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Like a fair lily on a river floating
She floats upon the river of his thoughts.
The Spanish Student (1843)
Being all fashioned of the self-same dust,
Let us be merciful as well as just.
For his heart was in his work, and the heart
Giveth grace unto every Art.
The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)
Where'er a noble deed is wrought,
Where'er is spoken a noble thought,
Our hearts in glad surprise
To higher levels rise.
For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
The strife and the discouragement!
For some must follow, and some command
Though all are made of clay!
Kéramos (1878)
I see, but cannot reach, the height
That lies forever in the light.
All your strength is in your union,
All your danger is in discord.
The Song of Hiawatha (1855)
When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847)
Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors
Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai.
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847)
And thy deep eyes, amid the gloom,
Shine like jewels in a shroud.
God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting.
The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858)
He speaketh not; and yet there lies
A conversation in his eyes.
The Hanging of the Crane (1874)
A region of repose it seems,
A place of slumber and of dreams.
If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning.
The Courtship of Miles Standish (1858)
All things must change
To something new, to something strange.
Kéramos (1878)
Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, act in the living present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Voices of the Night (1839)
Ripe in wisdom was he, but patient, and simple, and childlike.
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847)
But thou dost make the very night itself
Brighter than day.
The flash of his keen, black eyes
Forerunning the thunder.