---
title: "Poems by Fanny Kemble — Classic Ebook | Publica Now"
description: "Read a free sample of Poems by Fanny Kemble at Publica Now — a public-domain classic ebook, readable online."
canonical: "https://publica.now/creators/vito/works/poems-25"
---

       Literary # Poems

  by Fanny Kemble

   [  V  

Vito

 

 ](https://publica.now/creators/vito)      Follow     

 

   

      $1.99   

       [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fpoems-25) Secure payment on Stripe. publica.now never sees your card.

    

   

   Share Link copied  

  Format epub 

   Published May 03, 2026 

  Rating  No reviews yet  

 

 

 

   ![Poems](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnphfxkedxja6fqsdwsvg6v/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260915%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260915T205133Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=d07e6152d3f2b99278d1e1311088bd85a620ec3998003887dd530b8bb44151a5)  

 ## About this work

Poems by Fanny Kemble — a public-domain edition published by publica.now.

 

    Sample

## Take a look inside

  Transcribed from the 1844 Henry Washbourne edition by David Price, ccx074@pglaf.org

POEMS,

by

FRANCES ANNE BUTLER,

(late fanny kemble.)

LONDON:

(reprinted from the american edition.)

HENRY WASHBOURNE, NEW BRIDGE STREET,

blackfriars.

oliver & boyd, edinburgh, machen & co. dublin.

mdcccxliv.

LONDON:

Printed by Stewart and Murray,

Old Bailey.

to

KATHARINE SEDGWICK,

this little volume

is

most respectfully, gratefully,

and affectionately

inscribed.

LINES WRITTEN AT NIGHT.

August 9th, 1825.

Oh, thou surpassing beauty! that dost live

Shrined in yon silent stream of glorious light!

Spirit of harmony! that through the vast

And cloud-embroidered canopy art spreading

Thy wings, that o’er our shadowy earth hang brooding,

Like a pale silver haze, betwixt the moon

And the world’s darker orb: beautiful, hail!

Hail to thee! from her midnight throne of ether,

Night looks upon the slumbering universe.

There is no breeze on silver-crownëd tree,

There is no breath on dew-bespangled flower,

There is no wind sighs on the sleepy wave,

There is no sound hangs in the solemn air.

All, all are silent, all are dreaming, all,

Save those eternal eyes, that now shine forth

Winking the slumberer’s destinies. The moon

Sails on the horizon’s verge, a moving glory,

Pure, and unrivalled; for no paler orb

Approaches, to invade the sea of light

That lives around her; save yon little star,

That sparkles on her robe of fleecy clouds,

Like a bright gem, fallen from her radiant brow.

VENICE.

Night in her dark array

Steals o’er the ocean,

And with departed day

Hushed seems its motion.

Slowly o’er yon blue coast

Onward she’s treading,

’Till its dark line is lost,

’Neath her veil spreading.

The bark on the rippling deep

Hath found a pillow,

And the pale moonbeams sleep

On the green billow.

Bound by her emerald zone

Venice is lying,

And round…

  

 

  

   [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fpoems-25)   The sample continues in the full work.  

       [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library)  

 ## Reviews

  No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.  

  [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fpoems-25)

   No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.

 

  

 

 

 

    You might also like

## More like this

  

  [View all →](/marketplace?content_type=literary)  

  [  ![Records of Later Life](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqns9wgp88ptqy947wbfqvp7/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260915%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260915T205133Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=598b646315b1052c1d5c42e9f1104e0ecf58fe434ea29ca7debf61c39527afca)   Literary    

### Records of Later Life

   Vito     $1.99      9 

   

 ](/creators/vito/works/records-of-later-life) [  ![Records of a Girlhood](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnhd99pvsyxf0vtm3h4091b/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260915%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260915T205133Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=8b65a2d989e489de2ef5d933531040441d5dd06bcfd20d8c5a399347906a8084)   Literary    

### Records of a Girlhood

   Vito     $1.99      9 

   

 ](/creators/vito/works/records-of-a-girlhood)  

  



  $1.99   

  [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fpoems-25)