Poems

To A Butterfly STAY near me—do not take thy flight! A little longer stay in sight! Much converse do I find I thee, Historian of my […]

To a Highland Girl (At Inversneyde, upon Loch Lomond) . Sweet Highland Girl, a very shower Of beauty is thy earthly dower! Twice seven consenting years […]

To a Sky-Lark Up with me! up with me into the clouds! For thy song, Lark, is strong; Up with me, up with me into the […]

To a Skylark Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye […]

To May THOUGH many suns have risen and set Since thou, blithe May, wert born, And Bards, who hailed thee, may forget Thy gift, thy beauty […]

To The Cuckoo O BLITHE New-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice. O Cuckoo! Shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? […]

To The Daisy IN youth from rock to rock I went From hill to hill in discontent Of pleasure high and turbulent, Most pleased when most […]

We Are Seven –A simple child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? I met […]

With How Sad Steps, O Moon, Thou Climb’st the Sky With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb’st the sky, “How silently, and with how wan […]

With Ships the Sea was Sprinkled Far and Nigh With ships the sea was sprinkled far and nigh, Like stars in heaven, and joyously it showed; […]