Felicia Hemans
Felicia Hemans
Felicia Dorothea Hemanswas an English poet...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 September 1793
born british-historian strength
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
amidst beautiful england homes pleasant tall
The stately homes of England! / How beautiful they stand, / Amidst their tall ancestral trees, / O'er all the pleasant land!
beautiful homes
The stately homes of England, / How beautiful they stand!
boy burning deck stood
The boy stood on the burning deck - / Whence all but he had fled.
far filled graves grew home side
They grew in beauty, side by side, / They filled one home with glee; - / Their graves are severed, far and wide, / By mount, and stream, and sea.
courage heart suffering
Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, Suffering, yet hoping all things.
freedom holy-ground soil
Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod, They have left unstained, what there they found,- Freedom to worship God.
christmas lovely-voice sky
Oh! lovely voices of the sky Which hymned the Saviour's birth, Are ye not singing still on high, Ye that sang, "Peace on earth"?
strength heart dwelling
There is strength deep bedded in our hearts, of which we reck but little till the shafts of heaven have pierced its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent before her gems are found?
death seasons
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
sympathy kindred
We pine for kindred natures To mingle with our own.
summer brother flower
Oh, call my brother back to me!I cannot play alone:The summer comes with flower and bee,-Where is my brother gone?
hats gone stills
I had a hat. It was not all a hat,-Part of the brim was gone:Yet still I wore it on.
forget forgetfulness
life's best balm - Forgetfulness!