Poems

I Wish I Was By That Dim Lake I wish I was by that dim Lake, Where sinful souls their farewell take Of this vain world, […]

I’d Mourn the Hopes I’d mourn the hopes that leave me, If thy smiles had left me too; I’d weep when friends deceive me, If thou […]

I’ve a Secret to Tell Thee I’ve a secret to tell thee, but hush! not here — Oh! not where the world its vigil keeps: I’ll […]

If Thou’lt Be Mine If thou’lt be mine, the treasures of air, Of earth, and sea, shall lie at thy feet; Whatever in Fancy’s eye looks […]

In the Morning of Life In the morning of life, when its cares are unknown, And its pleasures in all their new lustre begin, When we […]

It Is Not the Tear At This Moment Shed It is not the tear at this moment shed, When the cold turf has just been laid […]

Lalla Rookh “How sweetly,” said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid, So long had they in silence stood, Looking upon that tranquil flood– […]

Lesbia Hath a Beaming Eye Lesbia hath a beaming eye, But no one knows for whom it beameth; Right and left its arrows fly, But what […]

Let Erin Remember the Days of Old Let Erin remember the days of old, Ere her faithless sons betray’d her; When Malachi wore the collar of […]

Love and the Novice “Here we dwell, in holiest bowers, Where angels of light o’er our orisans bend; Where sighs of devotion and breathings of flowers […]