Love Poems – Page 2490

From "The Sunshine of the Gods"

Ah, moment not to be purchased,
Not to be won by prayer,
Not by toil to be conquered, …

Bayard Taylor English
To M - T. by Bayard Taylor

Though thy constant love I share,
Yet its gift is rarer;
In my youth I thought thee fair: …

English
The Fallow Field

The sun comes up and the sun goes down;
The night mist shroudeth the sleeping town;
But if it be dark or if it be day, …

Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr English
O Earth! Art Thou Not Weary?

O earth! art thou not weary of thy graves?
Dear, patient mother Earth, upon thy breast
How are they heaped from farthest east to west! …

Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr English
With a Rose from Conway Castle

On hoary Conway’s battlemented height,
O poet-heart, I pluck for thee a rose!
Through arch and court the sweet wind wandering goes; …

Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr English
Two Paths

A path across a meadow fair and sweet,
Where clover-blooms the lithesome grasses greet,
A path worn smooth by his impetuous feet. …

Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr English
Stonewall Jackson's Way

Come, stack arms, men; pile on the rails;
Stir up the camp-fire bright!
No growling if the canteen fails: …

John Williamson Palmer English
The Fight at the San Jacinto

“now for a brisk and cheerful fight!”
Said Harman, big and droll,
As he coaxed his flint and steel for a light, …

John Williamson Palmer English
The Maryland Battalion

Spruce macaronis, and pretty to see,
Tidy and dapper and gallant were we;
Blooded, fine gentlemen, proper and tall, …

John Williamson Palmer English
The Witch's Whelp

Along the shore the slimy brine-pits yawn,
Covered with thick green scum; the billows rise,
And fill them to the brim with clouded foam, …

Richard Henry Stoddard English