All these my banners be.I sow my pageantryIn May --It rises train by train --Then sleeps in state again --My chancel -- all the plainToday.To lose -- ...
I had a guinea golden --I lost it in the sand --And tho' the sum was simpleAnd pounds were in the land --Still, had it such a valueUnto my frugal ...
There is a morn by men unseen --Whose maids upon remoter greenKeep their Seraphic May --And all day long, with dance and game,And gambol I may never n...
She slept beneath a tree --Remembered but by me.I touched her Cradle mute --She recognized the foot --Put on her carmine suitAnd see!...
Morns like these -- we parted --Noons like these -- she rose --Fluttering first -- then firmerTo her fair repose.Never did she lisp it --It was not fo...
So has a Daisy vanishedFrom the fields today --So tiptoed many a slipperTo Paradise away --Oozed so in crimson bubblesDay's departing tide --Bloom...
If those I loved were lostThe Crier's voice would tell me --If those I loved were foundThe bells of Ghent would ring --Did those I loved reposeThe...
Adrift! A little boat adrift!And night is coming down!Will no one guide a little boatUnto the nearest town?So Sailors say -- on yesterday --Just as th...
Summer for thee, grant I may beWhen Summer days are flown!Thy music still, when WhipporwillAnd Oriole -- are done!For thee to bloom, I'll skip the...
When Roses cease to bloom, Sir,And Violets are done --When Bumblebees in solemn flightHave passed beyond the Sun --The hand that paused to gatherUpon ...