Poems

Heine’s “Widow or Daughter?” Shall I woo the one or other? Both attract me–more’s the pity! Pretty is the widowed mother, And the daughter, too, is […]

Hi-spy Strange that the city thoroughfare, Noisy and bustling all the day, Should with the night renounce its care, And lend itself to children’s play! Oh, […]

Horace and Lydia Reconciled HORACE When you were mine in auld lang syne, And when none else your charms might ogle, I’ll not deny, Fair nymph, […]

Horace iii. 13 O fountain of Bandusia, Whence crystal waters flow, With garlands gay and wine I’ll pay The sacrifice I owe; A sportive kid with […]

Horace to Melpomene Lofty and enduring is the monument I’ve reared,– Come, tempests, with your bitterness assailing; And thou, corrosive blasts of time, by all things […]

Horace to phyllis Come, Phyllis, I’ve a cask of wine That fairly reeks with precious juices, And in your tresses you shall twine The loveliest flowers […]

Horace to Pyrrha What perfumed, posie-dizened sirrah, With smiles for diet, Clasps you, O fair but faithless Pyrrha, On the quiet? For whom do you bind […]

Hugo’s “flower to butterfly” Sweet, bide with me and let my love Be an enduring tether; Oh, wanton not from spot to spot, But let us […]

Hugo’s “pool in the forest” How calm, how beauteous and how cool– How like a sister to the skies, Appears the broad, transparent pool That in […]

Hymn (FROM THE GERMAN OF MARTIN LUTHER) O heart of mine! lift up thine eyes And see who in yon manger lies! Of perfect form, of […]