brightly blaze the lighted walls,While clouds of musk and incense riseFrom vases of a ...
(Written in her fourteenth year.)WHAT sight of horror, fear and woe,Now greets chief Hillis-ha-ad-joe?What thought of blood now lights his ...
(Written in her thirteenth year.)When Israel's sons, from cruel bondage freed,Fled to the land by righteous Heaven decreed;Insulting Pharaoh quick ...
(Writtten in her thirteenth year.)Why that blush on Ella's cheek,What doth the flitting wand'rer seek?Doth passion's black'ning tempest scowl,To agitate ...
WHOSE SINGING RESEMBLED THAT OF AN ABSENT SISTER.(Written in her fifteenth year.)Oh! touch the chord yet once again,Nor chide me, ...
And must we part? yes, part for ever;I'll waken thee again - no, never;Silence shall chain thee cold and drear,And ...
(Written in her sixteenth year.)Farewell, and whenever calm solitude's hour,Shall silently spread its broad wings o'er your bower,Oh! then gaze ...
When bending o'er the brink of life,My trembling soul shall stand,Waiting to pass death's awful flood,Great God! at thy command.When ...
We commend our brother to thee, oh earth!To thee he returns, from thee was his birth!Of thee was he form'd, ...
Thou brightly-glittering star of even,Thou gem upon the brow of HeavenOh! were this fluttering spirit free,How quick 't would spread ...
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