Love Poems – Page 4024

The Poet

Gather all kindreds of this boundless realm
To speak a common tongue in thee! Be thou—
Heart, pulse, and voice, whether pent hate o’erwhelm …

Cornelius Mathews English
An Autograph

O’er the wet sands an insect crept
Ages ere man on earth was known—
And patient Time, while Nature slept, …

James Russell Lowell English
Cleopatra

Here, charmian, take my bracelets:
They bar with a purple stain
My arms; turn over my pillows— …

William Wetmore Story English
Dirge

Room for a soldier! lay him in the clover;
He loved the fields, and they shall be his cover;
Make his mound with hers who called him once her lover: …

Thomas William Parsons English
To a Lady

My christmas gifts were few: to one
A fan, to keep love’s flame alive,
Since even to the constant sun …

Thomas William Parsons English
Song

O bird, thou dartest to the sun,
When morning beams first spring,
And I, like thee, would swiftly run; …

Maria White Lowell English
Inspiration

Life of Ages, richly poured,
Love of God, unspent and free,
Flowing in the Prophet’s word …

Samuel Johnson English
November

Much have I spoken of the faded leaf;
Long have I listened to the wailing wind,
And watched it ploughing through the heavy clouds, …

Elizabeth Stoddard English
Song

Daughter of Egypt, veil thine eyes!
I cannot bear their fire;
Nor will I touch with sacrifice …

Bayard Taylor English
America

foreseen in the vision of sages,
Foretold when martyrs bled,
She was born of the longing of ages, …

Bayard Taylor English