Poems by William B. Tappan

The ocean frowned darkly, the tempest blew,
And the thunders heavily rolled;
The billow, la...

To free from chains a groaning land,
Inspired by Right and Valour's flame,
On FREEDOM'S SCROL...

Oh come smiling June!
In beauty arrayed;
Oh come and bring with thee,
Young Pleasure, fair ...

They have built ye firmly, frowning walls!
With the iron and the stone;
And cheerless is your...

And he said, Cursed by Canaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. And he said...

I saw the Evangelist of God ascend
The holy place. He stood in the beauty
Of meekness.--He spak...

WRITTEN WHILE PASSING DOWN JAMES RIVER. The town sleeps in ruins and solitude reigns,
Where na...

Summer looks out! How green and gay
Is earth, how bright her flowers!
'Tis nature's merry holi...

Sweet orb of night! I saw thee rise
In cloudless lustre o'er the plain;
I saw thee climb the a...

We see in life's wide wilderness,
Some plants of fair and varied mien;
Love's rose springs he...

The storm is up!--along the sky
Swiftly the ebon rack is driven;
And look! Yon curling cloud f...

MAN LIETH DOWN AND RISETH NOT AGAIN TILL THE HEAVENS BE NO MORE. --Job. Soft are the slumbers of...

Thou, whom stern anguish wastes away,
Whose sallow cheek is token
That angel-peace makes not ...

Go thou and mark the holy preacher's tones,
And fix thy gaze intently, as he lifts
The separa...

What heart has not false Hope misled
In fancy's early dream?
Who has not revelled in the sweets...