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 ...
The years go by, but they little seemLike those within our dream;The years that stood in such luring guise,Beckoning us ...
I am an outcast, sinful and vile I know, But what are you, my lady, so fair, and proud, and high?The ...
She sat in the cottage door, and the fair June moon looked down On a face as pure as its own, ...
The Squire was none of your common men Whose ancestors nobody knows,But visible was his lineage In the lines of his Roman ...
In his arm-chair, warmly cushioned,In the quiet earned by labor,Life's reposeful Indian summer,Grandpa sits; and lets the paperLie upon his ...
You will journey many a weary day and long, Ere you will see so restful and sweet a place,As this, my ...
Is his form hidden by some cliff or crag, Or does he loiter on the shelving shore?We know not, though we ...
On the shore I sit and gaze Out on the twilight sea,For my ship may come, though many days I have waited ...
What though the Eden morns were sweet with song Passing all sweetness that our thought can reach;Crushing its flowers noon's chariot ...
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