Sonnets (Peter John Allan Poems)
I.Leaving his mountain eyrie far behind, On mighty pinions swiftly borne away, The eagle bathes his plumage in the day—Such flight is ...
I.Leaving his mountain eyrie far behind, On mighty pinions swiftly borne away, The eagle bathes his plumage in the day—Such flight is ...
I STOOD upon a mountain, lip to lipWith rosy morning, and her breathing cameRefreshingly upon my fever'd brow;I felt my ...
Thou ancient pine! beneath whose lofty shade, Pensive I watch the sun's declining ray,Thy glorious crown no scorching sun can fade, Nor ...
I.Oh, scan not too closely a heart that is thine,Whatever its error or frailties may be ;Believe not, my love, ...
DEEP in the forest glade I laid me downAnd slept; then did this vision come upon meSublimely terrible! Methought I sawThe ...
LOVER."Tell me not that she is dead,Motionless and cold;Her form was made for summer flowers,And not of common mould." MESSENGER."But summer ...
To what shall we compare the happiness of youth?When all things are fair unto our eyes, and the blos- soms of ...
The angels best beloved of Heaven,Stand ever nearest to the throne;To these, and but to these, is given,Unveil'd their glorious ...
I KNEW a little maiden, Than falling snows more fair,Her laughing eye was azure, And golden was her hair.Her voice was sweetest ...
BLUE-EYED saint from heaven low bending, Grant, oh, grant a mortal's prayer,From her broken heart ascending Through the silent midnight air.Thou, O ...
Love caught me (yet a little boy),And bound me with his chains of joy;Then with his fillet sealed mine eyes,To ...
How sweet the sound of words divineFrom lips of innocence like thine!Fancy, whene'er that strain you sing,Delights to spread her ...
Who says that power is bliss? The gloryBought by a million's blood for oneTo reign, to die, yet live in ...
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