Parrhasius (Nathaniel Parker Willis Poems)
There stood an unsold captive in the mart,a gray-haired and majestical old man,chained to a pillar. It was almost night,and ...
There stood an unsold captive in the mart,a gray-haired and majestical old man,chained to a pillar. It was almost night,and ...
He sat by me in school. His face is now Vividly in my mind, as if he went From me but yesterday--its ...
'Twas a rich night in June. The air was all Fragrance and balm, and the wet leaves were stirred By the soft ...
The rain is playing its soft pleasant tune Fitfully on the skylight, and the shade Of the fast flying clouds across my ...
'They are all up--the innumerable stars-- And hold their place in heaven. My eyes have been Searching the pearly depths through which ...
That 'Emerald Green of the Pyramid'-- Were I where it is laid, I'd ask no king for his heavy crown, As its hidden ...
Down the green slope he bounded. Raven curls From his white shoulders by the winds were swept, And the clear color of ...
The moon was shining yet. The Orient's brow, Set with the morning star, was not yet dim; And the deep silence which ...
All that thou art, I thrillingly And sensibly do feel; For my eye doth see, and my ear doth hear, And my heart ...
They said that I was strange. I could not bear Confinement, and I lov'd to feel the wind Blowing upon my forehead, ...
I have found violets. April hath come on, And the cool winds feel softer, and the rain Falls in the beaded drops ...
Pass thou on! for the vow is said That is never broken; The hand of blessing hath, trembling, laid On snowy forehead and ...
I will throw by my book. The weariness Of too much study presses on my brain, And thought's close fetter binds upon ...
The evening star will twinkle presently. The last small bird is silent, and the bee Has gone into his hive, and the ...
She had been told that God made all the stars That twinkled up in heaven, and now she stood Watching the coming ...
Innocent dreams be thine! The silver night Is a fit curtain for thy lovely sleep. The stars keep watch above thee, and ...
She stood up in the meekness of a heart Resting on God, and held her fair young child Upon her bosom, with ...
The shadows lay along broadway,'t was near the twilight-tide,and slowly there a lady fairwas walking in her pride.Alone walked she; ...
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