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 ...
In boundless mercy, the Redeemer left,The bosom of his Father, and assumedA servant's form, though he had reigned a king,In ...
Once upon a midnight chilling, as I held my feet unwillingO'er a tub of scalding water, at a heat of ...
Tis a cheerless, lonesome eveningWhen the soaking, sodden groundWill not echo to the footfallof the sentinel's dull round.God's blue star-spangled ...
God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ our Saviour Was born upon ...
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 ...
Was it a lie that they told me,Was it a pitiless hoax?A sop for my soul and its longingOnly to ...
Two pictures hung on the dingy wallof a grand old Florentine hall-One was a child of beauty rareWith a cherub ...
Is it parting with the roundnessOf the smoothly moulded cheek?Is it losing from the dimplesHalf the flashing joy they speak?Is ...
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 ...
I wish I were where Helen lies; Night and day on me she cries; Oh that I were ...
I wear a splendid uniform;I ride a splendid nag;I talk both loud and valiantlyOf Honor and the Flag;But let the ...
I am a poor tiler in simple array, And get a poor living, but eightpence a day, ...
To go or not to go, that is the question:Whether it pays best to suffer pesteringBy idle ...
Who are the men that clamor mostAgainst the war, its cause and cost,And who Jeff Davis sometimes toast? The Copperheads.Who, ...
Why stands she near the auction stand,That girl so young and fair;What brings her to this dismal place,Why stands she ...
I wish I was that little bird,Up in the bright blue sky,That sings and flies just where he will,And no ...
No one can know the potential,Of a life that is committed to win;With courage - the challenge it faces,To achieve ...
What mean ye that ye bruise and bindMy people, saith the Lord,And starve your craving brother's mind,Who asks to hear ...
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