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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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MURMURS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: MURMURS POEM Why wilt thou make bright music Give forth a sound of pain? Why wilt thou weave fair flowers Into a weary chain? Why turn each cool grey shadow Into a world of fears? Why say the […]

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