Love Poems – Page 2458

The Conqueror's Grave

Within this lowly grave a Conqueror lies,
And yet the monument proclaims it not,
Nor round the sleeper’s name hath chisel wrought …

William Cullen Bryant English
My Autumn Walk

On woodlands ruddy with autumn
The amber sunshine lies;
I look on the beauty round me, …

William Cullen Bryant English
The Death of Slavery

O thou great Wrong, that, through the slow-paced years,
Didst hold thy millions fettered, and didst wield
The scourge that drove the laborer to the field, …

William Cullen Bryant English
In Memory of John Lothrop Motley

Sleep, motley, with the great of ancient days,
Who wrote for all the years that yet shall be!
Sleep with Herodotus, whose name and praise …

William Cullen Bryant English
The Flood of Years

A mighty Hand, from an exhaustless Urn,
Pours forth the never-ending Flood of Years,
Among the nations. How the rushing waves …

William Cullen Bryant English
Elegiac

O, it is great for our country to die, where ranks are contending!
Bright is the wreath of our fame; glory awaits us for aye,—
Glory, that never is dim, shining on with light never ending,— …

James Gates Percival English
The Coral Grove

Deep in the wave is a coral grove,
Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove,
Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, …

James Gates Percival English
New England

Hail to the land whereon we tread,
Our fondest boast!
The sepulchre of mighty dead, …

James Gates Percival English
From "Zophiel"

High towered the palace and its massive pile,
Made dubious if of nature or of art,
So wild and so uncouth; yet, all the while, …

Maria Gowen Brooks English
The Respite

The banquet-cups, of many a hue and shape,
Bossed o’er with gems, were beautiful to view;
But, for the madness of the vaunted grape, …

Maria Gowen Brooks English