Love Poems – Page 2484
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To the Mocking-Bird
Winged mimic of the woods! thou motley fool! / Who shall thy gay buffoonery describe? / Thine ever ready notes of ridicule … -
On Snow-Flakes melting on His Lady's Breast
To kiss my Celia’s fairer breast, / The snow forsakes its native skies, / But proving an unwelcome guest, … -
On the Death of My Son Charles
My son, thou wast my heart’s delight, / Thy morn of life was gay and cheery; / That morn has rushed to sudden night, … -
Private Devotion
I love to steal awhile away / From every cumbering care, / And spend the hours of setting day … -
Hymn for the Dedication of a Church
Where ancient forests round us spread, / Where bends the cataract’s ocean-fall, / On the lone mountain’s silent head, … -
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep
Rocked in the cradle of the deep / I lay me down in peace to sleep; / Secure I rest upon the wave, … -
The Soul's Defiance
I said to Sorrow’s awful storm, / That beat against my breast, / Rage on—thou may’st destroy this form, … -
A Name in the Sand
Alone i walked the ocean strand; / A pearly shell was in my hand: / I stooped and wrote upon the sand … -
My Brigantine
my brigantine! / Just in thy mould and beauteous in thy form, / Gentle in roll and buoyant on the surge, … -
The Fugitive Slave's Apostrophe to the North Star
Star of the North! though night winds drift / The fleecy drapery of the sky / Between thy lamp and me, I lift, …
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