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O THOU, who, high in heaven, To man hast given This clouded earthly life All storm and strife, Blasted with ice and fire,
WHEN my good-nights and prayers… And I am safe tucked up in bed, I know my guardian angel stands And holds my soul between his hand… I cannot see his wings of light
UNBIND thine eyes, with thine o… Look on the sins that made thy lif… Behold how poor thy vaunted virtue… How weak thy faith, thy deeds how… How far from thy high dreams thy l…
Did you deceive me? Did I trust A heart of fire to a heart of dust… What matter? Since once the world… And you gave me the rose of the wo… That was the time to live for! Fl…
RED roses bright, pink roses and… That bud and blossom and fall; The very sight of my heart’s delig… Is more than worth them all! Is worth far more than the whole s…
LAURELS, bring laurels, sheaves… Till England’s boughs are bare of… Soon comes the flower more rare, m… Than any laurel this year weaves— The Aloe of the hundredth year
EACH day Work bids my heart anew… Fold wings and watch my brain at p… But brain and heart will fly your… And find their natural home in you… Come to me—'tis the only way!
MY beautiful beech, your smooth g… With letters. Once, each stood fo… To foolish lovers, dead this many… Whose lamp of lighted love so soon… You have seen them come and go,
‘REFUSE, refrain: for this is n… The Annunciation Angel warned you… This is the little candle, not the… It burns, but will not warm, unhap… ‘But ah! suppose the sun should ne…
FOR A PICTURE BY E. BU… Habes tota quod mente petisti Infelix. IN deep vague spaces of the lonel… She deemed her soulless life was a…
COME home, come home, for your e… With the glare of the noonday sun, And nothing looks as it did before… And the best of the day is done. You have played your match, and ri…
Now the sprinkled blackthorn snow Lies along the lover’s lane Where last year we used to go– Where we shall not go again. In the hedge the buds are new,
JOIN hands, my dear, clasp long… Even this present we shall soon ca… And lay among the unforgotten days… Not the less loved because they co… Make haste to put our hasty words…
FAREWELL! How soon unmeasured… Its leaden clouds between our part… How little to each other now are w… And once how much I dreamed we tw… I, who now stand with eyes undimme…
Sunrise is in your eyes, and in yo… The hope and bright desire of morn… My eyes are full of shadow, and my… Of life is yesterday. Yet lend my hand your hand, and le…