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Let others boast of maidens fair,Of eyes of blue and golden hair;My heart like needle ever trueTurns to the maid of ebon hue.I love her form of matchless grace,The dark brown beauty of her face,Her lips that speak of love's delight,Her eyes that…

Let the phantoms of the nightShriek and scream their mad delight!Let the ghosts that haunt the gloomCome forth from their clammy tomb!Let the Furies of the deep Through the slumbering midnight sweep!What care I! For, truth to tell.With such creatures…

Cultivate the priceless talents, Well bestowed on us by God, Study hard to win the laurels, You will reap a sure reward. Sink down deep in mines of learning, Draw up Wisdom's golden arts, Keep her precious treasures near you, In the storehouse…

I've seen thee, flower, laugh in May, But now confess to see thee bloom Amid this waste of snow and gloom It starts strange fancies into play, And as I look to earth, to sky - A sheet of white, a veil of grey - I wonder why thou sought'st a…

Within the heart of each and all,
A hidden recess lies:
Wherein some secret sorrow rests,
The source of all the sighs.
A blighted hope: ambition's wreck;
A love-like withered flower, -
Bearing in death a fragrance still,
That giveth it a…

Is't well to bruise the heart that loves thee well? Is't well to give for kindness veiled hate? Is't well to war 'gainst all-conquering Fate? So much it is for thee to know and tell! For me, through all the years, alone, I wait, Happy, when most…

Summer's lovely foliage
Will soon be past and gone.
And the autumn's luscious fruitage,
We then may gaze upon.
Then the youths will think of marriage;
And the lovely maiden fair
Will seek perchance to manage
To crimp or bang her hair.
Then…

Thou Bounteous Giver of all good, From Thy unfailing hand, We take with humble, grateful hearts, The blessings of the land. Thou dost supply our every want, Know'st every creature's need, And for the good of man, dost bless The sprinkling of…

I have seen the stars at sunset
Scattered o'er the western sky,
Peeping through the crimson cloud bars,
Beautiful unto the eye,
And I've seen the watermelon,
Crimson, seed decked, coated green,
Filled with cool, delicious sweetness,
Fit to…

What is time? A passing shadow, Phantom-like on mystic wings; Fleeting through a world of wonder, O'er our life a veil it flings. Deep, too deep for minds to fathom. Boundary line 'twixt life and death: Here to-day and gone to-morrow, Feeding…