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PHILIP AND MILDRED POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: PHILIP AND MILDRED POEM Lingering fade the rays of daylight, and the listening air is chilly; Voice of bird and forest murmur, insect hum and quivering spray Stir not in that quiet hour: through the valley, […]

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BORROWED THOUGHTS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: BORROWED THOUGHTS POEM I.  FROM “LAVATER.” Trust him little who doth raise To one height both great and small, And sets the sacred crown of praise, Smiling, on the head of all. Trust him less who looks […]

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LIGHT AND SHADE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: LIGHT AND SHADE POEM Thou hast done well to kneel and say, “Since He who gave can take away, And bid me suffer, I obey.” And also well to tell thy heart That good lies in […]

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A CHANGELING POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A CHANGELING POEM A little changeling spirit Crept to my arms one day: I had no heart or courage To drive the child away. So all day long I soothed her, And hushed her on my breast; […]

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Discouraged Poem by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. Adelaide Anne Procter Verse: Discouraged Poem Where the little babbling streamlet First springs forth to light, Trickling through soft velvet mosses, Almost hid from sight; Vowed I with delight,— “River, I will follow thee, Through thy wanderings to the Sea!” Gleaming ‘mid […]

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IF THOU COULDST KNOW POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: IF THOU COULDST KNOW POEM I think if thou couldst know, Oh soul that will complain, What lies concealed below Our burden and our pain; How just our anguish brings Nearer those longed-for things We […]

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THE WARRIOR TO HIS DEAD BRIDE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE WARRIOR TO HIS DEAD BRIDE POEM If in the fight my arm was strong, And forced my foes to yield, If conquering and unhurt I came Back from the battle-field— It is […]

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A LETTER POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A LETTER POEM Dear, I tried to write you such a letter As would tell you all my heart to-day. Written Love is poor; one word were better; Easier, too, a thousand times, to say. I can […]

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A Comforter Poem by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. Adelaide Anne Procter Verse: A Comforter Poem I. Will she come to me, little Effie, Will she come in my arms to rest, And nestle her head on my shoulder, While the sun goes down in the west? II. “I and […]

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UNSEEN POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: UNSEEN POEM There are more things in Heaven and Earth, than we Can dream of, or than nature understands; We learn not through our poor philosophy What hidden chords are touched by unseen hands. The present hour repeats […]

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A REMEMBRANCE OF AUTUMN POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A REMEMBRANCE OF AUTUMN POEM Nothing stirs the sunny silence,— Save the drowsy humming of the bees Round the rich, ripe peaches on the wall, And the south wind sighing in the trees, And the […]

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THREE EVENINGS IN A LIFE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THREE EVENINGS IN A LIFE POEM I. Yes, it looked dark and dreary, That long and narrow street: Only the sound of the rain, And the tramp of passing feet, The duller glow of […]

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