Army Of Northern Virginia (Stephen Vincent Benet Poems)
Army of Northern Virginia, army of legend,Who were your captains that you could trust them so surely?Who were your battle-flags?Call ...
Army of Northern Virginia, army of legend,Who were your captains that you could trust them so surely?Who were your battle-flags?Call ...
The Buddha, known to men by many names —Siddartha, Sakya, Muni, Blessed One,—Sat in the forest, as had been his ...
LITTLE Bob Bonnyface went out one dayInto his father's fields to play;Twas a morn undarkened by mist or cloud,With the ...
The camp of high-class spielers, Who sneered in summer dress,And doo-dah dilettante, And scornful "venuses"-House agents, and storekeepers, All eager they to "bleed"-The bards ...
WHY didst thou leave me thus? Had memoryNo chain to bind thee to me, lone and wreckedIn spirit as I ...
The rain is playing its soft pleasant tune Fitfully on the skylight, and the shade Of the fast flying clouds across my ...
"And Cain talked with Abel, his brother."The sun was rising on earth, sin-tainted, yet beautiful,Delicate gold-colored cloudlets in all their ...
O Summer Hill! if thou wert mine,I'd order in a pipe of wine,And ask a dozen friends to dine.In faith, ...
A song to JennyWhy do the bushes dance and swirl,Why do the May-wreaths stray to heel,Why arches Heaven forever higher,And ...
Give me, O Lord, the patience to progressAnd give resolve to my too feeble faith.May thy spirit guide me in ...
Light mist envelopes the dim moon and bright flowers,A perfect night to go to her darling's side.In stocking soles, she ...
Prelude I SEE the boy-bard neath life's morning skies, While hope's bright cohorts guess ...
BOOK IV.So did that youth choose Duty before Love:And so determination drove awayThe doubts that held him with ungainly checkWavering—for ...
1.ALAS, my tent! see through it a whirlwind sweep!Moaning, poor Fancy's doves are swept away.I sit alone, a sorrow half ...
Across the trackless seas I go, No matter when or where,And few my future lot will know, And fewer still ...
Still serve me in my age, I pray, As in my youth, O faithful one;For years I've brushed thee every ...
The truth of consequences a sobering reflection thinking about words the double edged sword an Achilles' heel of our nation ...
A pastor asked me to think about, write about ponder the decision the change in course inexorably to the edge ...
Born of a thoroughbred English race, Well proportioned and closely knit, Neat, slim figure and handsome face, Always ready and ...
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