Oh, take this shell, this pretty thing With tinted waves of pearly red; Hold close your ear and hear it sing, Then tell me what its voice hath said. A song of surges deep and strong,...
Sweet summer queen, with trailing robe of green, What spell has thou to bind the heart to thee? Thy throne is built upon the sun-lit sea, Where break the waves in clouds of silver sheen...
O beautiful woman, too well we know The terrible weight of thy woman's woe, So great that the world, in its careless way, Remembered thy beauty for more than a day....
Beyond yon dim old mountain's shadowy height, The restless sun droops low his grand old face; While downward sweeps the trembling veil of night, To hide the earth; the frost king's filmy lace...
Catching the sunbeams, oh, wee dimpled child, Gleefully laughing because they are bright; Knowing, ah! never, my beautiful pet, Ne'er can our fingers imprison the light. ...
The years are slowly creeping on Beneath the summer sun; Yet, still in silent love and peace Our lives serenely run. Beyond the mist that veils the coming years...
A dewy flower, bathed in crimson light, May touch the soul--a pure and beauteous sight; A golden river flashing 'neath the sun, May reach the spot where life's dark waters run;...
A treasured link of shining pearls, A by-gone melody, A shower of tears with smiles between-- And this is memory. A thing so light a breath of air May waft its life away;...
A fair sweet blossom is born for you, A beautiful rose, my queen! And never was flower so fair as this, Oh, never so fair, I ween! A banner is hung in the western sky...
'Tis eventide; the noisy brook is hushed Or murmurs only as a tired child, Worn out with play; the tangled weeds lie still Within the marshy hollow. Quaint and dark...