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There was a man, it was said one time,Who went astray in his youthful prime.Can the brain keep cool and the heart keep quietWhen the blood is a river..

A humble wild-rose, pink and slender,Was plucked and placed in a bright bouquet,Beside a Jacqueminot’s royal splendour,And both in my lady’s boudoir..

(Suggested by the lives of Napoleon and Josephine.)I.ONE night was full of rapture and delightOf reunited arms and swooning kisses,And all the..

The woman he loved, while he dreamed of her,Danced on till the stars grew dim,But alone with her heart, from the world apartSat the woman who loved..

He who possesses virtue at its best,Or greatness in the true sense of the word,Has one day started even with that herdWhose swift feet now speed, but..

The God of the day has vanished,The light from the hills has fled,And the hand of an unseen artistIs painting the west all red.All threaded with gold..

I gave a beggar from my little storeOf well-earned gold. He spent the shining oreAnd came again, and yet again, still coldAnd hungry, as before.I..

She waited in a rose-hued room;A wanton-hearted creature she,But beautiful and bright to seeAs some great orchid just in bloom.Upon wide cushions..

Sirs, when you pity us, I sayYou waste your pity. Let it stay,Well corked and stored upon your shelves,Until you need it for yourselves.We do..

A Girl’s ReverieMother says, ‘Be in no hurry,Marriage oft means care and worry.’Auntie says, with manner grave,‘Wife is synonym for slave.’Father..

Nay, seer, I do not doubt thy mystic lore,Nor question that the tenor of my life,Past, present and the future, is revealedThere in my horoscope. I do..

But to every mind there openeth,A way, and way, and away,A high soul climbs the highway,And the low soul gropes the low,And in between on the misty..

I am tired to-night, and something,The wind maybe, or the rain,Or the cry of a bird in the copse outside,Has brought back the past and its pain.And I..

Oh, boastful, wicked land, that once was beautiful and great,How bitter and how black must be your self-invited fate,While Time goes down the..

Time has made conquest of so many thingsThat once were mine. Swift-footed, eager youthThat ran to meet the years; bold brigand health,That broke all..

I know it is early morning,And hope is calling aloud,And your heart is afire with Youth’s desireTo hurry along with the crowd.But linger a bit by the..

Time flies. The swift hours hurry byAnd speed us on to untried ways;New seasons ripen, perish, die,And yet love stays.The old, old love – like sweet..

Hadst thou a ship, in whose vast hold lay storedThe priceless riches of all climes and lands,Say, woudst thou let it float upon the seasUnpiloted, of..

(After James Thomson)As I came through the Valley of Despair,As I came through the valley, onmy sight,More awful that the darkness of the night,Shone..

Somewhere I've read a thoughtful mind's reflection:'All perfect things are three-fold'; and I knowOur love has the rare symbol of perfection;The..

I.A dull little station, a man with the eyeOf a dreamer; a bevy of girls moving by;A swift moving train and a hot Summer sun,The curtain goes up, and..

My love is young, so young;Young is her cheek, and her throat,And life is a song to be sungWith love the word for each note.Young is her cheek and..

Three Souls there were that reached the Heavenly Gate,And gained permission of the Guard to wait.Barred from the bliss of Paradise by sin,They did..

Of all the blessings which my life has known,I value most, and most praise God for three:Want, Loneliness and Pain, those comrades true,Who..

Sometimes she seems so helpless and mild,So full of sweet unreason and so weak,So prone to some capricious whim or freak;Now gay, now tearful, and..