Poems by Anne C. Lynch. With illustrations by Durand, Huntington, Darley, Duggan, Rothermel, etc

Botta, Anne C. Lynch (1815-1891)

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DEDICATION.

THE BATTLE OF LIFE.

ASPIRATION.

A THOUGHT BY THE SEA-SHORE.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. N. P. WILLIS.

SONNET.

ON A PICTURE OF HARVEY BIRCH.

THOUGHTS IN A LIBRARY.

ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT.

TEACHING THE SCRIPTURES.

SONNET.

WASHINGTON.

TO ****, WITH FLOWERS.

TO A CHILD.

AN APOLOGY FOR SADNESS.

A DIRGE FOR O'CONNELL.

PAUL PREACHING AT ATHENS.

BOOKS FOR THE PEOPLE.

TO THE MEMORY OF CHANNING.

ODE

ODE.

SONNET.

A FAREWELL TO OLE BULL.

TO A POET, PAINTER AND MUSICIAN.

SONNET.

LINES.

LINES

THE WASTED FOUNTAINS.

TO ---.

ON SEEING MRS. KEAN AS CONSTANCE IN KING JOHN.

TO ---, IN OBSCURITY.

TO THE VENERABLE GENERAL GAINES.

TO MRS. KEAN.

SONNET.

ON A PICTURE OF RUTH.

SONNET.

ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.

ON A PICTURE OF MY FATHER.

BYRON AMONG THE RUINS OF GREECE.

SCIENCE.

TO A FRIEND,

TO THE CENTURY PLANT.

WRITTEN AT TIVOLI FALLS,

LA FAYETTE.

TO ---.

THE EARTH TO THE SUN.

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.

TO ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.

SONNET.

NIGHTFALL IN HUNGARY.

REQUIEM.

PROMETHEUS.

WEBSTER.

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TO ---.

Within these leafless trees,
That bare against the sky,
Their naked branches rear;
Leaves, buds, and blossoms lie.

So beauty's myriad forms,
Within thy soul are sleeping;
While thou, upon their sleep,
A wintry spell art keeping.

But soon the leaves and flowers
Shall burst their living tomb,
And fill the air around
With perfume and with bloom.

And buried in thy heart,
Shall thought's fair blossoms lie,
Forever unrevealed,
To wither and to die?

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TO ---.