Love Poems – Page 2779
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Calm on Lake Leman
From “Childe Harold,” Canto III. / CLEAR, placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, / With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing … -
The Silence of the Hills
The Windy forest, rousing from its sleep, / Voices its heart in hoarse Titanic roar; / The ocean bellows from its rocky shore; … -
Storm in the Alps
From “Childe Harold,” Canto III. / THE SKY is changed!—and such a change! O night, / And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, … -
Choral Song
From the Greek by Henry Hart Milman / From “The Bacchæ” / ON the mountains wild ’t is sweet, … -
An Alpine Descent
MY mule refreshed, his bells / Jingled once more, the signal to depart, / And we set out in the gray light of dawn, … -
“Mont Blanc yet gleams on high”
From “Mont Blanc” / MONT BLANC yet gleams on high:—the power is there, / The still and solemn power of many sights, … -
The Primeval Forest
From “Evangeline,” Introduction / THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, / Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, … -
The Greenwood Tree
From “As You Like It,” Act II. Sc. 5. / UNDER the greenwood tree / Who loves to lie with me, … -
The Wind and the Pine-Tree
From “Edwin the Fair” / THE TALE was this: / The wind, when first he rose and went abroad … -
The Brave Old Oak
A Song to the oak, the brave old oak, / Who hath ruled in the greenwood long; / Here ’s health and renown to his broad green crown, …
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