Hath the pearl less whiteness<...

Hath the pearl less whiteness
Because of its birth?
Hath the violet less brightness
For growing near earth?

Steals timidly away,
Sh...

Steals timidly away,
Shrinking as violets do in summer's ray.

Now in his Palace of the West,...

Now in his Palace of the West,
Sinking to slumber, the bright Day,
Like a tired monarch fann'd to rest,
'Mid the cool airs of Evening lay;
While round his couch's golden rim
The gaudy clouds, like courtiers, crept--
Struggling each other's light to dim,
And catch his last smile e'er he slept.

Faintly as tolls the evening c...

Faintly as tolls the evening chime,
Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time,
Soon as the woods on shore dim,
We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn;
Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,
The rapids are near and the daylight's past.

Dear creature!--you'd swear

Dear creature!--you'd swear
When her delicate feet in the dance twinkle round,
That her steps are of light, that her home is the air,
And she only par complaisance touches the ground.

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With what a deep devotedness o...

With what a deep devotedness of woe
I wept thy absence--o'er and o'er again
Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain,
And memory, like a drop that, night and day,
Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!

O, the Shamrock, the green, im...

O, the Shamrock, the green, immortal Shamrock!
Chosen leaf
OF Bard and Chief,
Old Erin's native Shamrock.

Cheek . . .
Flushing wh...

Cheek . . .
Flushing white and mellow'd red;
Gradual tints, as when there glows
In snowy milk the bashful rose.

Good-bye--my paper's out so ne...

Good-bye--my paper's out so nearly,
I've only room for, Yours sincerely.

Then should some cloud pass ov...

Then should some cloud pass over
The brow of sire or lover,
Think 'tis the shade
By Victory made
Whose wings right o'er us hover!

Like ships that have gone down...

Like ships that have gone down at sea,
When heaven was all tranquillity.

On my velvet couch reclining,<...

On my velvet couch reclining,
Ivy leaves my brow entwining,
While my soul expands with glee,
What are kings and crowns to me?

One sole desire, one passion n...

One sole desire, one passion now remains
To keep life's fever still within his veins,
Vengeance! dire vengeance on the wretch who cast
O'er him and all he lov'd that ruinous blast.

This speck of life in time's g...

This speck of life in time's great wilderness
This narrow isthmus 'twixt two boundless seas,
The past, the future, two eternities!

From my rotting body, flowers ...

From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and
that is eternity.

One morn a Peri at the gate

One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.

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Romantic love is an illusion. ...

Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.

The heart that has truly loved...

The heart that has truly loved never forgets But as truly loves on to the close.

A friendship that like love is...

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

Here bring your wounded hearts...

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.