A Rich Man’s Reverie (Marietta Holley Poems)
The years go by, but they little seemLike those within our dream;The years that stood in such luring guise,Beckoning us ...
Marietta Holley Poems on Dreams (15 Poems)
The Story Of Gladys (Marietta Holley Poems)
"I leave my child to Heaven." And with these wordsUpon her lips, the Lady Mildred passedUnto the rest prepared for her ...
Motives (Marietta Holley Poems)
I said that I would see Her once, to curse her fair, deceitful grace,To curse her for my life-long agony; But when ...
Isabelle And I (Marietta Holley Poems)
Isabelle has gold, and lands, Fate gave her a fair lot;Like the white lilies of the field Her soft hands toil not.I ...
The Lady Maud (Marietta Holley Poems)
I sit in the cloud and the darkness Where I lost you, peerless one;Your bright face shines upon fairer lands, Like the ...
My Angel (Marietta Holley Poems)
Last night she came unto me, And kneeling by my side,Laid her head upon my bosom, My beautiful, my bride;My lost one, ...
Gloria The True (Marietta Holley Poems)
Gayly a knight set forth against the foe,For a fair face had shone on him in dreams;A voice had stirred ...
The Fairest Land (Marietta Holley Poems)
'Twas a bleak dull moor that stretched beforeThe low stone porch of the cottage door,And standing there was youth and ...
Jenny Allen (Marietta Holley Poems)
I never shall hear your voice again, Your voice so gentle and lowBut the thought of you, Jenny Allen, Will go with ...
The Coquette (Marietta Holley Poems)
How can I be to blame? Is it my fault I am fair?I did not fashion my features, Or brush the gold ...
The Messenger (Marietta Holley Poems)
Is his form hidden by some cliff or crag, Or does he loiter on the shelving shore?We know not, though we ...
Waiting (Marietta Holley Poems)
I know not where you wait for me in all your maiden sweetness,Sweet soul in whom my life will find ...
The Criminal’s Betrothed (Marietta Holley Poems)
As on a waveless sea, a vessel strikes Upon a treacherous rock;Waking the sailors from their happy dreams By the swift, terrible ...
Sleep (Marietta Holley Poems)
Come, gentle sleep, with the holy night, Come with the stars and the white moonbeams,Come with your train of handmaids bright, Blessed ...
Gone Before (Marietta Holley Poems)
Smooth the hair;Silken waves of sunny brownLay upon the white brow down,Crowned with the blossoms rare;Lilies on a golden stream,Ne'er ...