Daphles. An Argive Story (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
ONCE on the throne of Argos sat a maid,Daphles the fair; serene and unafraidShe ruled her realm, for the rough ...
ONCE on the throne of Argos sat a maid,Daphles the fair; serene and unafraidShe ruled her realm, for the rough ...
I HAD a vision at that mystic hour,When in the ebon garden of the Night,Blooms the Cimmerian flowerOf doubt and ...
O! THE rolling, rushing fire!O! the fire!How it rages, wilder, higher,Like a hot heart's fierce desire,Thrilled with passion that appalls ...
PART I.How say'st, thou? die to-morrrow? Oh! my friend!The bitter, bitter ...
THE early springtime faintly flushed the earth,And in the woods, and by their favorite streamThe fair, wild roses blossomed modestly,Above ...
THEY slept on the field which their valor had won,But arose with the first early blush of the sun,For they ...
WHEN the war-drums beat and the trumpets blare,When banners flaunt in the stormy air,When at thought of the deeds that ...
WHAT time o'er Persia ruled that upright KhanKhosru the Good, in Shiraz lived a man,A beggar-carle, to whose rough hands ...
THE firelight danced and waveredIn elvish, twinkling gleeOn the leaves and crimson berriesOf the great green Christmas Tree;And the children ...
YES! it has come; the strange, o'ermastering hour,When buoyant hopes, and tender, tremulous fearsSway the full heart with a divided ...
HERE let me pause by the lone eagle's nest,And breathe the ...
FLY, swiftly flyThrough yon fair sky,O purple-pinioned Hours!And bring once more the balmy night,When from her lattice, silvery bright,Love's beacon-star--her ...
LAND of the North! I waft to theeThe South's warm benedicite!Thou camest when all was grief and pain,The feverish blood, ...
To have the will to soar, but not the wings,Eyes fixed forever on a starry height,Whence stately shapes of grand ...
IN springtime of our youth, life's purpling shade,Foliage and fruit, do hang so thickly round,We seem glad tenants of enchanted ...
PENT in this common sphere of sensual shows,I pine for beauty; beauty of fresh mien,And gentle utterance, and the charm ...
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