On a Beautiful Landscape
On a Beautiful Landscape Beautiful landscape! I could look on thee For hours,–unmindful of the storm and strife, And mingled murmurs of tumultuous life. Here, all […]
READ MOREOn Hearing
On Hearing O stay, harmonious and sweet sounds, that die In the long vaultings of this ancient fane! Stay, for I may not hear on earth […]
READ MOREOn the Funeral of Charles the First
On the Funeral of Charles the First The castle clock had tolled midnight: With mattock and with spade, And silent, by the torches’ light, His corse […]
READ MORESonnet I. Written at Tinemouth, Northumberland, after a Tempestuous Voyage.
Sonnet I. Written at Tinemouth, Northumberland, after a Tempestuous Voyage. As slow I climb the cliff’s ascending side, Much musing on the track of terror past […]
READ MORESonnet II. Written at Bamborough Castle.
Sonnet II. Written at Bamborough Castle. YE holy tow’rs, that crown the azure deep, Still may ye shade the wave-worn rock sublime, Though, hurrying silent by, […]
READ MORESonnet III. O Thou, whose stern command and precepts pure…
Sonnet III. O Thou, whose stern command and precepts pure… O THOU, whose stern command and precepts pure (Tho’ agony in every vein should start, And […]
READ MORESonnet V. To the River Tweed.
Sonnet V. To the River Tweed. O TWEED! a stranger, that with wand’ring feet O’er hill and dale has journey’d many a mile, (If so his […]
READ MORESonnet VI. Evening, as slow thy placid shades descend…
Sonnet VI. Evening, as slow thy placid shades descend… Evening, as slow thy placid shades descend, Veiling with gentlest hush the landscape still, The lonely battlement, […]
READ MORETo a Friend
To a Friend Go, then, and join the murmuring city’s throng! Me thou dost leave to solitude and tears; To busy phantasies, and boding fears, Lest […]
READ MOREVII. At a Village in Scotland….
VII. At a Village in Scotland…. O NORTH! as thy romantic vales I leave, And bid farewell to each retiring hill, Where thoughtful fancy seems to […]
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