Lines on The Death of John Quincy Adams (James Monroe Whitfield Poems)
The great, the good, the just, the true, Has yielded up his latest breath;The noblest man our country knew, Bows to the ...
The great, the good, the just, the true, Has yielded up his latest breath;The noblest man our country knew, Bows to the ...
Accursed the man, whom Fate ordains, in spite,And cruel parents teach, to read and write!What need of letters? wherefore should ...
(OF AN UNFINISHED POEM.) Dear woman! star of sad life's clouded heaven,I dedicate myself to thee again; Fair woman! as ...
With eager search to dart the soul,Curiously vain, from pole to pole,And from the planets' wandering spheresTo extort the number ...
Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!Of darkness visible so much be ...
The Mighty Mother, and her son who brings The Smithfield muses to the ear of kings, I sing. Say you, ...
August 6th , 1875.Harp of my native landThat lived anew 'neath Carolan's master hand;Harp on whose electric chords,The minstrel Moore's ...
——— A manly race Of unsubmitting spirit, wise and brave; Who still through bleeding ages struggled hard To hold a ...
Ye who read in musty volumesPages worn of Backwoods Times,Of the red man and the white man,In the thrilling days ...
To the memory of Dr. J. McSimpson, a colored Author of Anti-Slavery Ballads. Written for the Zanesville, O., Courier.When Israel ...
WHILE the skies of this northern NovemberScowl down with a darkening menace,I wonder if you still rememberThat marvellous summer in ...
At last the dream of youth Stands fair and bright before me,The sunshine of the home of truth Falls tremulously ...
'Above the Senates brawl - the maddening roar for gain, Do you hear the Christmas Carol - the felons clanking ...
Night of the Tomb! He has entered thy portal;Silence of Death! He is wrapped in thy shade;All of the gifted ...
HOW various are the parts, by heaven assign'dTo fill the motley drama of mankind!To some 'tis given, apart from noise ...
Ye doubtful race! whom apes and foxes bred, And, drench'd with human gore, a tigress fed! Mid your sad triumphs ...
WELCOME , little lovely stranger,To our motley world below:Angels keep thee free from danger,Soft thine infant moments flow.Be all thy ...
1 Let observation with extensive view, 2 Survey mankind, from China to Peru; 3 Remark each anxious toil, each eager ...
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods ...
This is a day of happiness, sweet peace, And heavenly sunshine; upon which conven'd In full assembly fair, once more ...
O'Leary was a poet-for a while: He sang of many ladies frail and fair, The rolling glory of their golden ...
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