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Lo! in the paintedoriel of the West,Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines,Like a fair lady at her casement, shinesThe evening star, the star of..

On St. Bavon's tower, commandingHalf of Flanders, his domain,Charles the Emperor once was standing,While beneath him on the landingStood Duke Alva..

Once the Emperor Charles of Spain,With his swarthy, grave commanders,I forget in what campaign,Long besieged, in mud and rain,Some old frontier town..

Sir Oluf he rideth over the plain,Full seven miles broad and seven miles wide,But never, ah never, can meet with the man,A tilt with him dare ride.He..

Loke sat and thought, till his dark eyes gleamWith joy at the deed he'd done;When Sif looked into the crystal stream,Her courage was wellnigh..

Nine sisters, beautiful in form and face,Came from their convent on the shining heightsOf Pierus, the mountain of delights,To dwell among the people..

A GADARENE.He hath escaped, hath plucked his chains asunder,And broken his fetters; always night and dayIs in the mountains here, and in the..

Far and wide among the nationsSpread the name and fame of Kwasind;No man dared to strive with Kwasind,No man could compete with Kwasind.But the..

How they so softly rest,All they the holy ones,Unto whose dwelling-placeNow doth my soul draw near!How they so softly rest,All in their silent..

The day is done, and the darknessFalls from the wings of nightAs a feather wafted downwardFrom an eagle in his flight.I see the lights of the..

At anchor in Hampton Roads we lay,On board of the Cumberland sloop-of-war;And at times from the fortress across the bayThe alarum of drums swept..

In the long, sleepless watches of the night,A gentle face -- the face of one long dead --Looks at me from the wall, where round its headThe..

IMILES STANDISHIn the Old Colony days, in Plymouth the land of the PilgrimsTo and fro in a room of his simple and primitive dwelling,Clad in doublet..

Between the dark and the daylight,When the night is beginning to lower,Comes a pause in the day's occupations,That is known as the Children's Hour.I..

Pentecost, day of rejoicing, had come. The church of the villageGleaming stood in the morning's sheen. On the spire of the bellDecked with a brazen..

Sweet babe! true portrait of thy father's face,Sleep on the bosom that thy lips have pressed!Sleep, little one; and closely, gently placeThy drowsy..

Is it so far from theeThou canst no longer see,In the Chamber over the Gate,That old man desolate,Weeping and wailing soreFor his son, who is no..

I have a vague remembranceOf a story, that is toldIn some ancient Spanish legendOr chronicle of old.It was when brave King SanchezWas before Zamora..

I am the God Thor,I am the War God,I am the Thunderer!Here in my Northland,My fastness and fortress,Reign I forever!Here amid icebergsRule I the..

And now, behold! as at the approach of morning,Through the gross vapors, Mars grows fiery redDown in the west upon the ocean floor,Appeared to me..

A gentle boy, with soft and silken locks,A dreamy boy, with brown and tender eyes,A castle-builder, with his wooden blocks,And towers that touch..

'Hast thou seen that lordly castle,That Castle by the Sea?Golden and red above itThe clouds float gorgeously.'And fain it would stoop downwardTo the..

"Build me straight, O worthy Master!Stanch and strong, a goodly vessel,That shall laugh at all disaster,And with wave and whirlwind wrestle!"The..

Laugh of the mountain! -- lyre of bird and tree!Pomp of the meadow! mirror of the morn!The soul of April, unto whom are bornThe rose and jessamine..

The brooklet came from the mountain,As sang the bard of old,Running with feet of silverOver the sands of gold!Far away in the briny oceanThere rolled..