Nobody knows this little Rose --It might a pilgrim beDid I not take it from the waysAnd lift it up to thee.Only a Bee will miss it --Only a Butterfly,...
Garland for Queens, may be --Laurels -- for rare degreeOf soul or sword.Ah -- but remembering me --Ah -- but remembering thee --Nature in chivalry --N...
If recollecting were forgetting,Then I remember not.And if forgetting, recollecting,How near I had forgot.And if to miss, were merry,And to mourn, wer...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
So has a Daisy vanishedFrom the fields today --So tiptoed many a slipperTo Paradise away --Oozed so in crimson bubblesDay's departing tide --Bloom...
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...
She slept beneath a tree --Remembered but by me.I touched her Cradle mute --She recognized the foot --Put on her carmine suitAnd see!...