Marietta Holley Poems on Prayers Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

The years go by, but they little seemLike those within our dream;The years that stood in such luring guise,Beckoning us ...

High on a rocky cliff did once a gray old castle stand,From whence rough-bearded chieftains led their vassals--ruled the land.For centuries ...

Isabelle has gold, and lands, Fate gave her a fair lot;Like the white lilies of the field Her soft hands toil not.I ...

In the unquiet night,With all her beauty bright, She walketh my silent chamber to and fro;Not twice of the same mind,Sometimes ...

Last night she came unto me, And kneeling by my side,Laid her head upon my bosom, My beautiful, my bride;My lost one, ...

How the sumac banners bent, dripping as if with blood, What a mournful presence brooded upon the slumbrous air;A mocking-bird screamed ...

Come, gentle sleep, with the holy night, Come with the stars and the white moonbeams,Come with your train of handmaids bright, Blessed ...

Yes! yes! I dare say it is so,And you should be pitied, but how could I know,Watching alone by the ...

Draped in shadows stands the mountain Against the eastern sky,Above it the fair summer moon Looks downward tenderly;And Venus in the glowing ...

Marietta Holley Poems on Prayers (9 Poems)