Poems

Corinna, from Athens, to Tanagra Tanagra! think not I forget Thy beautifully-storey’d streets; Be sure my memory bathes yet In clear Thermodon, and yet greets The […]

Death Stands Above Me, Whispering Low Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear: Of his strange language all I know […]

Dirce Stand close around, ye Stygian set, With Dirce in one boat conveyed! Or Charon, seeing, may forget That he is old and she a shade.

Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher I strove with none, for none was worth my strife: Nature I loved, and, next to Nature, Art: I warm’d […]

Fæsulan Idyl Here, where precipitate Spring with one light bound Into hot Summer’s lusty arms expires; And where go forth at morn, at eve, at night, […]

Finis I STROVE with none, for none was worth my strife. Nature I loved and, next to Nature, Art: I warm’d both hands before the fire […]

God Scatters Beauty God scatters beauty as he scatters flowers O’er the wide earth, and tells us all are ours. A hundred lights in every temple […]

I Entreat You, Alfred Tennyson I entreat you, Alfred Tennyson, Come and share my haunch of venison. I have too a bin of claret, Good, but […]

Ianthe! You are Call’d to Cross the Sea Ianthe! you are call’d to cross the sea! A path forbidden me! Remember, while the Sun his blessing […]

Ianthe’s Question ‘Do you remember me? or are you proud?’ Lightly advancing thro’ her star-trimm’d crowd, Ianthe said, and look’d into my eyes. ‘A yes, a […]