Julia Ward Howe Delight Poems

  • 1.
    Do not tie my wings,
    Says the honey-bee;
    Do not bind my wings,
    Leave them glad and free.
    ...
  • 2.
    I never made a poem, dear friend-
    I never sat me down, and said,
    This cunning brain and patient hand
    Shall fashion something to be read.
    ...
  • 3.
    The shell of objects inwardly consumed
    Will stand, till some convulsive wind awakes;
    Such sense hath Fire to waste the heart of things,
    Nature, such love to hold the form she makes.
    ...
  • 4.
    WEAVE no more silks, ye Lyons looms,
    To deck our girls for gay delights!
    The crimson flower of battle blooms,
    And solemn marches fill the night.
    ...
Total 4 Delight Poems by Julia Ward Howe

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