Song of Fairies Robbing an Orchard
We, the Fairies, blithe and antic, Of dimensions not gigantic, Though the moonshine mostly keep us, Oft in orchards frisk […]
We, the Fairies, blithe and antic, Of dimensions not gigantic, Though the moonshine mostly keep us, Oft in orchards frisk […]
How sweet it were, if without feeble fright, Or dying of the dreadful beauteous sight, An angel came to us, […]
It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream, And times and […]
Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get […]
It is a lofty feeling, yet a kind, Thus to be topped with leaves; to have a sense Of honour-shaded […]
It lies before me there, and my own breath Stirs its thin outer threads, as though beside The living head […]
Robin Hood is an outlaw bold Under the greenwood tree; Bird, nor stag, nor morning air Is more at large […]
I have been reading Pomfret’s “Choice” this spring, A pretty kind of sort of kind of thing, Not much a […]
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the […]
You strange, astonished-looking, angle-faced, Dreary-mouthed, gaping wretches of the sea, Gulping salt-water everlastingly, Cold-blooded, though with red your blood be […]
It was the pleasant season yet, When the stones at cottage doors Dry quickly, while the roads are wet, After […]
Reader! what soul that laoves a verse can see The spring return, nor glow like you and me? Hear the […]
Paupertas onus visa est grave. Cold blows the wind, and while the tear Bursts trembling from my swollen eyes, The […]
Jenny kiss’d me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get […]
Robin and his merry men : Lived just like the birds; They had almost as many tracks as thoughts, : […]