A Gallery of Distinguished English and American Female Poets |
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angel ANTIGONE beautiful beneath birds blessed bloom blossoms bosom bower breast breath breeze bright brow CATHERINE WINKWORTH CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH TONNA charm cheek clouds crown dark death deep DELAWARE WATER GAP disciple band dream dwell earth ELIZA COOK fair fear feet flowers FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD gaze gentle Give me armor glad gleam glow grace grave green hand hath heard heart Heaven holy Hosanna hour JOANNA BAILLIE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS laurel bands life's light lips look lyre MARGARET FULLER melody morn murmur night o'er pale peace PILGRIM'S REST poets praise prayer pure rest rose round shade shadow sigh sing skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit star sunshine sweet swell swing-we tears tender thee thine thou art thought tones trees trembling voice wandering wave weary weep wild winds wings woman's words youth
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Page 95 - THE stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand ! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land. The deer across their greensward bound, ' Through shade and sunny gleam, And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Page 91 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 212 - THE Frost looked forth one still, clear night, And whispered, " Now I shall be out of sight ; So through the valley and over the height, In silence I'll take my way. I will not go on like that blustering train — The Wind and the Snow, the Hail and the Rain, Who make so much bustle and noise in vain ; But I'll be as busy as they.
Page 166 - Unless you can muse in a crowd all day On the absent face that fixed you ; Unless you can love, as the angels may, With the breadth of heaven betwixt you; Unless you can dream that his faith is fast, Through behoving and unbehoving ; Unless you can die when the dream is past — Oh, never call it loving...
Page 89 - There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Page 87 - THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed...
Page 162 - Queen," from hill to mart, She heard through all her beating heart, And turned and wept — She wept, to wear a crown...
Page 88 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free. The ocean-eagle soared From his nest, by the white wave's foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared:— This was their welcome home.
Page 85 - Bright you sparkle on your way, O'er the yellow pebbles dancing, Through the flowers and foliage glancing, Like a child at play. River! River! swelling River ! On you rush o'er rough and smooth, — Louder, faster, brawling, leaping Over rocks by rose-banks sweeping, Like impetuous youth. River ! River ! brimming River ! Broad, and deep, and still as time, Seeming still — yet still in motion, Tending onward to the ocean, Just like mortal prime.
Page 91 - LEAVES have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the northwind's breath, And stars to set, — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, oh! Death.