Hymns and Odes for Temperance Occasions XIV: The Drunkard’s Funeral (John Pierpont Poems)
There was, some eighteen years or more ago,A young man, a parishioner of mine,Whose name was Willard. There are Willards ...
There was, some eighteen years or more ago,A young man, a parishioner of mine,Whose name was Willard. There are Willards ...
Ho! children of the granite hillsThat bristle with the hackmatack,And sparkle with the crystal rillsThat hurry toward the Merrimack,Dam up ...
Hurrah! hurrah! we've burst the chain;O God! how long it bound us!We run! we leap! O God, againThy light, thy ...
'Tis but a drop" the father said,And gave it to his son;But little did he think a workOf death was ...
His falchion flashed along the Nile;—His hosts he led through Alpine snows;—O'er Moscow's towers, that shook the while,His eagle flag ...
"The Plague! the Plague! bring out your dead."Through all the land the cryRang shrilly forth. "We bring our dead!"Was murmured ...
O, that the Lord would hearOur supplicating cry;In our behalf appear,A Saviour ever nigh;And shine in every woman's heart,That she ...
"O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me;nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou ...
Speed, speed the temperance ship!Ye winds fill every sail,Behold her on the deep,Outriding every gale,The tempest's fury she out-braves,And hosts ...
From the mountain top and valley,See! the banner streaming high!While the sons of freedom rally,To the widow's lonely cry.Sisters weeping,Bid ...
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