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Evangeline: Part The First. IV.
Evangeline: Part The First. IV.
PLEASANTLY rose next morn the sun on the village of Grand-Pré.
Pleasantly gleamed in the soft, sweet air the Basin of Min…
Evangeline: Part The Second. I.
Evangeline: Part The Second. I.
MANY a weary year had passed since the burning of Grand-Pré,
When on the falling tide the freighted vessels departed,
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in t…
Evangeline: Part The First. II.
Evangeline: Part The First. II.
NOW had the season returned, when the nights grow colder and longer,
And the retreating sun the sign of the Scorpion ente…
Endymion
Endymion
The rising moon has hid the stars;
Her level rays, like golden bars,
Lie on the landscape green,
With shadows br…
Elliot's Oak
Elliot's Oak
Thou ancient oak! whose myriad leaves are loud
With sounds of unintelligible speech,
Sounds as of surges on a shingly beach,
…
Earlier Poems : The Spirit Of Poetry
Earlier Poems : The Spirit Of Poetry
There is a quiet spirit in these woods,
That dwells where'er the gentle south-wind blows;
Where, underneath …
Earlier Poems : Hymn Of The Moravian Nuns Of Bethlehem
Earlier Poems : Hymn Of The Moravian Nuns Of Bethlehem
At The Consecration Of Pulaski's Banner.
When the dying flame of day
Through the c…
Earlier Poems : Autumn
Earlier Poems : Autumn
With what a glory comes and goes the year!
The buds of spring, those beautiful harbingers
Of sunny skies and cloudless tim…
Drinking Song
Drinking Song
INSCRIPTION FOR AN ANTIQUE PITCHER,
Come, old friend! sit down and listen!
From the pitcher, placed between us,
How…
Delia. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
Delia. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fifth)
Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,
When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,
Sw…
Discoverer Of The North Cape. A Leaf From King Alfred's Orosius. (Birds Of
Discoverer Of The North Cape. A Leaf From King Alfred's Orosius. (Birds Of
Passage. Flight The First)
Othere, the old sea-captain,
Who dwelt in H…
Daybreak. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
Daybreak. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
A wind came up out of the sea,
And said, 'O mists, make room for me.'
It hailed th…
Death Of Archbishop Turpin. (From The French)
Death Of Archbishop Turpin. (From The French)
The Archbishop, whom God loved in high degree,
Beheld his wounds all bleeding fresh and free;
And t…
Courtship of Miles Standish, The
Courtship of Miles Standish, The
I
MILES STANDISH
In the Old Colony days, in Plymouth the land of the Pilgrims
To and fro in a ro…
Dante
Dante
Tuscan, that wanderest through the realms of gloom,
With thoughtful pace, and sad, majestic eyes,
Stern thoughts and awful from thy…
Christmas Bells
Christmas Bells
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace …
Consolation. (To M. Duperrier, Gentleman Of Aix In Provence, On The Death Of
Consolation. (To M. Duperrier, Gentleman Of Aix In Provence, On The Death Of
His Daughter)
Will then, Duperrier, thy sorrow be eternal?
And shall…
Childhood. (From The Danish)
Childhood. (From The Danish)
There was a time when I was very small,
When my whole frame was but an ell in height;
Sweetly, as I recall it, tears…
Charles Sumner. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fourth)
Charles Sumner. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fourth)
Garlands upon his grave
And flowers upon his hearse,
And to the tender heart and brave
Carillon
Carillon
In the ancient town of Bruges,
In the quaint old Flemish city,
As the evening shades descended,
Low and loud and sweetly…
Catawba Wine. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
Catawba Wine. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The First)
This song of mine
Is a Song of the Vine,
To be sung by the glowing embers
Of wayside i…
By The Seaside : Twilight
By The Seaside : Twilight
The twilight is sad and cloudy,
The wind blows wild and free,
And like the wings of sea-birds
Flash the white c…
Cantos From Dante's Paradiso
Cantos From Dante's Paradiso
(Canto XXIII.)
Even as a bird, 'mid the beloved leaves,
Quiet upon the nest of her sweet brood
Throu…