Love Poems – Page 2760
-
Living Waters
There are some hearts like wells, green-mossed and deep / As ever Summer saw; / And cool their water is,—yea, cool and sweet;— … -
The Seaside Well
“Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.”—LAMENTATIONS iii. 54. / ONE day I wandered where the salt sea-tide / Backward had drawn its wave, … -
Ultima Veritas
In the bitter waves of woe, / Beaten and tossed about / By the sullen winds that blow … -
The End of the Play
The Play is done,—the curtain drops, / Slow falling to the prompter’s bell; / A moment yet the actor stops, … -
The New Year
From “In Memoriam,” CV. / RING out, wild bells, to the wild sky, / The flying cloud, the frosty light: … -
The Temptation
From “Paradise Lost,” Book IX. / THE SUN was sunk, and after him the star / Of Hesperus, whose office is to bring … -
The Fall
From “Paradise Lost,” Book IX. / HE ended, and his words replete with guile / Into her heart too easy entrance won: … -
Intercession and Redemption
From “Paradise Lost,” Book XI. / THUS they, in lowliest plight, repentant stood / Praying; for from the mercy-seat above … -
Eve to Adam
From “Paradise Lost,” Book XII. / WITH sorrow and heart’s distress / Wearied, I fell asleep. But now lead on; … -
The Departure from Paradise
From “Paradise Lost,” Book XII. / IN either hand the hastening angel caught / Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate …
Page 2760 of 3595