Category: Poetry
This second volume of HOME LYRICS has been published since the death of the authoress, and in fulfilment of her last wishes, by her children, and is by them dedicated to the memory of the dearest of mothers, whose whole life was consecrated to their happiness and welfare and w...
I noticed as I hung up coat and hat, A sort of cage, and said to Hal, what's that? 'Tis my automaton machine, he said, For brushing thoroughly from heels to head; I will explain...
1. Chapter 1This second volume of HOME LYRICS has been published since the death of the authoress, and in fulfilment of her last wishes, by her children, and is by them dedicated to the mem...
6. Chapter 6Of all the blessings which kind heaven bestows, From infancy to life's most lengthened close, The one, far greater than all earthly wealth, Is the inestimable gift of health; Bu...
4. Chapter 4NOTE--Isles of Demons: one of two islands north-east of Newfoundland supposed to have been given over to the fiends, from whom they derive their name, variously called by Thevet...
7. Chapter 7George Stephenson, the heroic son of Britain's hardy race, The world this day holds festival, his grand career to trace; And proudly as compatriots England enshrines his name, A...
2. Chapter 2Oh! I love the free air of the grand mountain height, In its freshness new vigour I find, It makes life's warm pulses throb high with delight, And stimulates body and mind.
5. Chapter 5The students of life's mysteries Toil hard, with stern resolve, The secrets of the universe To penetrate and solve; For most minds have some purpose, Some goal they fain would g...