Animal Poems

Animal Poems

The Bridal Bell, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Oh Bridal Bell, lone Bridal Bell!
Who shall t...

The Butterfly, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Butterfly, butterfly, where are you going?
D...

The Cavern by the Sea, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

The tropical islands of Tonga
In the Southern ...

The Coyote, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Forth from his lonely haunt,
Lean, evil-eyed...

The Creation, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

From the blackness and darkness of chaos
Jehov...

The Cry of the Soul, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

I have done the best I could, O Lord!
Yet my ...

The Demon of Despair and the Angel of Hope, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Evil Enchantress spread thy raven wings,
Thy ...

The Depths, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Sublime and wonderful art thou, O deep,
Illu...

The Desert Camel, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Trackless and bare are the sands of the desert
...

Do They Think of Me at Home?, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

When sunset tints the western skies
With eveni...

Easter Day, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

The happiest day of all the year is this
By so...

Easter Hymn, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

'Tis morn in Joseph's garden now
Where death a...

Empty Nests, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Rocked on many a bending bough
Empty nests are...

Fame, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Millions have gazed upon thy towering height,
...

Flor Del Espiritu Santo, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Loitering, midst the tropic glory of a large c...

Flowers and Weeds, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

This fragile hothouse plant of mine
In perfect...

The Grave of the Suicide, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Bring no fair flowers to deck this tomb
They o...

Had I But Wings Like Thine, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Had I but wings like thine,
Free bird of flig...

Hope's Choral, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Glad is my heart this Autumn morn
Though oft b...

The Invalid to the Caged Bird, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

What are you singing my beautiful bird?
What a...

Josephine, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

(The last word spoken by Napoleon the Great, b...

The Love of God, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

What though an angel dipped his pen
In living ...

The Maiden's Lament to Her False Lover, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

I have flown from you like a wounded bird
With...

Music, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

There is music in the woodlands
When the birds...

O, Can I Be Happy in Heaven?, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

O, can I be happy in Heaven,
Though free fro...