Festus – XLV (Philip James Bailey Poems)
'Twas held of old by some heresiarch sage,Whose nobler name time bruits not overmuch,That evil and good, twin powers, as ...
'Twas held of old by some heresiarch sage,Whose nobler name time bruits not overmuch,That evil and good, twin powers, as ...
A man in love sees wonders naturally.Ours sole,--abnormal gifts but gradual given,Can make participable his starry views,And intuitions spiritual instilled,May ...
From heaven, soul--like, to earth. It is sundown. MarkThe heart's state, empty and collapsed, the world'sVain pleasures leave us in, ...
As in our sky sometimes a vaporous massLow down, shows thunder threatening; while by windsOf happier, if adverse wing fanned, ...
Even while a starMight twinkle twice, or calm, retiring sea,Irresolute yet to leave, his moonlit kissShimmering repeat upon the impassive ...
Not on one plane indeviable, the soulMakes way, but moonlike waveringly as thoughNot to advance for a time content; the ...
Follows a starry nightWhere in the talk of man and spirit we seeForeproven, the all--grasping mind's inordinate loveFor marvels, mysteries, ...
Ill, now released,Reckless of late discomfiture, as headOf human strife 'gainst heaven, God's ends world--wide,Inapt to appreciate, as his woeful ...
The eternal all--sire from his throne, our isleRegarding; these Imperial shores, the whileEarth's orb rolls round, shewn, eminent in his ...
Man's final doom conceive: the award to allEarth's tribes of souls by spirits elect, their chiefsSaintly, themselves through purifying ruleOf ...
Who shall commemorate all Thy chosen namesThou who art Sire at once and Son of man?Servant, friend, brother, bridegroom, husband, ...
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD is the wisdom of man- This is the end of Being, wisdom; this Of wisdom, action; and of ...
'Tis Autumn--and the winds are highAnd storm--clouds scud across the sky;The yellow groves on Dee's dark sideGrow paler each approaching ...
Of all the rivers in the land,Thee most I love, fair Trent,For in thy stream and by thy banksMy happiest ...
Through pain and through peril, temptation and harm,We are saved by His love, for the Lord lent His arm;By the ...
I love thee, London! for thy many men,And for thy mighty deeds and scenes of glory;For all great thoughts and ...
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