Poems
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“Are the children at home?”
Each day, when the glow of sunset / Fades in the western sky, / And the wee ones, tired of playing, … -
“Art thou weary?”
From the Latin by John Mason Neale / ART thou weary, art thou languid, / Art thou sore distressed? … -
“As by the shore at break of day”
As by the shore, at break of day, / A vanquished chief expiring lay, / Upon the sands, with broken sword, … -
“As slow our ship”
As slow our ship her foamy track / Against the wind was cleaving, / Her trembling pennant still looked back … -
“Asleep! asleep!”
“And so saying, he fell asleep.” / Martyrdom of Saint Stephen / ASLEEP! asleep! men talk of “sleep,” … -
“Behave yoursel’ before folk”
BEHAVE yoursel’ before folk, / Behave yoursel’ before folk, / And dinna be sae rude to me, … -
“Believe me, if all those endearing young charms”
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, / Which I gaze on so fondly to-day, / Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms, … -
“Beyond the smiling and the weeping”
Beyond the smiling and the weeping / I shall be soon; / Beyond the waking and the sleeping, … -
“Bless the dear old verdant land”
Bless the dear old verdant land! / Brother, wert thou born of it? / As thy shadow life doth stand … -
“Blest as the immortal gods”
From the Greek by Ambrose Phillips / BLEST as the immortal gods is he, / The youth who fondly sits by thee, …
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