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THE TWO INTERPRETERS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: THE TWO INTERPRETERS POEM “The clouds are fleeting by, father, Look in the shining west, The great white clouds sail onward Upon the sky’s blue breast. Look at a snowy eagle, His wings are tinged with […]

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COMFORT POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: COMFORT POEM Hast thou o’er the clear heaven of thy soul Seen tempests roll? Hast thou watched all the hopes thou wouldst have won Fade, one by one? Wait till the clouds are past, then raise thine eyes […]

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Home at last Poem by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. Adelaide Anne Procter Verse: Home at last Poem Child, do not fear; We shall reach our home to-night, For the sky is clear, And the waters bright; And the breezes have scarcely strength To unfold that little cloud, That like […]

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UNEXPRESSED POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: UNEXPRESSED POEM Dwells within the soul of every Artist More than all his effort can express; And he knows the best remains unuttered; Sighing at what we call his success. Vainly he may strive; he dare not tell […]

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BECAUSE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: BECAUSE POEM It is not because your heart is mine—mine only— Mine alone; It is not because you chose me, weak and lonely, For your own; Not because the earth is fairer, and the skies Spread above you […]

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REST AT EVENING POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: REST AT EVENING POEM When the weariness of Life is ended, And the task of our long day is done, And the props, on which our hearts depended, All have failed or broken, one by one; […]

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A RETROSPECT POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: A RETROSPECT POEM From this fair point of present bliss, Where we together stand, Let me look back once more, and trace That long and desert land, Wherein till now was cast my lot, and I could […]

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TRUE OR FALSE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: TRUE OR FALSE POEM So you think you love me, do you? Well, it may be so; But there are many ways of loving I have learnt to know. Many ways, and but one true way, […]

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GOLDEN WORDS POEM by Adelaide Ann Procter Poetry from Legends and Lyrics First Series. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER VERSE: GOLDEN WORDS POEM Some words are played on golden strings, Which I so highly rate, I cannot bear for meaner things Their sound to desecrate. For every day they are not meet, Or for a careless tone; […]

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The Sailor’s Wife Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. The Sailor’s Wife Poem See! There are tears upon her face— Tears newly shed, and scarcely dried: Close, in an agonised embrace, She clasps the infant at her side. Peace dwells in those soft-lidded eyes, Those parted lips that […]

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The Path of Roses Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. The Path of Roses Poem In the dark silence of an ancient room, Whose one tall window fronted to the West, Where, through laced tendrils of a hanging vine, The sunset-glow was fading into night, Sat a pale […]

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Solitude Poem by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Poetry from Three Sunsets and Other Poems. Solitude Poem I love the stillness of the wood: I love the music of the rill: I love to couch in pensive mood Upon some silent hill. Scarce heard, beneath yon arching trees, The silver-crested ripples pass; And, like a mimic […]

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