Category: Poetry

Marguerite; or, The Isle of Demons and Other Poems

Martin, George, 1822-1900· 2 chapters· 32,711 words

You ask me, Sisters, to relate The story of the wanton fate That over sea, with dole and strife And love and hate enthralled my life, Entwined with his, whose gentle eyes, That never lost their winsome smile, Illumed for me those sullen skies Which canopy the haunted Isle, A t...

Start reading Search Amazon editions

Markdown Source

Chapters

2. PART II.

How softly have my limbs reposed! Nor stormy sea, nor haunted land, Nor sorcerer’s unhallowed wand, Disturbed the opiate shades that closed The sleepy avenues of sense; And ther...

1. PART I.

You ask me, Sisters, to relate The story of the wanton fate That over sea, with dole and strife And love and hate enthralled my life, Entwined with his, whose gentle eyes, That...