Love Poems – Page 2486
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From "The Culprit Fay"
The fay’s SENTENCE / THE MONARCH sat on his judgment-seat / On his brow the crown imperial shone, … -
The American Flag
When freedom from her mountain height / Unfurled her standard to the air, / She tore the azure robe of night, … -
The National Paintings
Awake, ye forms of verse divine! / Painting! descend on canvas wing,— / And hover o’er my head, Design! … -
The Man Who Frets at Worldly Strife
The man who frets at worldly strife / Grows sallow, sour, and thin; / Give us the lad whose happy life … -
Ode to Fortune
Fair lady with the bandaged eye! / I ’ll pardon all thy scurvy tricks, / So thou wilt cut me, and deny … -
The Indian's Welcome to the Pilgrim Fathers
Above them spread a stranger sky; / Around, the sterile plain; / The rock-bound coast rose frowning nigh; … -
The Return of Napoleon from St - Helena by Lydia Huntley Sigourney
Ho! city of the gay! / Paris! what festal rite / Doth call thy thronging million forth, … -
From "Curiosity"
The news / the NEWS! our morning, noon, evening cry, / Day unto day repeats it till we die. … -
The Winged Worshippers
gay, guiltless pair, / What seek ye from the fields of heaven? / Ye have no need of prayer, … -
The Brothers
We are but two—the others sleep / Through death’s untroubled night; / We are but two—O, let us keep …
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