THE TELL-TALES. ALL in the mirk midnight when I was beside you, Who has seen, who has heard, what was said, what was done? 'Twas the night and the...
TWILIGHT ON TWEED. THREE crests against the saffron sky, Beyond the purple plain, The dear remembered melody Of Tweed once more again. Wan water from ...
ONE FLOWER. WHEN autumn suns are soft, and sea winds moan, And golden fruits make sweet the golden air, In gardens where the apple blossoms were, In t...
METEMPSYCHOSIS. I SHALL not see thee, nay, but I shall know Perchance, thy grey eyes in another's eyes, Shall guess thy curls in gracious locks th...
LOST IN HADES. I DREAMED that somewhere in the shadowy place, Grief of farewell unspoken was forgot In welcome, and regret remembered not; And hopeles...
A STAR IN THE NIGHT. THE perfect piteous beauty of thy face, Is like a star the dawning drives away; Mine eyes may never see in the bright day Thy pal...
A SUNSET ON YARROW. THE wind and the day had lived together, They died together, and far away Spoke farewell in the sultry weather, Out of the sunset,...
HESPEROTHEN. BY the example of certain Grecian mariners, who, being safely returned from the war about Troy, leave yet again their old lands and gods,...
A SONG OF PHAEACIA. THE languid sunset, mother of roses, Lingers, a light on the magic seas, The wide fire flames, as a flower uncloses, Heavy with od...
THE PHAEACIANS. WHY from the dreamy meadows, More fair than any dream, Why will you seek the shadows Beyond the ocean stream? Through straits of storm...