Adelaide Anne Procter

THE ANGEL OF DEATH POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE ANGEL OF DEATH POEM Why shouldst thou fear the beautiful angel, Death, Who waits thee at the portals of the skies, Ready to kiss away thy struggling breath, Ready with gentle hand to close […]

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A DREAM POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A DREAM POEM All yesterday I was spinning, Sitting alone in the sun; And the dream that I spun was so lengthy, It lasted till day was done. I heeded not cloud or shadow That flitted over […]

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THE PRESENT POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE PRESENT POEM Do not crouch to-day, and worship The old Past, whose life is fled, Hush your voice to tender reverence; Crowned he lies, but cold and dead: For the Present reigns our monarch, With an […]

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CHANGES POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: CHANGES POEM Mourn, O rejoicing heart! The hours are flying; Each one some treasure takes, Each one some blossom breaks, And leaves it dying; The chill dark night draws near, Thy sun will soon depart, And leave thee […]

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STRIVE, WAIT, AND PRAY POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: STRIVE, WAIT, AND PRAY POEM Strive; yet I do not promise The prize you dream of to-day Will not fade when you think to grasp it, And melt in your hand away; But another and […]

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A LAMENT FOR THE SUMMER POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A LAMENT FOR THE SUMMER POEM Moan, oh ye Autumn Winds! Summer has fled, The flowers have closed their tender leaves and die; The Lily’s gracious head All low must lie, Because the gentle […]

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THE UNKNOWN GRAVE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE UNKNOWN GRAVE POEM No name to bid us know Who rests below, No word of death or birth, Only the grass’s wave, Over a mound of earth, Over a nameless grave. Did this poor wandering […]

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GIVE ME THY HEART POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: GIVE ME THY HEART POEM With echoing steps the worshippers Departed one by one; The organ’s pealing voice was stilled, The vesper hymn was done; The shadows fell from roof and arch, Dim was the […]

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The Wayside Inn Poem by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. Adelaide Anne Procter Verse: The Wayside Inn Poem A little past the village The Inn stood, low and white; Green shady trees behind it, And an orchard on the right; Where over the green paling The red-cheeked apples hung, As […]

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VOICES OF THE PAST POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: VOICES OF THE PAST POEM You wonder that my tears should flow In listening to that simple strain; That those unskilful sounds should fill My soul with joy and pain— How can you tell what […]

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THE DARK SIDE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE DARK SIDE POEM Thou hast done well, perhaps, To lift the bright disguise, And lay the bitter truth Before our shrinking eyes; When evil crawls below What seems so pure and fair, Thine eyes are […]

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A FIRST SORROW POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A FIRST SORROW POEM Arise! this day shall shine, For evermore, To thee a star divine, On Time’s dark shore. Till now thy soul has been All glad and gay: Bid it awake, and look At […]

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