Petition From A Lazeretto (John Pierpont Poems)
Sir,From the Lazaretto's lofty cells,Where Freedom comes not, but where Hunger dwells,Where floors, walls, ceilings,—all of Malta stone,—Have long replied ...
Sir,From the Lazaretto's lofty cells,Where Freedom comes not, but where Hunger dwells,Where floors, walls, ceilings,—all of Malta stone,—Have long replied ...
STILL in thy streets, O Paris! doth the stainOf blood defy the cleansing autumn rain;Still breaks the smoke Messina's ruins ...
Of his beauty, or stature, or colour of hair I hadn't the slightest hint,But he comes to me as a little ...
Dawn of a pleasant morning in May,Broke through the Wilderness cool and gray;While perched in the tallest tree-tops, the birdsWere ...
To Amsterdam and its Commodore,I over his pipe and his eau-de-vie,A flibote skimming the Texel shoreBrought serious news for the ...
By bridge and battery, town and trench,They're fighting with bull-dog pluck;Not one, from Tommy to General French,Is down upon his ...
The dying sunset's slanting raysIncarnadine the soldier's deed,His sturdy countenance betraysThe bull-dog breed.Not his to shun the stubborn fight,The struggle ...
At any other time of yearIt might have passed, but Spring is queer. He says somethin' - I dunno - ...
Oh! don't you remember Black Alice, Sam Holt -Black Alice so dusky and dark -That Warrego gin with the straw ...
When first I came to Sydney CoveAnd up and down the streets did rove,I thought such sights I ne'er did ...
I've something of the bull-dog in my breed, The spaniel is developed somewhat less;While life is in me I can ...
To Dawson Town came Percy Brown from London on the Thames. A pane of glass was in his eye, and ...
"Hullo, young Jones! with your tie so gay And your pen behind your ear; Will you mark my cheque in ...
I'd reckon his weight as eight-stun-eight, And his height as five-foot-two, With a face as plain as an eight-day clock ...
Down along the Snakebite River, where the overlanders camp, Where the serpents are in millions, all of the most deadly ...
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