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 ...
Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems on Kings & Queens (32 Poems)
Muscadines (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
SOBER September, robed in gray and dun,Smiled from the forest in half-pensive wise;A misty sweetness shone in her mild eyes,And ...
The Snow-Messengers (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
THE pine-trees lift their dark bewildered eyes--Or so I deem--up to the clouded skies;No breeze, no faintest breeze, is heard ...
From The Conspirator (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
SCENE..CATHARINE.Art thou prepared to risk ...
The Substitute (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
PART I.How say'st, thou? die to-morrrow? Oh! my friend!The bitter, bitter ...
The Black Destrier. A Ballad Of The Third Crusade (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
FIRST 'mid the lion Richard's host,Sir Aymer fought in Holy Land;And they loved him well for his honest heart,And they ...
MacDonald’s Raid.-A.D. 1780. (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
I REMEMBER it well; 'twas a morn dull and gray,And the legion lay idle and listless that day,A thin drizzle ...
Fortunio. A Parable For The Times (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
WHO at the court of Astolf, the great King,King of a realm of firs, and icy floes,Cold bright fiords, and ...
A Meeting Of The Birds (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
OF a thousand queer meetings, both great, sir, and smallThe bird-party I sing of seemed oddest of all!How they come ...
Valerie’s Confession. To A Friend. (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
THEY declare that I'm gracefully pretty,The very best waltzer that whirls;They say I am sparkling and witty,The pearl, the queen ...
Washington! (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
Feb. 22, 1732BRIGHT natal morn! what face appearsBeyond the rolling mist of years?A face whose loftiest traits, combineAll virtues of ...
Krishna And His Three Handmaidens (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
AND where he sat beneath the mystic stars,Nigh the twin founts of Immortality,That feed fair channels of the Stream of ...
Roly Poly (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
ROLY POLY'S just awakened,Wakened in his cosy bed,All his dainty ringlets tumbledO'er his shoulders, and his head:Roly Poly's cheeks are ...
Under The Pine (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
To the memory of Henry TimrodThe same majestic pine is lifted highAgainst the twilight sky,The same low, melancholy music grievesAmid ...
Renewed (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
WELCOME, rippling sunshine!Welcome, joyous air!Like a demon shadowFlies the gaunt despair!Heaven, through heights of happy calm,Its heart of hearts uncloses,To ...
The King Of The Plow (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
THE sword is re-sheathed in its scabbard,The rifle hangs safe on the wall;No longer we quail at the hungryHot rush ...
Cloud Pictures (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
Here in these mellow grasses, the whole morn,I love to rest; yonder, the ripening cornRustles its greenery; and his blithesome ...
The Three Urns (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
LIST to an Arab parable, whereinThe beauty of the Orient fancy shrinesA star-like truth, the iconoclastic WestIs blind to see, ...
Blanche And Nell (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
OH, Blanche is a city lady,Bedecked in her silks and lace:She walks with the mien of a stately queen,And a ...
Aethra (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
It is a sweet tradition, with a soulOf tenderest pathos! Hearken, love!—for allThe sacred undercurrents of the heartThrill to its ...
Hints Of Spring (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
A SOFTENING of the misty heaven,A subtle murmur in the air;The electric flash through coverts oldOf many a shy wing, ...
Here And There (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
HERE the warm sunshine fillsLike wine of gods the deepening, cup-shaped dells,Embossed with marvellous flowers; the happy rillsRoam through the ...
Longfellow Dead (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
AY, it is well! Crush back your selfish tears;For from the half-veiled face of earthly springHath he not risen on ...
“Philip My King.” (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
"PHILIP my king", ay, still thou art a king,Though storms of sorrow on thy suffering headHave flashed and thundered through ...
The Dryad Of The Pine (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
AH, forest sweetheart! over land and seaI come once more, once more to stand by thee;My sylvan darling! set 'twixt ...
The Mocking-Bird [At Night.] (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
A GOLDEN pallor of voluptuous lightFilled the warm southern night:The moon, clear orbed, above the sylvan sceneMoved like a stately ...
“Too Low And Yet Too High.” (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
HE came in velvet and in gold;He wooed her with a careless grace;A confidence too rashly boldBreathed in his language ...
Sonnet III (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
OF all the woodland flowers of earlier spring,These golden jasmines, each an air-hung bower.Meet for the Queen of Fairies' tiring ...
The Cottage On The Hill (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
ON a steep hillside, to all airs that blow,Open, and open to the varying sky,Our cottage homestead, smiling tranquilly,Catches morn's ...
The Last Of The Roses (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
A ROYAL rose! A rose how darkly red!A proud, voluptuous, full blown flower, that swaysHer sceptre o'er the wind-swept garden-ways,With ...