Hero Herald (Menella Bute Smedley Poems)
IIn his tent, at fall of day,Hero Harold loosed his mail,As a bark which nears the bayDrops on deck her ...
IIn his tent, at fall of day,Hero Harold loosed his mail,As a bark which nears the bayDrops on deck her ...
LAY THE FIRST THE DEATH OF BRUCEThere is darkness in the chamber,There is silence by the hearth,For pale, and cold, ...
Trained tenderly by Heaven and Earth,Up grew she to her gentle height,-Grew to the level of the lightThat shines by ...
PART FIRSTDuke William stood on the Norman shore,With all his merry men round;And he will sail the blue seas o'er,To ...
"'I loosened the bonds which bindThe Pestilence, my slave;I sent him forth as the wind,I bade him stand in the ...
The churches twelve of WallingfordA stately sight they were,When gleaming shields were hangingFrom every column fair;For a mile around the ...
The burghers six of Calais,True were they and brave;To save their fellow-townsmenTheir lives they freely gave.Will ye hear their story?Come ...
Word was brought where Cortes layOn the shores of Coronzel,That, pent from the blessed light of dayAnd the free breath ...
Earl Strongbow lies in Dublin towers,Begirt by a mighty host;At the horn's wild sound they have gather'd aroundFrom forest, hill, ...
"Ah, Fanuel, my noble horse, and art thou, art thou slain?Wilt thou never bear me to the chase or the ...
Oh, it was our gallant Prince Edward,Rode forth into Alton wood;His plume was white, his sword was bright,His heart was ...
Children, when you sat wishing,Down last night on the sands,Beckoning moments of glory,With little helpless hands,I heard you saying and ...
When midnight flung o'er earth and seaHer solemn veil of gloom,All fearless and alone was she,The Lady Grizzel Hume,-Lighted beneath ...
O, were you at war in the red Eastern land?What did you hear, and what did you see?Saw you my ...
A little boat in a cave,And a child there fast asleep;Floating out on a wave,Out to the perilous deep-Out to ...
Twenty-five shots!And, out of all the spotsWhere a man could stand and shoot,You would have said, "Not there."Anywhere else it ...
White Angels, listening all aroundThe terror, wrath, and strife of men,For faint heroic notes that soundThrough the mean tumult now ...
AGED THREE YEARS AND A HALFDeep in thy round blue eyesAsleep thy spirit lies,Or half-awake and wanton in its play,As ...
What shall I do for thee? Thou hast my prayers,Ceaseless as stars around the great white throne;No passing angel but ...
Never subdued till now,Wounded perhaps to death,Did Italy strike the blow?Say it under your breath!She struck him; we strive in ...
It was an April morningWhen my true love went out;The wind had never a warning;The sky had never a doubt.Leaves ...
An Angel came and cried to him by night,'God needs a Martyr from your little band;Name me the purest soul, ...
SEPTEMBER 1862Where shall we try Garibaldi?Find us some Italian townNot alive with his renown,Where the air is not on flameWith ...
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