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FIDELIS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: FIDELIS POEM You have taken back the promise That you spoke so long ago; Taken back the heart you gave me— I must even let it go. Where Love once has breathed, Pride dieth: So I struggled, but […]

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A SHADOW POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A SHADOW POEM What lack the valleys and mountains That once were green and gay? What lack the babbling fountains? Their voice is sad to-day. Only the sound of a voice, Tender and sweet and low, That […]

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THE SAILOR BOY POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE SAILOR BOY POEM My Life you ask of? why, you know Full soon my little Life is told; It has had no great joy or woe, For I am only twelve years old. Ere long […]

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A CROWN OF SORROW POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A CROWN OF SORROW POEM A Sorrow, wet with early tears Yet bitter, had been long with me; I wearied of this weight of years, And would be free. I tore my Sorrow from my […]

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THE LESSON OF THE WAR POEM (1855) by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE LESSON OF THE WAR POEM (1855) The feast is spread through England For rich and poor to-day; Greetings and laughter may be there, But thoughts are far away; Over the stormy ocean, […]

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THE TWO SPIRITS POEM (1855) by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE TWO SPIRITS POEM (1855) Last night, when weary silence fell on all, And starless skies arose so dim and vast, I heard the Spirit of the Present call Upon the sleeping Spirit of the […]

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A LITTLE LONGER POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A LITTLE LONGER POEM A little longer yet—a little longer, Shall violets bloom for thee, and sweet birds sing; And the lime branches where soft winds are blowing, Shall murmur the sweet promise of the Spring! […]

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GRIEF POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: GRIEF POEM An ancient enemy have I, And either he or I must die; For he never leaveth me, Never gives my soul relief, Never lets my sorrow cease, Never gives my spirit peace— For mine enemy is […]

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THE TRIUMPH OF TIME POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE TRIUMPH OF TIME POEM The tender delicate Flowers, I saw them fanned by a warm western wind, Fed by soft summer showers, Shielded by care, and yet, (oh Fate unkind!) Fade in a few […]

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A PARTING POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A PARTING POEM Without one bitter feeling let us part— And for the years in which your love has shed A radiance like a glory round my head, I thank you, yes, I thank you from my […]

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THE GOLDEN GATE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE GOLDEN GATE POEM Dim shadows gather thickly round, and up the misty stair they climb, The cloudy stair that upward leads to where the closèd portals shine, Round which the kneeling spirits wait the opening […]

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PHANTOMS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: PHANTOMS POEM Back, ye Phantoms of the Past; In your dreary caves remain: What have I to do with memories Of a long-forgotten pain? For my Present is all peaceful, And my Future nobly planned: Long ago Time’s […]

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