War-Music (Henry Van Dyke Poem)
Break off! Dance no more! Danger is at the door. Music is in arms. To signal war's alarms. Hark, a ...
Break off! Dance no more! Danger is at the door. Music is in arms. To signal war's alarms. Hark, a ...
You dare to say with perjured lips, "We fight to make the ocean free"? You, whose black trail of butchered ...
June 22, 1611 THE SHALLOP ON HUDSON BAY One sail in sight upon the lonely sea And only one, God ...
Oh, let me not serve so, as those men serve Whom honour's smokes at once fatten and starve; Poorly enrich't ...
The most important population Unnoticed dwell, They have a heaven each instant Not any hell. Their names, unless you know ...
Some one prepared this mighty show To which without a Ticket go The nations and the Days -- Displayed before ...
A Day! Help! Help! Another Day! Your prayers, oh Passer by! From such a common ball as this Might date ...
To fight aloud, is very brave -- But gallanter, I know Who charge within the bosom The Cavalry of Woe ...
"Sic transit gloria mundi," "How doth the busy bee," "Dum vivimus vivamus," I stay mine enemy! Oh "veni, vidi, vici!" ...
Oh, how I love Humanity, With love so pure and pringlish, And how I hate the horrid French, Who never ...
Recite the loves of Narva and Mored The priest of Chalma's triple idol said. High from the ground the youthful ...
I sing the Name which None can say But touch't with An interiour Ray: The Name of our New Peace; ...
All worldly shapes shall melt in gloom, The Sun himself must die, Before this mortal shall assume Its Immortality! I ...
(Isaiah, xii.1) I will praise Thee every day Now Thine anger's turn'd away; Comfortable thoughts arise From the bleeding sacrifice. ...
'Tis morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb Ascending, fires th' horizon: while the clouds, That crowd away before the ...
How bless'd Thy creature is, O God, When with a single eye, He views the lustre of Thy Word, The ...
Hark! 'tis the twanging horn! O'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in ...
The Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the truth to sight; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. A ...
Budger of history Brake of time You Bomb Toy of universe Grandest of all snatched sky I cannot hate you ...
WHEN that Aprilis, with his showers swoot*, *sweet The drought of March hath pierced to the root, And bathed every ...
Give me back my broken night my mirrored room, my secret life it's lonely here, there's no one left to ...
Hast thou a charm to stay the morning-star In his steep course? So long he seems to pause On thy ...
This is a day of happiness, sweet peace, And heavenly sunshine; upon which conven'd In full assembly fair, once more ...
LEANDER. No more of Memphis and her mighty kings, Or Alexandria, where the Ptolomies. Taught golden commerce to unfurl her ...
Lough, vessel, plough the British main, Seek the free ocean's wider plain; Leave English scenes and English skies, Unbind, dissever ...
SOME have won a wild delight, By daring wilder sorrow; Could I gain thy love to-night, I'd hazard death to-morrow. ...
Oh! could I hope the wise and pure in heart Might hear my song without a frown, nor deem My ...
The day had been a day of wind and storm;-- The wind was laid, the storm was overpast,-- And stooping ...
New England. 1 Alas, dear Mother, fairest Queen and best, 2 With honour, wealth, and peace happy and blest, 3 ...
'Twas after dread Pultowa's day, When fortune left the royal Swede - Around a slaughtered army lay, No more to ...
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