Poems by Paul Hamilton Hayne
Preexistence
... Unknown, scarce seen, whose flickering grace ...
The Solitary Lake
... far away 'Mid dusky reeds, which even the noon ...
After Death
... then a sense Of coming rest, more dreamless and intense ...
Drifting
... There are breakers ahead that will crush me soon, ...
Charleston Retaken. Dec. 14, 1782
... "Our strength is sapped, our hope o'erwhelmed, ...
October
... And harvest fields with hoarded increase brown ...
The Bonny Brown Hand
... The hand which points the path to heaven, yet makes it heaven of earth ...
The World
... Our world rolls on, where wrapped in cloud-like fire, ...
Cambyses And The Macrobian Bow
... These treacherous eyebrows, pent-house fashion, closed ...
Lamia Unveiled
... Of the passion that clings to her faithless breast! ...
Vernal Pictures (Without And Within)
... Heard in the golden spring-tides that are dead,-- ...
Jamie And His MotherIn The Tropics
... MOTHER. Why, only the monkeys crouched from sight, ...
Scene In A Country Hospital
... Ay, smooth the couch!--pour out the draught, ...
The Visit Of Mahmoud Ben Suleim To Paradise
... He is one Whose faith in deeds shines perfect as the sun ...
Before The Mirror
... With dreams of love, that, bee-like, came and went, ...
