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HEARTS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: HEARTS POEM I. A trinket made like a Heart, dear, Of red gold, bright and fine, Was given to me for a keepsake, Given to me for mine. And another heart, warm and tender, As true as a […]

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TWO LOVES POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: TWO LOVES POEM Deep within my heart of hearts, dear, Bound with all its strings, Two Loves are together reigning Both are crowned like Kings; While my life, still uncomplaining, Rests beneath their wings. So they both […]

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A WOMAN’S LAST WORD POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A WOMAN’S LAST WORD POEM Well—the links are broken, All is past; This farewell, when spoken, Is the last. I have tried and striven All in vain; Such bonds must be riven, Spite of pain, […]

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PAST AND PRESENT POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: PAST AND PRESENT POEM “Linger,” I cried, “oh radiant Time! thy power Has nothing more to give; life is complete: Let but the perfect Present, hour by hour, Itself remember and itself repeat. “And Love,—the future […]

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FOR THE FUTURE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics Second Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: FOR THE FUTURE POEM I wonder did you ever count The value of one human fate; Or sum the infinite amount Of one heart’s treasures, and the weight Of Life’s one venture, and the whole concentrate […]

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Faces in The Fire Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Faces in The Fire Poem The night creeps onward, sad and slow: In these red embers’ dying glow The forms of Fancy come and go. An island-farm—broad seas of corn Stirred by the wandering breath of morn— The […]

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The Willow-Tree Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. The Willow-Tree Poem The morn was bright, the steeds were light, The wedding guests were gay: Young Ellen stood within the wood And watched them pass away. She scarcely saw the gallant train: The tear-drop dimmed her ee: Unheard the […]

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Legends and Lyrics First Series by Adelaide Anne Procter LEGENDS AND LYRICS—FIRST SERIES by Adelaide Anne Procter Legends and Lyrics First Series Contents: Dedication An Introduction by Charles Dickens The Angel’s Story Poem Echoes Poem A False Genius Poem My Picture Poem Judge Not Poem Friend Sorrow Poem One by One Poem True Honours Poem […]

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The Angel’s Story Poem by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. Adelaide Anne Procter Verse: The Angel’s Story Poem Through the blue and frosty heavens Christmas stars were shining bright; Glistening lamps throughout the City Almost matched their gleaming light; While the winter snow was lying, And the winter winds were […]

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ECHOES POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: ECHOES POEM Still the angel stars are shining, Still the rippling waters flow, But the angel-voice is silent That I heard so long ago. Hark! the echoes murmur low, Long ago! Still the wood is dim and lonely, […]

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A FALSE GENIUS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A FALSE GENIUS POEM I see a Spirit by thy side, Purple-winged and eagle-eyed, Looking like a Heavenly guide. Though he seem so bright and fair, Ere thou trust his proffered care, Pause a little, and […]

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MY PICTURE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: MY PICTURE POEM Stand this way—more near the window— By my desk—you see the light Falling on my picture better— Thus I see it while I write! Who the head may be I know not, But it […]

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