Horace Smith Cold Poems
- 1. Love And Liberty
The linnet had flown from its cage away,
And flitted and sang in the light of day--
Had flown from the lady who loved it well,
In Liberty's freer air to dwell.
... - 2. To A Scientific Friend
You say 'tis plain that poets feign,
And from the truth depart;
They write with ease what fibs they please,
With artifice, not art;
... - 3. Impromptu In The Assize Court, Nottingham,
On seeing BRET HARTE come upon the Bench.
Thanks for an hour of laughing
In a world that is growing old;
... - 4. Letter From The Town Mouse To The Country Mouse
I.
Oh for a field, my friend; oh for a field!
I ask no more
... - 5. Isle Of Wight - Spring, 1891
I know not what the cause may be,
Or whether there be one or many;
But this year's Spring has seemed to me
More exquisite than any.
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