Imitation A dark unfathom’d tideOf interminable pride —A mystery, and a dream,Should my early life seem;I say that dream was fraughtWith a wild, and waking thoughtOf beings that have been,Which...
The Haunted Palace In the greenest of our valleysBy good angels tenanted,Once a fair and stately palace —Snow-white palace — reared its head.In the monarch thought’s dominion —It stood...
The Happiest Day The happiest day — the happiest hour,My sear’d and blighted heart has known,The brightest glance of pride and powerI feel hath flown — Of power, said I?...
For Annie Thank Heaven! — the crisis —The danger is past;And the lingering illnessIs over at last ——And the fever called “Living”Is conquered at last.——Sadly, I know, I amShorn of...
Fanny The dying swan by northern lakesSings its wild death song, sweet and clear,And as the solemn music breaksO’er hill and glen dissolves in air;Thus musical thy soft voice came,Thus...
Evening Star ’Twas noontide of summer,And mid-time of night;And stars, in their orbits,Shone pale, thro’ the lightOf the brighter, cold moon,’Mid planets her slaves,Herself in the Heavens,Her beam on...
Eulalie I dwelt aloneIn a world of moan,And my soul was a stagnant tideTill the fair and gentle Eulalie became my blushing bride —Till the yellow-haired young Eulalie became my...
Elizabeth Elizabeth — it surely is most fit(Logic and common usage so commanding)In thy own book that first thy name be writ,Zeno and other sages notwithstanding:And I have other...
Eldorado Gaily bedight,A gallant knight,In sunshine and in shadow,Had journeyed long,Singing a song,In search of Eldorado. But he grew old —This knight so bold —And o’er his heart a shadowFell...
