A REMINISCENCE. Yes, thou art gone！ and never more Thy sunny smile shall gladden me； But I may pass the old church door, And pace the floor that cover...
MY COMFORTER. Well hast thou spoken, and yet not taught A feeling strange or new； Thou hast but roused a latent thought, A cloud-closed beam of sunshi...
HONOUR'S MARTYR. The moon is full this winter night； The stars are clear, though few； And every window glistens bright With leaves of frozen dew. ...
STANZAS TO —— Well, some may hate, and some may scorn, And some may quite forget thy name； But my sad heart must ever mourn Thy ruined hop...
SELF-INTEROGATION, "The evening passes fast away. 'Tis almost time to rest； What thoughts has left the vanished day, What feelings in thy bre...
PLEAD FOR ME. Oh, thy bright eyes must answer now, When Reason, with a scornful brow, Is mocking at my overthrow！ Oh, thy sweet tongue must plead for ...
HOW CLEAR SHE SHINES. How clear she shines！ How quietly I lie beneath her guardian light； While heaven and earth are whispering me, "To morrow, w...
TO IMAGINATION. When weary with the long day's care, And earthly change from pain to pain, And lost, and ready to despair, Thy kind voice calls me...
A DAY DREAM. On a sunny brae alone I lay One summer afternoon； It was the marriage-time of May, With her young lover, June. From her mother's hear...
A FRAGMENT. In the dungeon-crypts idly did I stray, Reckless of the lives wasting there away； "Draw the ponderous bars！ open, Warder stern！"...