Beauty Is VainWhile roses are so red,
While lilies are so white,
Shall a woman exalt her face
Because it gives delight?
She's not so sweet as a rose,
A lily's straighter than she,
And…
Bird or Beast?Did any bird come flying
After Adam and Eve,
When the door was shut against them
And they sat down to grieve?I think not Eve's peacock
Splendid to see,
And I think not…
Bitter for SweetSummer is gone with all its roses,
Its sun and perfumes and sweet flowers,
Its warm air and refreshing showers:
And even Autumn closes.Yea, Autumn's chilly self is…
By the Waters of BabylonB.C. 570October 1866Here where I dwell I waste to skin and bone;
The curse is come upon me, and I waste
In penal torment powerless to atone.
The curse is come on…
Christian and JewA Dialogue'Oh happy happy land!
Angels like rushes stand
About the wells of light.'—
'Alas, I have not eyes for this fair sight:
Hold fast my hand.'—'As in a soft wind,…
Cousin KateI was a cottage maiden
Hardened by sun and air,
Contented with my cottage mates,
Not mindful I was fair.
Why did a great lord find me out,
And praise my flaxen hair?
Why did…
Dead HopeMay 1868Hope new born one pleasant morn
Died at even;
Hope dead lives nevermore.
No, not in heaven.If his shroud were but a cloud
To weep itself away;
Or were he buried…
Despised and RejectedMy sun has set, I dwell
In darkness as a dead man out of sight;
And none remains, not one, that I should tell
To him mine evil plight
This bitter night.
I will make fast…
Dream LandWhere sunless rivers weep
Their waves into the deep,
She sleeps a charmèd sleep:
Awake her not.
Led by a single star,
She came from very far
To seek where shadows are
Her…
Dream-LoveYoung Love lies sleeping
In May-time of the year,
Among the lilies,
Lapped in the tender light:
White lambs come grazing,
White doves come building there:
And round about him…
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