Then and Now (Frances Ellen Watkins Poems)
Build me a nation, said the Lord. The distant nations heard the word, Build me a nation true and strong, ...
Build me a nation, said the Lord. The distant nations heard the word, Build me a nation true and strong, ...
He lifted up his pleading eyes, And scanned each cruel face, Where cold and brutal cowardice Had left its evil ...
Moses sought again the presence of the king:And Pharaoh's brow grew dark with wrath,And rising up in angry haste, he ...
From Rome's palaces and villas Gaily issued forth a throng; From her humbler habitations Moved a human tide along. Haughty ...
She leaned her head upon her hand And heard the King's decree — "My lords are feasting in my halls; ...
You can sigh o'er the sad-eyed Armenian Who weeps in her desolate home. You can mourn o'er the exile of ...
A rock, for ages, stern and high, Stood frowning 'gainst the earth and sky, And never bowed his haughty crest ...
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