Hast thou not torn the Naiad from her flood, The Elfin from the green grass, and from me The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?

And the cloud that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view.

It is with literature as with law or empire - an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.

From childhood's hour I have not been As others were - I have not seen As others saw - I could not bring My passions from a common spring - From the same sourc…

Across the silent stream Where the dream-shadows go, From the dim blue Hill of Dream I have heard the west wind blow.

Duluth! The word fell upon my ear with a peculiar and indescribable charm, like the gentle murmur of a low fountain stealing forth in the midst of roses, or th…

I charm in vain; for never again, All keenly as my glance I bend, Will Memory, goddess coy, Embody for my joy Departed days, nor let me gaze On thee, my fairy …