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The Fall of the Leaf
And Other Poems. By Charles Bucke ... Fourth Edition
Bucke, Charles (1781-1846)
[epigraph]
[dedication]
[section]
THE FALL OF THE LEAF:
LINES
ODE
ODE TO JULIA;
ODE TO CLAUDE SPENCER, ESQ.;
ODE. ROCHEFORD'S RESOLUTION.
ODE
ODE TO HER WHO WILL UNDERSTAND IT.
ODE
ODE.
HYMN TO THE VIRGIN:
THE EOLIAN HARP.
CANZONET.
LINES
THE BRIDESMAID AND THE WATER-SPIRIT.
[subsection]
I.
I. INSCRIPTION
II.
II. INSCRIPTION ON AN OAK IN THE NEW FOREST.
III.
III. INSCRIPTION.
IV.
IV. INSCRIPTION FOR A MONUMENT OVER ARTHUR LLEWELLYN.
VI.
VI. INSCRIPTION.
VII.
VII. INSCRIPTION FOR A CEMETERY.
HYMN TO THE MOON.
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The Fall of the Leaf
I.
The
waves run high;—wild tempests rage;—
The fears of death my heart engage!
What?—close the scene so far from shore;
And ne'er be seen, or heard of more?
Oh! sure this ocean's furious breast
Can never lull me to my rest!
The Fall of the Leaf