Category: Poetry

Oracles from the Poets: A Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing Room

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844, BY WILEY & PUTNAM. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

Chapters

1. Part 1

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844, BY WILEY & PUTNAM. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

2. Part 2

59. You are young, and of That mould which throws out heroes; fair in favor, And doubtlessly, with such a form and heart, Would look into the fiery eyes of war.

3. Part 3

46. An angel-face! its sunny "wealth of hair," In radiant ripples, bathes the graceful throat, And dimpled shoulders; round the rosy curve Of the sweet mouth, a smile seems wand...

4. Part 4

45. I call her richly blest, In the calm meekness of her woman's breast, Where that sweet depth of still contentment lies; And for her household love, which clings Unto all anci...

5. Part 5

33. The Summer, the radiant Summer's the fairest, For green woods and mountains, for meadows and bowers, For waters and fruits, and for flowers the rarest, And for bright shinin...

6. Part 6

7. When soft music comes to thine ear, as thou liest at night, thine eyes half closed in sleep, and thy soul as a stream flowing at pleasant sounds. It is like the rising breeze...

7. Part 7

19. GENTLEMAN.-- A _noble horse_, With flowing back, firm chest, and fetlocks clean, The branching veins ridging the glossy lean, The mane hung sleekly, the projecting eye That...

8. Part 8

1. Near some fair town you'll have a _private seat_, Built uniform, not little, nor too great; It shall within no other things contain, But what are useful, necessary, plain; A...

9. Part 9

35. You will go east, you will go west, To seek for what you will not find,-- A heart at peace with its own thoughts, A quiet and contented mind. You will seek high, you will se...