Their Story Runneth Thus (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Two little children played among the flowers,Their mothers were of kin, tho' far apart;The children's ages were the very sameE'en ...
Abram Joseph Ryan Poems on Joy & Excitement (27 Poems)
A Christmas Chant (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
They ask me to sing them a Christmas song That with musical mirth shall ring;How know I that the world's ...
Fragments From An Epic Poem (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
A MysteryHis face was sad; some shadow must have hungAbove his soul; its folds, now falling dark,Now almost bright; but ...
The Pilgrim (A Christmas Legend For Children) (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
The shades of night were brooding O'er the sea, the earth, the sky;The passing winds were wailing In a low, ...
The Immaculate Conception (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Fell the snow on the festival's vigil And surpliced the city in white;I wonder who wove the pure flakelets? Ask ...
Sorrow And The Flowers (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
A Memorial Wreath to C. F. Sorrow:A garland for a grave! Fair flowers that bloom, And only bloom to ...
Song Of The Deathless Voice (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
'Twas the dusky Hallowe'en --Hour of fairy and of wraith,When in many a dim-lit green,'Neath the stars' prophetic sheen,As the ...
Night After The Picnic (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
And "Happy! Happy! Happy!" Rang the bells of all the hours;"Shyly! Shyly! Shyly!" Looked and listened all the flowers;They were ...
The Prayer Of The South (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
My brow is bent beneath a heavy rod! My face is wan and white with many woes!But I will lift ...
Lake Como (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Winter on the mountains Summer on the shore,The robes of sun-gleams woven, The lake's blue wavelets wore.Cold, white, against the ...
Death Of The Prince Imperial (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Waileth a woman, "O my God!"A breaking heart in a broken breath,A hopeless cry o'er her heart-hope's death!Can words catch ...
New Year (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Each year cometh with all his days, Some are shadowed and some are bright;He beckons us on until he stays ...
July 9th, 1872 (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Between two pillared clouds of gold The beautiful gates of evening swung --And far and wide from flashing fold The ...
A Thought (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
There never was a valley without a faded flower, There never was a heaven without some little cloud;The face of ...
Poets (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Poets are strange -- not always understood By many is their gift,Which is for evil or for mighty good -- ...
Mobile Mystic Societies (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
The olden golden stories of the world, That stirred the past, And now are dim as dreams,The lays and legends ...
A Laugh — And A Moan (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
The brook that down the valley So musically drips,Flowed never half so brightly As the light laugh from her lips.Her ...
In Memory Of Very Rev. J. B. Etienne (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionand of the Sisters of Charity.A shadow slept folded in vestments, The dream ...
Out Of The Depths (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Lost! Lost! Lost!The cry went up from a sea --The waves were wild with an awful wrath,Not a light shone ...
Sursum Corda (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Weary hearts! weary hearts! by the cares of life oppressed,Ye are wand'ring in the shadows -- ye are sighing for ...
When? (Death) (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Some day in Spring, When earth is fair and glad,And sweet birds sing, And fewest hearts are sad -- ...
Now (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Sometimes a single hour Rings thro' a long life-time,As from a temple tower There often falls a chimeFrom blessed bells, ...
The Rosary Of My Tears (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Some reckon their age by years,Some measure their life by art;But some tell their days by the flood of their ...
Wrecked (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
The winds are singing a death-knell Out on the main to-night;The sky droops low -- and many a bark That ...
Lines (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
The world is sweet, and fair, and bright, And joy aboundeth everywhere,The glorious stars crown every night, And thro' the ...
Gone (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
S. M. A.Gone! and there's not a gleam of you, Faces that float into far away;Gone! and we can only ...
Epilogue (Abram Joseph Ryan Poems)
Go, words of mine! and if you live Only for one brief, little day;If peace, or joy, or calm you ...