Poems by George Borrow
The Elder-Witch
... The knight, who moulders neath the elm, ...
The Old Oak
... In spring mong the flowers that smiling she spread, ...
Glee
... Have abandond the blood and have flown from the brain ...
Birds Of Passage (From The Swedish)
... That the palm-trees can save us no more from his beam ...
May Asda (From The Danish Of Oehlenslaeger)
... They sang and they dancd, and their swift shuttles playd ...
The Death-Raven (From The Danish Of Oehlenslaeger)
... yet is still Full strong enough to work on thee his will: ...
Youthful Maidens
... Gainst our youths we pressd ...
Elvir Hill (From The Old Danish)
... his fellow. The fishes, whose dwelling was deep in the flood, up, up ...
Sudden Chorus Of The Slain Warriors Is Heard From On High
... For the land of our birth, and the maid of our eye ...
The Broken Harp
... With shiverd frame, and broken string, ...
The Deceived Merman (From The Old Danish)
... He stoppd her ears, and he stoppd her eyes, ...
Ode To A Mountain-Torrent (From The German Of Stolberg)
... And whirlst them like pebbles contemptuously round ...
Aager And Eliza (From The Old Danish)
... To the church-yard straight he hastend ...
Sir Middel
... " "Well, well, since the proofs are so glaring and strong, ...
Bear Song (From The Danish Of Evald)
... Deep-throated and strong: ...
