Courage Poems (3157 Poems)
The Vigil (Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Poems)
Like some young squire who watched his armor bright,Kneeling upon the chapel floor all night –Where glimmering candles on the altar glowed,And moonlight through the Gothic windows flowed –And prayed, with folded hands, that God would blessHis sword, and keep … Continue reading
A Savage (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
DIXON, a Choctaw, twenty years of age,Had killed a miner in a Leadville brawl;Tried and condemned, the rough-beards curb their rage,And watch him stride in freedom from the hall. “Return on Friday, to be shot to death!”So ran the sentence-it … Continue reading
Under The Washington Elm, Cambridge (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
APRIL 27,1861 EIGHTY years have passed, and more,Since under the brave old treeOur fathers gathered in arms, and sworeThey would follow the sign their banners bore,And fight till the land was free. Half of their work was done,Half is left … Continue reading
The Irish Mother In The Penal Days (John Banim Poems)
Now welcome, welcome, baby-boy, unto a mother’s fears,The pleasure of her sufferings, the rainbow of her tears,The object of your father’s hope, in all he hopes to do,A future man of his own land, to live him o’er anew! How … Continue reading
Chester (Nettie Squire Sutton Poems)
Somewhere in France he sleepeth,God knoweth he rests not in vain,For liberty’s birth to all the earthCame through blood of our soldiers slain. We longed for and hoped his re- turningWould cheer us and fill us with joy;God knoweth our hearts, we’re yearningTo clasp … Continue reading
Psalm 119 part 15 (Isaac Watts Poems)
Holy resolutions. ver. 93 O that thy statutes every hourMight dwell upon my mind!Thence I derive a quick’ning power,And daily peace I find. ver. 15,16 To meditate thy precepts, Lord,Shall be my sweet employ;My soul shall ne’er forget thy word;Thy … Continue reading
The Incarnation, (Henry Vaughan Poems)
LORD, when Thou didst Thyself undress, Laying by Thy robes of glory,To make us more, Thou wouldst be less, And becam’st a woful story. To put on clouds instead of light, And clothe the morning-star with dust,Was a translation of such height As, but … Continue reading
As We Are Men And Irishmen (John Banim Poems)
[Note: Air--``As slow our ship its foamy track;'' Or, ``The girl I left behind me.''] As we are men and Irishmen,Scorn for his scorn’d alliance!As we are men, and Irishmen,Unto his threat, defiance!He would, indeed, think low of us,Though his … Continue reading
Good Luck And Bad (Henry Grantland Rice Poems)
GOOD Luck is like a down hill tideThat helps to make an easy start,Where one may paddle, drift or glideWithout much effort on his part; But though it takes you to the goalAnd brings you in the world’s acclaim,It builds … Continue reading
On Admiral Lord Nelson’s Sending In The Hour Of Victory, A Flag Of Truce To Stop The Further Effusio (Hector MacNeill Poems)
Again the tide of rapture swells; Britannia sees new trophies rise;Again the trump of vict’ry tells That with the brave compassion lies! In vain the carnage of the field! In vain the conquest of the main!The brave may bleed — the brave may … Continue reading