Love Poems – Page 2489
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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 … -
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 … -
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,— … -
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, … -
New England
Hail to the land whereon we tread, / Our fondest boast! / The sepulchre of mighty dead, … -
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, … -
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, … -
Song of Egla
Day in melting purple dying, / Blossoms all around me sighing, / Fragrance from the lilies straying, … -
Farewell to Cuba
Adieu, fair isle! I love thy bowers, / I love thy dark-eyed daughters there; / The cool pomegranate’s scarlet flowers … -
I Would Not Live Alway
I would not live alway—live alway below! / Oh no, I ’ll not linger when bidden to go: / The days of our pilgrimage granted us here …
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