Poems

Quintetto [To the tune of “Turning, turning, turning, as wheel goes round.”] RECITATIVE. MR. PAPERSTAMP: Jack Horner’s CHRISTMAS PIE my learned nurse Interpreted to mean the […]

Rich & Poor; or Saint & Sinner The poor man’s sins are glaring; In the face of ghostly warning He is caught in the fact Of […]

Seamen Three Seamen three! What men be ye? Gotham’s three wise men we be. Whither in your bowl so free? To rake the moon from out […]

Sir Hornbook I. O’er bush and briar Childe Launcelot sprung With ardent hopes elate, And loudly blew the horn that hung Before Sir Hornbook’s gate. The […]

Terzetto Hark! o’er the silent waters stealing, The dash of oars sounds soft and clear: Through night’s deep veil, all forms concealing, Nearer it comes, and […]

The Flower of Love ‘Tis said the rose is Love’s own flower, Its blush so bright, its thorns so many; And winter on its bloom has […]

The Lady, the Knight, and the Friar THE LADY. O cavalier! what dost thou here, Thy tuneful vigils keeping; While the northern star looks cold from […]

The Legend of St. Laura Saint Laura, in her sleep of death, Preserves beneath the tomb —‘Tis willed where what is willed must be— In incorruptibility […]

The Magic Bark I O freedom! power of life and light! Sole nurse of truth and glory! Bright dweller on the rocky cliff! Lone wanderer on […]

The Monks of St. Mark ‘Tis midnight: the sky is with clouds overcast; The forest-trees bend in the loud-rushing blast; The rain strongly beats on these […]