The quivering flesh, though torture-torn, may live, but souls, once deeply wounded, heal no more..

Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush..

God said,--"Let there be light!" Grim darkness felt His might, And fled away; Then startled seas and mountains cold Shone forth, all bright in blue a….

Almighty Father! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold,-- A patriot bard, by sycophants reviled. Let him live usefully, an….

Written in support of abolishing the Corn Laws, it became Elliott's most famous poem. The Peoples Anthem When wilt thou save the people Oh, God of me….

What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out his copper ….

Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze..

Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend.

Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless wor….

Daisies infinite Uplift in praise their little growing hands, O'er every hill that under heaven expands..

Life is short, and time is swift; Roses fade, and shadows shift..

If't were not for my cat and dog, I think I could not live..

Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!.

The streams, rejoiced that winter's work is done, Talk of to-morrow's cowslips as they run..