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GIVE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: GIVE POEM See the rivers flowing Downwards to the sea, Pouring all their treasures Bountiful and free— Yet to help their giving Hidden springs arise; Or, if need be, showers Feed them from the skies! Watch the princely […]

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MY JOURNAL POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: MY JOURNAL POEM It is a dreary evening; The shadows rise and fall: With strange and ghostly changes, They flicker on the wall. Make the charred logs burn brighter; I will show you, by their blaze, The […]

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A CHAIN POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A CHAIN POEM The bond that links our souls together; Will it last through stormy weather? Will it moulder and decay As the long hours pass away? Will it stretch if Fate divide us, When dark and […]

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THE PILGRIMS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE PILGRIMS POEM The way is long and dreary, The path is bleak and bare; Our feet are worn and weary, But we will not despair. More heavy was Thy burthen, More desolate Thy way;— Oh Lamb […]

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INCOMPLETENESS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: INCOMPLETENESS POEM Nothing resting in its own completeness Can have worth or beauty: but alone Because it leads and tends to farther sweetness, Fuller, higher, deeper than its own. Spring’s real glory dwells not in the meaning, Gracious […]

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A Legend of Bregenz Poem by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. Adelaide Anne Procter Verse: A Legend of Bregenz Poem Girt round with rugged mountains The fair Lake Constance lies; In her blue heart reflected Shine back the starry skies; And, watching each white cloudlet Float silently and slow, You […]

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A FAREWELL POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A FAREWELL POEM Farewell, oh dream of mine! I dare not stay; The hour is come, and time Will not delay: Pleasant and dear to me Wilt thou remain; No future hour Brings thee again. She stands, […]

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Sowing and Reaping Poem by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. Adelaide Anne Procter Verse: Sowing and Reaping Poem Sow with a generous hand; Pause not for toil or pain; Weary not through the heat of summer, Weary not through the cold spring rain; But wait till the autumn comes For […]

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THE STORM POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE STORM POEM The tempest rages wild and high, The waves lift up their voice and cry Fierce answers to the angry sky,— Miserere Domine. Through the black night and driving rain, A ship is struggling, all […]

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WORDS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: WORDS POEM Words are lighter than the cloud-foam Of the restless ocean spray; Vainer than the trembling shadow That the next hour steals away. By the fall of summer raindrops Is the air as deeply stirred; And the […]

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A LOVE TOKEN POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A LOVE TOKEN POEM Do you grieve no costly offering To the Lady you can make? One there is, and gifts less worthy Queens have stooped to take. Take a Heart of virgin silver, Fashion it […]

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A TRYST WITH DEATH POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A TRYST WITH DEATH POEM I am footsore and very weary, But I travel to meet a Friend: The way is long and dreary, But I know that it soon must end. He is travelling […]

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