Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty, thou art;-- For there thy habitation is the heart,-- The heart which love of thee alone can bind; And when thy sons to fetters are consigned, To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every...Learn More

The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn...Learn More

There be none of Beauty's daughters With a magic like Thee; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me: When, as if its sound were causing The charméd ocean's pausing, The waves lie still and gleaming, And the lull'd winds seem dreaming: And the midnight moon is weaving Her bright chain o'er the deep, Whose breast is gently heaving As an...Learn More

And thou art dead, as young and fair As aught of mortal birth; And form so soft, and charms so rare Too soon return'd to Earth! Though Earth receiv'd them in her bed And o'er the spot the crowd may tread In carelessness or mirth There is an eye which could not brook A moment on that grave to look I will not ask where thou liest low Nor gaze upon...Learn More

So, we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And Love itself have rest. Though the night was made for loving, And the day returns too soon, Yet we'll go no more...Learn More

When we two parted      In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted      To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold      Colder thy kiss; Truly that hour foretold      Sorrow to this. The dew of the morning      Sunk chill on my brow-- It felt like the warning      Of what I feel now. Thy vows are all broken,      And light is thy fame; I hear...Learn More

Start not -- nor deem my spirit fled; In me behold the only skull From which, unlike a living head, Whatever flows is never dull. I lived, I loved, I quaffed, like thee: I died: let earth my bones resign; Fill up - thou canst not injure me; The worm hath fouler lips than thine. Better to hold the sparkling grape, Than nurse the earth-worm's slimy...Learn More