The Ancient Banner (Anonymous Americas Poems)
In boundless mercy, the Redeemer left,The bosom of his Father, and assumedA servant's form, though he had reigned a king,In ...
Anonymous Americas Poems on Light (33 Poems)
Oh! He’s Nothing But A Soldier (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Oh! he's nothing but a soldier,But he's coming here tonight,For I saw him pass this morning,With his uniform so bright.He ...
Hospital Duties (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Fold away all your bright-tinted dresses, Turn the key on your jewels today,And the wealth of your tendril-like tresses Braid ...
The Countersign (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Alas! the weary hours pass slow, The night is very dark and still;And in the marshes far below ...
For Christmas Day In The Morning (Anonymous Americas Poems)
The first Nowell the Angel did say Was to three poor Shepherds in the fields as they lay; ...
To My Son (Anonymous Americas Poems)
MY son, at last the fateful day has come For us to part. The hours have nearly run.May God ...
The Rose-Bush (Anonymous Americas Poems)
There was a rose-bush in a garden growing,Its tender leaves unfolding day by day;The sun looked-on, and his down-goingLeft it ...
The Ghost of Goshen (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Through Goshen Hollow, where hemlocks grow, Where rushing rills, with flash and flow, Are over the rough rocks falling; Where ...
Two Pictures (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Two pictures hung on the dingy wallof a grand old Florentine hall-One was a child of beauty rareWith a cherub ...
Missing (Anonymous Americas Poems)
In the cool, sweet hush of a wooded nook, Where the May buds sprinkle the green old mound,And the ...
Dan’s Wife (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Up in early morning light,Sweeping, dusting, "setting right,"Oiling all the household springs,Sewing buttons, tying strings,Telling Bridget what to do,Mending rips ...
The Sermon in the Stocking (Anonymous Americas Poems)
The supper is over, the hearth is swept,And in the wood-fire's glowThe children cluster to hear a taleOf that time ...
Knitting Socks (Anonymous Americas Poems)
CLICK, click! how the needles goThrough the busy fingers, to and fro--With no bright colors of berlin wool,Delicate hands today ...
Ode to Joy (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Wild and fearful in his cavernHid the naked troglodyte,And the homeless nomad wanderedLaying waste the fertile plain.Menacing with spear and ...
The “Coming Man” (Anonymous Americas Poems)
A pair of very chubby legsEncased in scarlet hose;A pair of little stubby bootsWith rather doubtful toes;A little kilt, a ...
Seafarer (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Bright plates and pannikinsTo sail the seas around,And a new donkey's breakfastFor the outward bound! Shanghaied in San FranciscoWe brought ...
Cleburne (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Another ray of light hath fled, another Southern braveHath fallen in his country's cause and found a laureled grave—Hath fallen, ...
The Bottom Drawer (Anonymous Americas Poems)
In the best chamber of the house,Shut up in dim, uncertain light,There stood an antique chest of drawers,Of foreign wood, ...
Midnight Special (Anonymous Americas Poems)
If you evah go to Houston, You better walk right; You better not gamble ...
The Barefooted Boys (Anonymous Americas Poems)
I. By the sword of St. Michael The old dragon through;By David his sling ...
The Vicksburg Jail (Anonymous Americas Poems)
O, when the poar pris'ner is put in the jaile,he is put in a cell and his doors are all ...
One Day’s Command (Anonymous Americas Poems)
The plumed staff officer gallops Along the swaying line,That shakes as, beaten by hailstones, Shakes the loaded autumn vine;And the ...
Hurrah For The Light Artillery! (Anonymous Americas Poems)
On the unstained sward of the gentle slope, Full of valor and nerved by hope, The infantry sways like a ...
The Joy of Incompleteness (Anonymous Americas Poems)
If all our life were one broad glareOf sunlight, clear, unclouded;If all our path were smooth and fair,By no soft ...
Encore (Anonymous Americas Poems)
The singer stood in a blaze of light,And fronted the flowery throng; Her lips parted with her greeting smile,Her soul ...
In Snow-Time (Anonymous Americas Poems)
How should I chose to walk the world with thee,Mine own beloved? When green grass is stirredBy summer breezes, and ...
On To Victory (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Children of the glorious dead,Who for freedom fought and bled,With her banner o'er you spread,On to victory.Not for stern ambition's ...
Fling Out The Anti Slavery Flag (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Fling out the Anti-slavery flagOn every swelling breeze;And let its folds wave o'er the land,And o'er the raging seas,Till all ...
I Am An Abolitionist (Anonymous Americas Poems)
I am an Abolitionist!I glory in the name:Though now by Slavery's minions hiss'd And covered o'er with shame,It is a ...
Freedom’s Star (Anonymous Americas Poems)
As I strayed from my cot at the close of the day,I turned my fond gaze to the sky;I beheld ...