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 ...
We do not know each other—'tis the phraseOf the cold, artful world which I abhor;But in my heart I hear ...
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, ...
WRITTEN FOR MY DEAR LITTLE FRIEND, J. M. A LEAFLET fair, In the summer air, Had echoed the zephyr's laugh, And smiled full bright, In ...
DEEP in the forest glade I laid me downAnd slept; then did this vision come upon meSublimely terrible! Methought I sawThe ...
To what shall we compare the happiness of youth?When all things are fair unto our eyes, and the blos- soms of ...
Open, ye gates of Paradise, Be sheathed, O flaming sword.She comes, the gentle sinless child, To meet her sinless Lord.Ye angels, greet ...
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 ...
Where linger my love? In what peaceful valeOf the land of dreams is she lingering now,Where the spirit sad of ...
Life is day, and death is night, Bringing with it deep, Never-ending sleep,And dreams that soothe the soul, or else affright.Life is ...
Farewell, poor little winged flower, Thy joyous life is o'er;Thy sisters of the meadow now Shall welcome thee no more;Those pinions that ...
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