Poems by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

(Arise, shine; for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon the. --Isaiah 60: 1...

The happiest day of all the year is this
By song and sunshine ushered in,
Only the tyranny of ...

'Tis morn in Joseph's garden now
Where death and night and darkness were,
The lilies still in ...

Sweet Eden garden of delight
Abode of innocence,
Alas, that sin should ever blight
Thy halcy...

Rocked on many a bending bough
Empty nests are swaying now
In the Autumn wind,
Hanging o'er t...

Dark was her brow, and darker
The depths of her liquid eyes
And her hair was dark as the black...

Millions have gazed upon thy towering height,
O envied Fame!
And millions fain would on thy re...

Loitering, midst the tropic glory of a large conservatory
Where the warm moist air was heavy wi...

This fragile hothouse plant of mine
In perfect bloom,
This flower whose varied tints combine
...

Think'st thou the criminal in some dark retreat
To which from lowering justice he hath flown,
...

There is no climax in Ambition's scope,
Behold her wrestling with the angel, Hope,
And beati...

Angels are singing, angels of light!
Angels are winging their homeward flight,
Lo, while we ...

Beautiful leaves of Autumn,
With the sunset hues they vie;
Gems for the glorious setting
Of ...

From the past, the beautiful misty past,
Float faint, sweet melodies,
Strains that were all...

Do you think, oh shrewd deceiver,
Because your well-laid plan,
For the death of a fellow-bei...