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The Village Churchyard

And Other Poems. By Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley

Stuart-Wortley, Emmeline (1806-1855)

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THE VILLAGE CHURCHYARD.

AN EVENING BY THE SEA.

OH! THOU SWEET ROYALTY OF NIGHT!

NO, NO! THE GAYEST FESTIVAL!

LINES SUGGESTED BY THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT.

OH! SAY YE NOT.

LINES ON THE FORGET-ME-NOT.

THE STAR AND THE LIGHTNING.

LINES ON --- SINGING.

TO OTHERS GIVE THY LOVELIEST SMILES.

FAREWELL! AND NOT THE FIRST FAREWELL.

THE REMONSTRANCE.

LINES ON A BOWER.

THE PIRATE'S TOMB

THE FIRST SIGHT OF DEATH.

THE FAREWELL TO ZEINEB.

LINES ON A LOVELY CHILD.

THE SULTANA'S LAMENTATION.

A NIGHT MEDITATION.

LINES ON AN ENGRAVING, REPRESENTING GIPSY CHILDREN IN A STORM.

THE STORY OF SADHU SING.

THE KING OF TERRORS.

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LINES ON --- SINGING.

The music springs from thy pure breast,
Like Venus from the Sea;
Her birth lulled storm and surge to rest,
So might thy Minstrelsy.

And yet that minstrelsy exerts,
More sweet, more solemn power;
Hushing the storms in human hearts,
E'en in their mightiest hour!

Originally published in the “Keepsake.”