Poems by Caroline Norton
Sonnet X
... TO TAGLIONI. SPIRIT of Grace, whose airy footsteps fall ...
Description Of A Lost Friend
... That, with all their worst faults at their back, ...
Sonnet XV
... [To whom I owe the popularity of some of my favourite ballads ...
The Lament For Shuil Donalds Daughter
... For the old man's cherish'd blessing on her bed of death lies sleeping,-- ...
May-Day, 1837
... Breathe, amid cloud-capp'd hills, a yet more wintry May! ...
The Fallen Leaves
... We tread with steps of conscious strength ...
Sonnet XVII
... Vaguely imagines Heaven,-foretaught that thou art THERE! ...
I Was Not False To Thee
... 'Tis strange! but when long years are past, ...
Old Friends
... And cold distrust its well-feigned smile displays ...
Sonnet XIV
... As in the wave's green depth, my shadow may discern ...
The Chapel Royal St. Jamess, On The 10th February, 1840
... Watching those steps thro' Westminster's proud aisle, ...
First Love
... And though love and its transports are over, ...
The Faithful Friend
... Wit, learning, wealth, seem'd overprized, since thou, dear friend, couldst be ...
The Hunting Horn Of Chalemagne
... Pause!--the free winds that joyous blast have borne:-- ...
Sonnet II
... RAPHAEL. BLESS'D wert thou, whom Death, and not Decay, ...