Golu (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
ONCE I had a little sweetheartIn the land of the Malay,-Such a little yellow sweetheart!Warm and peerless as the dayOf ...
ONCE I had a little sweetheartIn the land of the Malay,-Such a little yellow sweetheart!Warm and peerless as the dayOf ...
"Where have I come from, where did you pick me up?" the baby askedits mother. She answered, half crying, half laughing, ...
The wilderness a secret keepsUpon whose guess I go:Eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard;And yet I know, I ...
You think yourselves the adventurous ones, you young ones,And us becalmed, torpid, our days uneventful,Our blood stagnant, our minds' antennae ...
They boast of Ormuz's milk-white pearls, The ruby's magic art,And proudly wear the crystal drop That fires the diamond's heart.And these may ...
Place thy lilly-white hand in mine, Maid with the wealth of golden hair;--Tresses, that gleaming like gold, entwine, Round about a sweet ...
Come to me, Sunbeam! I'm dyingUncared for, distress'd and alone.Even now the pale angel with icy hand seizesThe heart that ...
Stately boats, with happy crowds, Passing up the lake,Leaving, under sunset clouds, Jewels in your wake,From my garden's sheltered strand I can watch ...
LISTEN, dearest! you must love me more,More than you did before! -Hark, what a beating here of wings!Never at rest,Dear, ...
Air — "The Pride of Caldair"Once there was a little girl And her friends loved her dear —Her parents loved their ...
Alas! and oh that Spring should come againUpon the soft wings of desired days,And bring with her no anodyne to ...
I know a garden like a child,Clean and new-washed and reconciled.It grows its own sweet way, yet stillHas guidance of ...
Now that each feather'd Chorister doth singThe glad approches of the welcome Spring:Now Phobus darts forth his more early beam,And ...
MY dearest Sumpad, my beloved son,Flower of my heart and light of my sad eyes!The Turk hath snatched thee from ...
IFor your blithe step I sighGone on the road before me;For your warm hand I cryOn life's path rough and ...
Gentle divinity, how have I merited?Whither, unfortunate wretch, have I strayed,Thus of thy bounty to lie disenherited -I alone whilst ...
TRUE love's own talisman, which hereShakespeare and Sidney failed to teach,A steel-and-velvet CavalierGave to our Saxon speech:Chief miracle of theme ...
Excuse me, Sweetheart, if I smear, With wisdom learnt from ancient teachers, Now winter time once more is here, This grease upon your ...
Make me no grave within that quiet placeWhere friends shall sadly view the grassy mound,Politely solemn for a little space,As ...
A spirit is out to-night! His steeds are the winds; oh, list,How he madly sweeps o'er the clouds, And scatters the driving ...
Oh! Come to me, darling! My Sweet! Here where the sunlight reposes;Pink petals lie thick at my feet, Here in my garden ...
With sweet Regret - (the dearest thing that Yesterday has left us) -We often turn our homeless eyes to scenes ...
TO AMARANTHA; THAT SHE WOULD DISHEVELL HER HAIRE.I.Amarantha sweet and faire,Ah brade no more that shining haire!As my curious hand ...
SWEETHEART, good-bye! Our varied dayIs closing into twilight gray,And up from bare, bleak wastes of seaThe north-wind rises mournfully;A solemn ...
All were quite gracious in their plaudits ofBud's Fairy; but another stir aboveThat murmur was occasioned by a sweetYoung lady-caller, ...
Come up the broad river, the Thames, my Dane, My Dane with the beautiful eyes!Thousands and thousands await thee full fain, And ...
False one! You have oft profess'd,I alone could make you blest;Wherefore then am I despis'd?Wherefore is my Rival priz'd?Why, he's ...
I STOOD as one enchanted, All in the forest deep:As one that wond'ring wanders, Dream-bound within his sleep.A thousand rustling footsteps Pattered upon ...
Now, Angelina, put it down.Let me entreat you not to smoke it;You dread your Edwin's lightest frown,Or so you ...
Ancient, wrinkled dames and jealous - They whom joyless Age downcasts -And the sere, gray-bearded fellows Who would fain re-live their pasts ...
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