The Bells (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
WHEN o'er the street the morning peal is flungFrom yon tall belfry with the brazen tongue,Its wide vibrations, wafted by ...
WHEN o'er the street the morning peal is flungFrom yon tall belfry with the brazen tongue,Its wide vibrations, wafted by ...
Sing muse! of Saville and the direful dayWhen beauty fell, to ruthless hands a prey;And life a sacrifice to savage ...
WAINAMOINEN'S BOAT-BUILDING.Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel,The eternal wisdom-singer,For his boat was working lumber,Working long upon his vessel,On a fog-point jutting seaward,On an ...
There was a slave, who, born to days unbless'd,Drew from his parent blood the hard decreeOf ceaseless and unwilling servitude.His ...
TIS April! 'Tis a holyday! and they shut close yester-even The golden gates of Sydenham with the clang of iron ...
ll. 684-703) Long she pled, and urged him all the day to thatdark deed, to disobey their Lord's command. Close ...
WHAT are the choicest blessings heav'n bestows?Or mortal man through life's short journey knows?Sure Health and Liberty combin'd may formThat ...
I am the Lord your God: even he that madeMaterial things, and all these signs arrayedAbove you and have set ...
For three years there was no rain.The people were hungry. What could they do?The king said to Elijah, "Why do ...
Sometimes subtle sometimes dramatic consequences to our actions when we obey the laws of God when we disobey as well ...
Damaged, flawed people sent into the world changed from our former selves doing the master's work Needing his forgiveness over ...
The very first man breaking the command of God man in the garden breaking the very first law Only one ...
Through Christ alone, fully human and totally divine the word made flesh coming to earth to redeem us of our ...
The three stood listening to a fresh access Of wind that caught against the house a moment, Gulped snow, and ...
Did we disobey Him? Just one time! Charged us to forget Him -- But we couldn't learn! Were Himself -- ...
O purblind race of miserable men, How many among us at this very hour Do forge a life-long trouble for ...
Desponding Phillis was endu'd With ev'ry Talent of a Prude, She trembled when a Man drew near; Salute her, and ...
Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigu'd, I said, Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The dog-star ...
My little Son, who look'd from thoughtful eyes And moved and spoke in quiet grown-up wise, Having my law the ...
So you think its Stephen? Then I'd best make sure Be on the safe side as it were. Ah, theres ...
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