University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
Poems by James Hyslop

... With a Sketch of his Life, and Notes on his Poems, By the Rev. Peter Mearns
Hyslop, James (1798-1827)

collapse section 
[section]
 I. 
I. The Interview.
 II. 
II. Scottish Song.
 III. 
III. Kintra Jock.
 IV. 
IV. To My Dear Lassie Far Away.
 V. 
V. The Beacon on the Cumbrae Isles.
 VI. 
VI. To Lydia.
 VII. 
VII. Lydia and Cupid.
 VIII. 
VIII. To Lydia.
 IX. 
IX. To Lydia.
 X. 
X. Song.
 XI. 
XI. Pastoral Sweetness.
 XII. 
XII. Meditations.
 XIII. 
XIII. Musings.
 XIV. 
XIV. Farewell.
 XV. 
XV. The Lassie wi' the Saft, Dark E'e.
 XVI. 
XVI. The Cameronian Dream.
 XVII. 
XVII. To Lydia's Sister.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. Scottish National Melody.
 XIX. 
XIX. To Lydia.
 XX. 
XX. The Mountain Song.
 XXI. 
XXI. Scottish Imitation of a Passage in Tasso's “Aminta.”
 XXII. 
XXII. Despair.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. The Prisoner's Song.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. Song to Anna.
 XXV. 
XXV. Song—To You.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. Fragment of a Dream.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. Scottish Imitation of the Fifth Ode of the First Book of Horace.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. Address to the Crawick.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. My Grandfather.
 XXX. 
XXX. The Murmurs of the Crawick.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. Lines on Friendship.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. Crawick Glen.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. Balandine Braes.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. To Lydia.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. The Child's Dream.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. To Lydia.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. To Lydia.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. The Wish.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. The Language of Love.
 XL. 
XL. A Contrast.
 XLI. 
XLI. Lines
 XLII. 
XLII. To Lydia.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. Scotland Remembered.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. Rivalry—A Song.
 XLV. 
XLV. To Anna.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. The Scottish Sacramental Sabbath.
 XLVII. 
XLVII. The Cameronian Vision.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. The Ringlet's Address to Lydia.
 XLIX. 
XLIX. Letter to Your Sister.
 L. 
L. Dialogue in Scottish.
 LI. 
LI. The Memory of Early Love—A Song.
 LII. 
LII. To Anna.
 LIII. 
LIII. To Anna.
 LIV. 
LIV. To Anna.
 LV. 
LV. Letter to Anna.
 LVI. 
LVI. Sonnet from Camoens.
 LVII. 
LVII. Sonnet from Camoens.
 LVIII. 
LVIII. To Mr. John Laidlaw.
 LIX. 
LIX. Song.
 LX. 
LX. A Ball on Board.
 LXI. 
LXI. The Wanderer's Song.
 LXII. 
LXII. In a Foreign Land.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. The Poet and His Mistress.
 LXIV. 
LXIV. A Storm at Sea.
 LXV. 
LXV. The Poet's Favourite Theme.
 LXVI. 
LXVI. Moore's Poetry.
 LXVII. 
LXVII. To Caroline.
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII. The Absent Lover.
 LXIX. 
LXIX. The Student.
 LXX. 
LXX. Song.—To You.
 LXXI. 
LXXI. Woman's Love.
 LXXII. 
LXXII. A Dialogue.
 LXXIII. 
LXXIII. Song.
 LXXIV. 
LXXIV. Scottish Verses.
 LXXV. 
LXXV. Birthday Verses to Anna.
 LXXVI. 
LXXVI. The Ring-Dove to Anna.
 LXXVII. 
LXXVII. To Anna.—Wishes.
 LXXVIII. 
LXXVIII. Song.
 LXXIX. 
LXXIX. Song.—The Wine is Red.
 LXXX. 
LXXX. Stanzas
 LXXXI. 
LXXXI. The Untombed Mariners.
 LXXXII. 
LXXXII. Lines

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section Poems by James Hyslop
next section

XXXIX.
The Language of Love.

How dear is the young heart
That loves one with fondness—
The heart where the soul
Can bestow all its kindness!
How dear the deceit,
When the heart is concealing
The deep cherish'd love
Which soft eyes are revealing!
How dear is the lip
That we oft have caressed—
The lip that hath ne'er
By another been pressed!—
The lip that can smile,
And be sweetly denying,
As on yours, all the while,
It is breathing and sighing!
How dear is the language
The thrilling hand speaketh,
When the learner of love
An interpreter seeketh!
The soft hand can speak,
In love's silent expression,
What would redden the cheek
Should sweet lips make confession.
171

How dear is the dark eye
In softness replying,
While warm lips on yours
Are in innocence lying!—
Those fond lips of love
Pressing nearer and nearer!
A soft circling arm
Makes them dearer and dearer.
previous section Poems by James Hyslop
next section