Poems about picket (21 Poems)
Fishin’ Time. (Elliott Blaine Henderson Poems)
To MR. E. H. SHARP. Blue bird an’ de killdee Am er flittin’ by! Spring time chillun! An’ de fishin’ time’s nigh! Git de pole an’ tackle An’ we’ll tromp down to de stream, Whah de fish bull an’ de … Continue reading
Summer 1862 (Annie Adams Fields Poems)
SUMMER in all! deep summer in the pines,And summer in the music on the sands,And summer where the sea-flowers rise and fallAbout the gloomy foreheads of stern rocks. Can mockery be hidden in such guise!To peep, like sunlight, behind shifting … Continue reading
The Scotch Engineer (A B Banjo Paterson Poems)
With eyes that searched in the dark,Peering along the line,Stood the grim Scotsman, Hector Clark,Driver of “Forty-nine”.And the veldt-fire flamed on the hills ahead,Like a blood-red beacon sign. There was word of a fight to the north,And a column hard- … Continue reading
All Quiet Along the Potomac (Ethel Lynn Eliot Beers Poems)
All quiet along the Potomac to-night! Except here and there a stray picketIs shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket.‘Tis nothing! a private or two now and then Will … Continue reading
The Army Mule (Bruce Kiskaddon Poems)
Sometimes mules got in the army ’cause they’d pulled a wicked trick.Had some trouble with a feller and the feller he got kicked.That man’s neighbors joined in singin’, while the parson blessed his soul;“Shall We Meet Beyond the River Where … Continue reading
A Sanitary Message (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
Last night, above the whistling wind, I heard the welcome rain,–A fusillade upon the roof, A tattoo on the pane:The keyhole piped; the chimney-top A warlike trumpet blew;Yet, mingling with these sounds of strife, A softer voice stole through. “Give … Continue reading
Swingin’ the Lead (A B Banjo Paterson Poems)
Said the soldier to the Surgeon, “I’ve got noises in me headAnd a kind o’ filled up feeling after every time I’m fed;I can sleep all night on picket, but I can’t sleep in my bed”.And the Surgeon said,“That’s Lead!” … Continue reading
Relieving Guard – Thomas Starr King Obit March 4, 1864 (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
Came the relief. “What, sentry, ho!How passed the night through thy long waking?”“Cold, cheerless, dark,–as may befitThe hour before the dawn is breaking.” “No sight? no sound?” “No; nothing saveThe plover from the marshes calling,And in yon western sky, aboutAn … Continue reading
Black Bonnet (Henry Lawson Poem)
A day of seeming innocence, A glorious sun and sky, And, just above my picket fence, Black Bonnet passing by. In knitted gloves and quaint old dress, Without a spot or smirch, Her worn face lit with peacefulness, Old Granny … Continue reading
Bridge-Guard in the Karroo (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
1901 “. . . and will supply details to guard the Blood River Bridge.” District Orders-Lines of Communication, South African War. Sudden the desert changes, The raw glare softens and clings, Till the aching Oudtshoorn ranges Stand up like the … Continue reading