England’s Neutrality (John Reuben Thompson Poems)
A Parliamentary Debate.All ye who with credulity the whispers hear of fancy,Or yet pursue with eagerness hope's wild extravagancy,Who dream ...
A Parliamentary Debate.All ye who with credulity the whispers hear of fancy,Or yet pursue with eagerness hope's wild extravagancy,Who dream ...
Onward rolls the Royal River, proudly sweeping to the sea,Dark and deep and grand, forever wrapt in myth and mystery.Lo ...
A blue line to the westward that surely is not cloud;A green tinge in the waters; a clamorous bird-crowd;Then far-off ...
I heard a voice, that cried,"Balder the BeautifulIs dead, is dead!"And through the misty airPassed like the mournful cryOf sunward ...
MEN who die for EnglandNever die in vain.Dying conquerors, dying masters,Dying firm 'mid fierce disasters. England's every son Dying duty doneGives the ...
I told them not to ring the bellsThe night the Vikings cameOut of the sea and passed us by.The fog ...
Seeress of the misty Norland,Daughter of the Vikings bold,Welcome to the sunny Vineland,Which thy fathers sought of old!Soft as flow ...
LIKE star points in the ether to guide a homing SoulTowards God's Eternal Haven; above the wash and roll,Across and ...
(GLOZE ROYAL) _The surges sing in ceaseless monotone The songs and sagas of the long-ago; Many and mournful are ...
You left your vineyards, dreaming of the vines in a dream landAnd dim Italian cities where high cathedrals stand.At Anzac ...
Take the boat to the bounds of the ocean, Away to the ends of the earth:We've a heritage no one ...
Welcome, wild North-easter.Shame it is to seeOdes to every zephyr;Ne'er a verse to thee.Welcome, black North-easter!O'er the German foam;O'er the ...
Heard a voice, that cried, "Balder the Beautiful Is dead, is dead!" And through the misty air Passed like the ...
Welcome, my old friend, Welcome to a foreign fireside, While the sullen gales of autumn Shake the windows. The ungrateful ...
Welcome, wild Northeaster! Shame it is to see Odes to every zephyr; Ne'er a verse to thee. Welcome, black Northeaster! ...
All the endings in my life rise up against me like that sea of troubles Shakespeare mixed with metaphors; like ...
I'll tell of Canute, King of England, A native of Denmark was he, His hobbies was roving and raiding And ...
All day long when the shells sail over I stand at the sandbags and take my chance; But at night, ...
This is the law of the Yukon, and ever she makes it plain: "Send not your foolish and feeble; send ...
How pleasant to sit on the beach, On the beach, on the sand, in the sun, With ocean galore within ...
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