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The poems of Mrs. Emma Catherine Embury

Embury, Emma C. (1806-1863)

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SKETCHES FROM HISTORY.

JANE OF FRANCE.

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SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A LOVER.

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QUEEN ELIZABETH.

THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.

THE LAMENT OF COLUMBUS.

THE SHIPWRECK OF CAMOENS.

LAMENT OF CAMOENS.

THE POOL OF BETHESDA.

CHRIST IN THE TEMPEST.

THE SURRENDER OF CALAIS.

L'IMPROVISATRICE.

THE SHEPHERD BOY.

THE LONELY ONE.

AN HOUR OF SADNESS.

TO THE EVENING STAR.

SONG OF THE FAIRIES.

WILLIAM TELL ON THE MOUNTAINS.

WILLIAM TELL IN CHAINS.

LINES ON HEARING OF THE DEATH OF A VERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN THREE WEEKS AFTER HAVING MET HER AT A BALL.

SWEET REMEMBRANCE.

THE MOTHER'S FAREWELL TO HER WEDDED DAUGHTER.

THE DYING YEAR.

SABBATH MORNING.

SPRING BREEZES.

CONFIDENCE IN HEAVEN.

THE TRANSPLANTED FLOWERS.

THE MAIDEN TO HER REJECTED LOVER.

THE REMEMBRANCE OF YOUTH IS A SIGH.

THE DYING POET.

THE FADED PASSION-FLOWER.

SONG OF MORNING.

THE MORAVIAN BURIAL-GROUND.

THE MINSTREL'S LAST SONG.

“PRAY FOR YOUR QUEEN.”

NAPOLEON AT SAINT HELENA.

LAMENT OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE.

MADAME DE STAËL.

THE ANNIVERSARY.

THE CONSUMPTIVE.

THE WIDOW'S WOOER.

ELEGIAC STANZAS.

THE LAST VIOLET.

LINES ON AN OLD PICTURE OF A MONKISH STUDENT OF THE MIDDLE AGES.

STANZAS TO A FRIEND AFTER A LONG SEPARATION.

BYRON IN THE CERTOSA CEMETERY.

TO MY FIRST-BORN.

STANZAS ON THE DEATH OF A SISTER.

THE WIFE'S SONG.

ADIEU OF THE EMPRESS AMELIA OF BRAZIL TO THE INFANT EMPEROR.

FAREWELL TO THE SUMMER FRIENDS WHOM I MET AT WEST POINT.

LINES ON HEARING MY CHILDREN SING.

THE THOUGHTLESS WORD.

TO EMMA, THREE YEARS OLD.

THE AUTUMN WALK.

THE HYMN IN THE TEMPEST.

THE MOTHER'S SOLACE.

AUTUMN EVENING.

THE WIFE'S OFFERING ON THE NEW YEAR.

THE PASSING YEAR.

THE WIFE'S SONG ON THE NEW YEAR.

STANZAS FOR MUSIC.

TWELVE YEARS AGO.

“TOUJOURS PERDRIX.”

LINES ON A PORTRAIT.

LINES ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG ARTIST.

SONGS, FROM CONSTANCE LATIMER.

THE POETIC IMPULSE.

SONNETS TO THE HON. MRS. NORTON.

SPIRITUAL BEAUTY.

COME TO ME, LOVE.

THE ENGLISH RIVER.

THE AMERICAN RIVER.

LINES TO A FRIEND.

THE INCONSTANT.

RECKLESS MIRTH.

I WILL NOT LOVE THEE.

A GENTLE HERITAGE IS MINE.

SONG.

THE ÆOLIAN HARP.

“SOMETHING BEYOND.”

THE MOURNER'S APPEAL.

THE STAR-FLOWER.

THE RUINED MILL.

THE OLD MAN'S LAMENT.

SONNET ON HEARING MUSIC.

THE WAYSIDE BROOK.

THE VOICE OF THE BROOK.

HOW WILL YE THINK OF ME?

STANZAS FOR MUSIC.

THE PEASANT GIRL'S WISH.

THE OLD MAN'S LAST WISH.

THE POET'S PRAYER.

STANZAS, WRITTEN AFTER LISTENING TO MUSIC.

“DOUBT ME NOT.”

EPITAPHS ON A YOUNG LADY.

SONGS FOR MUSIC.

THE CHILD'S DESTINY.

TIME'S CHANGES.

“DUM SPIRO, SPERO.”

LAMENT (OF ONE OF THE OLD RÉGIME).

LINES SENT TO A FRIEND, WITH A PERFUMED “SACHET.”

THE JEALOUS LOVER'S EXCUSE.

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SONG.

Love her? No! for passion blendeth
Ever with the heart's young dream;
And earth's evil shadow lendeth
Darkness to life's purest beam;
Still with jealous hopes and fears
Love has marked his weary lot,
Tracing every step by tears;
Then be sure I love her not.

Love her? No! such fire ne'er burneth
Save when sighing fans the flame;
While the bosom wildly yearneth,
Nursing hopes it dares not name;
Since desires the soul may stir,
Vague and vain, yet unforgot,
I would guard sweet thoughts of her,
But be sure to love her not.

Love her? No! my heart inurneth
Ashes she can ne'er illume;
And the lamp that in me burneth
Shines, a lamp within a tomb;
On my brow the seal is set,
Sorrow never sets in vain;
Time may teach me to forget,
But I cannot love again.

Love her? No! pure, deep devotion
Such as angel hearts might prize,

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Stills my bosom's wild emotion
When I meet her earnest eyes;
Like a high and holy star
Cheereth she my lonely lot;
I may worship from afar,
But be sure I love her not.