Bonny Yorksher (John Hartley Poems)
Bonny Yorksher! how aw love thi! Hard an rugged tho' thi face is;Ther's an honest air abaat thi, Aw ne'er find i' ...
Bonny Yorksher! how aw love thi! Hard an rugged tho' thi face is;Ther's an honest air abaat thi, Aw ne'er find i' ...
It stands alone on a haunted shore,With curious words of deathless lore On its massive gate impearled;And its carefully guarded mystic ...
Grey Winter hath gone, like a wearisome guest,And, behold, for repayment,September comes in with the wind of the WestAnd the ...
Not always as the whirlwind's rushOn Horeb's mount of fear,Not always as the burning bushTo Midian's shepherd seer,Nor as the ...
For ages on our river borders,These tassels in their tawny bloom,And willowy studs of downy silver,Have prophesied of Spring to ...
"Get ye up from the wrath of God's terrible day!Ungirded, unsandalled, arise and away!'T is the vintage of blood, 't ...
1910 versionGame Called.Across the field of playthe dusk has come, the hour is late.The fight is done and lost or ...
Sister darling, ope the window, let the balmy air oncemoreFan my flushed and throbbing brow as in the happydays of ...
HE WORKS in the glen where the waratah grows, And the gums and the ashes are tall,'Neath cliffs that re-echo the ...
Even now methinksEach little cottage of my native valeSwells out its earthen sides, upheaves its roof,Like to a hillock moved ...
Husn aur MazdooriEk dosheeza sarak par, dhoop mein hai be-qarar,Choorian bajti hain kankar kootne mein bar, bar.Choorion ke saaz mein ...
Fair from his hand behold the village rise,In rural pride, 'mong intermingled trees!Above whose aged tops the joyful swains,At even-tide, ...
In the light of the silent stars that shine on the struggling sea,In the weary cry of the wind and ...
FAINT, faint and clear, Faint as the music that in dreams we hear Shaking the curtain-fold of sleep, That shuts away The world's hoarse ...
Oh! silent lute, when will thy silver chordsGive the light wings of melody to words—Words sweet as are the lips ...
Night in Seville, and the twinkle Of stars in the far azure set,The mandolin's torturing tinkle, The click of the castanet!Music and ...
They tell me aw'm a vulgar chap,An owt to goa to th' schooilTo leearn to talk like other fowk,An' net ...
I was born in the century of the death of the rosewhen the motor had already driven out the angels.Quito ...
It is a lovely eve. Meek Twilight nowBegins her gentle, but too short-lived, reign.The evening star glows in her radiant ...
April's genial sun is shining,Vernal clouds with "silver lining,"Rich and balmy dews distilling,Flora's opening flower-cups filling With the pearly treasure;On her ...
Since I am coming to that holy room, Where, with thy choir of saints for evermore, I shall be made thy music; ...
YOU kin talk about yer anthemsAn' yer arias an' sich,An' yer modern choir-singin'That you think so awful rich;But you orter ...
Beside a cottage-door, Sang Ella at her wheel;Ruthven rode o'er the moor, Down at her feet to kneel:A spotted palfrey gay Came ambling ...
Cramm'd to the throat with wholesome moral stuff,Alas! poor audience! you have had enough.Was ever hapless heroine of a playIn ...
I did but dream. I never knewWhat charms our sternest season wore.Was never yet the sky so blue,Was never earth ...
IMy soul goes out to her who says,"Come, follow me and cast off care!"Then tosses back her sun-bright hair,And like ...
'Tis an old deserted homestead On the outskirts of the town, Where the roof is all moss-covered, And the walls are tumbling down; But ...
MY father! in the vague, mysterious past,My boyish thoughts have wandered o'er and o'er,To thy lone grave upon a distant ...
Queen of hundred ocean Isles, Rich in scenic grandeurs;Land of forest, hill, and glen, Where the tourist wanders.Land of torrent, lake, and ...
In my garden it is night-time,But a still time and a bright time,For the moon rains down her splendor,And my ...
© 2020 Inspirational Stories