Love Poems – Page 2542

The Ideal

Toil on, poor muser, to attain that goal
Where Art conceals its grandest, noblest prize;
Count every tear that dims your aching eyes, …

Francis Saltus Saltus English
A Dream of Death

I died; they wrapped me in a shroud,
With hollow mourning, far too loud,
And sighs that were but empty sound, …

Lucy White Jennison English
Bondage

“and this is freedom!” cried the serf; “At last
I tread free soil, the free air blows on me;”
And, wild to learn the sweets of liberty, …

Lucy White Jennison English
The Burden of Love

I bear an unseen burden constantly;
Waking or sleeping I can never thrust
The load aside; through summer’s heat and dust …

Lucy White Jennison English
A Song of Two Angels

Two angels came through the gate of Heaven.
(White and soft is a mother’s breast!)
Stayed them both by the gate of Heaven; …

Laura Elizabeth Richards English
Where Helen Sits

Where helen sits, the darkness is so deep,
No golden sunbeam strikes athwart the gloom;
No mother’s smile, no glance of loving eyes, …

Laura Elizabeth Richards English
A Valentine

Oh! little loveliest lady mine,
What shall I send for your valentine?
Summer and flowers are far away; …

Laura Elizabeth Richards English
Sandy Hook

White sand and cedars; cedars, sand;
Light-houses here and there; a strand
Strewn o’er with driftwood; tangled weeds; …

George Houghton English
The Handsel Ring

“here, o lily-white lady mine,
Here by thy warrior sire’s own shrine,
Handsel I thee by this golden sign, …

George Houghton English
The Manor Lord

Beside the landsman knelt a dame,
And slowly pushed the pages o’er;
Still by the hearth-fire’s spending flame …

George Houghton English