Poems

The Portland Election Air/”The Parson And The Suckling Pig” 1. ‘Twas in the year of fifty one; the tenth day of September; The Electors came all […]

To M. IF in the summer of thy bright regard For one brief season these poor Rhymes shall live I ask no more, nor think my […]

Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum O steep and rugged Life, whose harsh ascent Slopes blindly upward through the bitter night! They say that on thy summit, high in […]

Blessings On Children Blessings on the blessing children, sweetest gifts of Heaven to earth, Filling all the heart with gladness, filling all the house with mirth; […]

Song In March NOW are the winds about us in their glee, Tossing the slender tree; Whirling the sands about his furious car, March cometh from […]

The Bard Where dwells the spirit of the Bard–what sky Persuades his daring wing,– Folded in soft carnation, or in snow Still sleeping, far o’er summits […]

The Decay Of A People THIS the true sign of ruin to a race— It undertakes no march, and day by day Drowses in camp, or, […]

The Lost Pleiad NOT in the sky, Where it was seen So long in eminence of light serene,— Nor on the white tops of the glistering […]

The Swamp Fox WE follow where the Swamp Fox guides, His friends and merry men are we; And when the troop of Tarleton rides, We burrow […]

Antony And Cleopatra I am Dying, Egypt, dying, Ebbs the crimson life-tide fast, And the dark Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast; Let thine arms, […]