Laman Blanchard

  • Ode to the Human Heart

    Blind Thamyris, and Blind Mæonides,  Milton.
      Pursue the triumph and partake the gale!  Pope.
    Drop tears as fast as the Arabian trees,  Shakespeare.
      To point a moral or adorn a tale.  Johnson.

    Full many a gem of purest ray serene,  Gray.
      Thoughts...

  • The Mother’s Hope

    Is there, when the winds are singing
      In the happy summer-time,—
    When the raptured air is ringing
    With Earth’s music heavenward springing,
      Forest chirp, and village chime,—
    Is there, of the sounds that float
    Unsighingly, a single note
    ...