Poems by Nathaniel Parker Willis

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Poems by Nathaniel Parker Willis

Andre’s Request to Washington (1835)
It is not the fear of death
That damps my brow;
It is not for another breath … Continue Reading …

April (1829)
“A violet by a mossy stone,
Half-hidden from the eye,
Fair as a star, when only one … Continue Reading …

Birth-day Verses
My birth-day!—Oh beloved mother!
My heart is with thee o’er the seas.
I did not think to count another … Continue Reading …

Florence Gray
I was in Greece. It was the hour of noon,
And the Egean wind had dropp’d asleep
Upon Hymettus, and the thymy isles … Continue Reading …

Idleness (1838)
I love to go
Out in the pleasant sun, and let my eye
Rest on the human faces that pass by, … Continue Reading …

January 1, 1829 (1829)
Winter is come again. The sweet south west
Is a forgotten wind, and the strong earth
Has laid aside its mantle to be bound … Continue Reading …

Miss Albina Mc Lush
I have a passion for fat women. If there is anything I hate in life it is what dainty people call a spirituelle. Motion—rapid motion—a smart, quick, squirrel-like step, a pert, … Continue Reading …

On the Death of a Young Girl (1835)
‘Tis difficult to feel that she is dead.
Her presence, like the shadow of a wing
That is just lessening in the upper sky, … Continue Reading …

On Witnessing a Baptism (1835)
She stood up in the meekness of a heart
Resting on God, and held her fair young child
Upon her bosom, with its gentle eyes … Continue Reading …

Reverie at Glenmary
I have enough, O God! My heart to-night
Runs over with its fulness of content;
And as I look out on the fragrant stars, … Continue Reading …

Saturday Afternoon
I love to look on a scene like this,
Of wild and careless play,
And persuade myself that I am not old, … Continue Reading …

Spring
The Spring is here, the delicate-footed May,
With its slight fingers full of leaves and flowers;
And with it comes a thirst to be away, … Continue Reading …

The Annoyer (1829)
Love knoweth every form of air,
And every shape of earth,
And comes, unbidden, everywhere, … Continue Reading …

The Belfry Pigeon (1835)
On the cross-beam under the Old South bell
The nest of a pigeon is builded well.
In summer and winter that bird is there, … Continue Reading …

The Declaration (1829)
‘Twas late, and the gay company was gone,
And light lay soft on the deserted room
From alabaster vases, and a scent … Continue Reading …

The Lady in the White Dress, Whom I Helped Into the Omnibus (1844)
I know her not! Her hand has been in mine,
And the warm pressure of her taper arm
Has thrill’d upon my fingers, and the hem … Continue Reading …

The Mother to her Child
They tell me thou art come from a far world,
Babe of my bosom! that these little arms,
Whose restlessness is like the spread of wings, … Continue Reading …

To a Face Beloved (1837)
The music of the waken’d lyre
Dies not upon the quivering strings,
Nor burns alone the minstrel’s fire … Continue Reading …

To Ermengarde
I know not if the sunshine waste,
The world is dark since thou art gone!
The hours are, O! so leaden-paced! … Continue Reading …

To Giulia Grisi
When the rose is brightest,
Its bloom will soonest die;
When burns the meteor brightest, … Continue Reading …

To Helen in a Huff
Nay, lady, one frown is enough
In a life as soon over as this—
And though minutes seem long in a huff, … Continue Reading …

Unseen Spirits (1846)
The shadows lay along Broadway,
‘Twas near the twilight tide,
And slowly there a lady fair … Continue Reading …

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