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Lyrical and other poems

Simms, William Gilmore (1806-1870)
  
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THE BROKEN ARROW.
  
THE DESTRUCTION OF SCIO.
  
SONG.
  
CALM AT SEA.
  
DEATH OF KING PHILIP.
  
SONG OF PHILIP.
  
THE CAVALIER'S CALL.
  
BENEDICT ARNOLD.
  
OH! TELL ME NOT
  
SUMMER,
  
OH! MINGLE NOT
  
THE SOLDIER'S BRIDE.
  
ON MY BIRTH-DAY.
  
A DREAM—A REALITY.
  
OH! WANDER, WANDER HERE.
  
MAJOR ANDRE.
  
A SKETCH.
  
MEMORY'S PAGE,
  
SING NOT OF FAME!
  
I HAVE NO HEART
  
THIS LONELY ROCK
  
SONNET.
  
AT MIDNIGHT
  
SHADOWS.
  
DITHYRAMBIC.
  
I COME TO THEE,
  
[I saw the love of Mackintosh, she lay]
  
TO --- ON HER BIRTH-DAY.
  
VIVE MEMOR LETHI.
  
TO THE EVENING STAR.
  
THE MARTYR.
  
WRITTEN IN MISSISSIPPI.
  
THOU CAM'ST
  
SONG.
  
MY NATAL STAR.
  
AH! DEEM NOT
  
THE FOREST MAIDEN.
  
THE EVENING BREEZE.
  
SONG.
  
YES, LONE IS MY BOSOM.
  
ODE.
  
THIS FLOW'R IT BLOOMS
  
CAMP MEETING.
  
TO A WINTER FLOWER,
  
PEACE.
  
OH! LET ME DREAM
  
AND DOST THOU TOO JOY.
  
CAIUS MARIUS,
  
A SCENE.
  
THE LOST VOICE.
  
ALEXANDER,
  
I DO NOT ASK THY TEAR.
  
SONG.
  
STANZAS FOR MUSIC.
  
SONNET
  
A SKETCH.
  
GO FAITHLESS ONE.
  
OH! SCION OF A ROYAL STOCK.
  
SONNET TO ---
  
ONE LOOK.
  
THE STAR OF LIFE.
  
YOUNG GLORY IS SLEEPING
  
A DRAMATIC SKETCH.
  
TO A FRIEND,
  
OH! THINK NOT TIME
  
ANATIS.
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ILLUSTRATIONS,
 1. 
NO. 1. Richard---, at Washington, to his friend Edward --- in Charleston.
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NO. 2. Miss Emily --- in Charleston to her Friend in Walterborough, S. C.
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NO. 3. Richard ---, Esq. at Washington to his Friend, Edward ---, in Charleston.
  
THE BIRTH OF LIGHT
  
THE WILDERNESS.
  
STANZAS.
  
INDIAN HUNTER'S SONG.
  
TO --- ON LEAVING HOME.
  
OH! WANDERER
  
SIX YEARS, TO V. M.
  
HOW LITTLE HAVE I KNOWN
  
FORGIVE THE EYE
  
WHERE ART THOU?
  
LA-FAYETTE.
  
WELL THEN, WE PART!
  
COME SEEK
  
TO A BIRD AT SEA
  
SONNET
  
DREAM ON FOND HEART!
  
THE REBEL FLOWER.
  
THE LOST HOPE.
  
SONNET TO DESPAIR
  
MEMORY.
  
THE SUICIDE'S GRAVE.
  
TO MY LYRE.

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CALM AT SEA.

Calm, o'er the wave! the listless sail
Hangs lifeless on the mast;
The sea, without a single gale
Appears to sleep at last;
And mirror'd in its face, the sun
Intensely sheds its ray,
So bright, that ye might deem, but one
Rich gem, around ye lay!
The Pirate rears his bloody flag
And leaves the Cuba shore;
Blow, breezes blow! for if ye lag
We hail that sun no more.
And should our hapless fate be such
We'll wrong not nature so,
To think that hearts who've sigh'd so much
Will feel no trace of wo!
Ripple ye waters into smiles,
The sun's vast mirror break,
Whilst far behind these dreary isles
Shall vanish in our wake.
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The current runs, and o'er the wave
Night's form appears in robe of dun;
Blow breezes blow! and let us leave
This listless sea and tropic sun!
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