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Felicia Dorothea Hemans (September 25, 1793 β May 16, 1835) was an English poet.
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βIn the busy haunts of men.β
βAlas for love, if thou wert all,
And naught beyond, O Earth!β
And naught beyond, O Earth!β
βI have looked on the hills of the stormy North,
And the larch has hung his tassels forth.β
And the larch has hung his tassels forth.β
βI had a hat. It was not all a hat,β
Part of the brim was gone:
Yet still I wore it on.β
Part of the brim was gone:
Yet still I wore it on.β
βCome to the sunset tree!
The day is past and gone;
The woodmanβs axe lies free,
And the reaperβs work is done.β
The day is past and gone;
The woodmanβs axe lies free,
And the reaperβs work is done.β
βThe stately Homes of England,
How beautiful they stand!
Amidst their tall ancestral trees,
O'er all the pleasant land.β
How beautiful they stand!
Amidst their tall ancestral trees,
O'er all the pleasant land.β
βOh, call my brother back to me!
I cannot play alone:
The summer comes with flower and bee,β
Where is my brother gone?β
I cannot play alone:
The summer comes with flower and bee,β
Where is my brother gone?β
βThe flames roll'd onΒ-he would not go
Without his father's word;
That father, faint in death below,
His voice no longer heard.β
Without his father's word;
That father, faint in death below,
His voice no longer heard.β
βThe breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock-bound coast,
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches tossed.β
On a stern and rock-bound coast,
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches tossed.β
βWhat sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine,
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?
They sought a faith's pure shrine.β
Bright jewels of the mine,
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?
They sought a faith's pure shrine.β
βThey grew in beauty side by side,
They filled one home with glee:
Their graves are severed far and wide
By mount and stream and sea.β
They filled one home with glee:
Their graves are severed far and wide
By mount and stream and sea.β
βThe boy stood on the burning deck,
Whence all but him had fled;
The flame that lit the battle's wreck
Shone round him o'er the dead.β
Whence all but him had fled;
The flame that lit the battle's wreck
Shone round him o'er the dead.β
βAy, call it holy ground,
The soil where first they trod;
They have left unstained what there they found β
Freedom to whorship God.β
The soil where first they trod;
They have left unstained what there they found β
Freedom to whorship God.β
βLeaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to wither at the north-windβs breath,
And stars to set; but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!β
And flowers to wither at the north-windβs breath,
And stars to set; but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!β
βBut fair the exil'd Palm-tree grew
Midst foliage of no kindred hue;
Through the laburnumβs dropping gold
Rose the light shaft of Orient mould,
And Europeβs violets, faintly sweet,
Purpled the mossbeds at its feet.β
Midst foliage of no kindred hue;
Through the laburnumβs dropping gold
Rose the light shaft of Orient mould,
And Europeβs violets, faintly sweet,
Purpled the mossbeds at its feet.β
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Felicia Hemans on Death 2 quotes
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βThey grew in beauty side by side, They filled one home with glee: Their graves are severed far and wide By mount and stream and sea.β
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Felicia Hemans on Freedom 2 quotes
βAy, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod, They have left unstained, what there they found,β Freedom to worship God.β
Felicia Hemans on Flowers 2 quotes
βThrough the laburnum's dropping gold Rose the light shaft of orient mould, And Europe's violets, faintly sweet, Purpled the moss-beds at its feet.β
Felicia Hemans on Cities
βIn the busy haunts of men.β
Felicia Hemans on Sympathy
βWe pine for kindred natures To mingle with our own.β
Felicia Hemans on Rest
Felicia Hemans on Love
Felicia Hemans on Poetry about love
Felicia Hemans on Axe
βThe woodmanβs axe lies free, And the reaperβs work is done.β
Felicia Hemans on Courage
Felicia Hemans on Chain
Felicia Hemans on Fireflies
Felicia Hemans on Rome
Felicia Hemans on Roses
βIt is written on the rose In its glory's full array: Read what those buds discloseβ "Passing away."β
Felicia Hemans on Sleep
Felicia Hemans on Home
βThe stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land.β
Felicia Hemans on United States
βThe breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast; And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tost.β
Felicia Hemans on New England
Felicia Hemans on Wind wave
βThe breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky, Their giant branches toss'd.β
Felicia Hemans on Beauty
βThere's beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes Can trace it 'midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise.β
Felicia Hemans on Faith
βWhat sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?β They sought a faith's pure shrine!β
Felicia Hemans on Worship
Felicia Hemans on Lilies
βYet, the great ocean hath no tone of power Mightier to reach the soul, in thought's hushed hour, Than yours, ye Lilies! chosen thus and graced!β
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Felicia Hemans on Mothers
β* There is none, In all this cold and hollow world, no fount Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within A mother's heart.β
About Felicia Hemans
Felicia Dorothea Hemans (September 25, 1793 β May 16, 1835) was an English poet.
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