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, ...
When the frost-king clothed the forests In a flood of gorgeous dyes, Death called little dark-browed Martha ...
In the liquid vault of ether hung the starry gems of light, Blazing with unwonted splendor on the ebon ...
ON REMOVING FROM HER NATIVE VILLAGE. The golden rays of sunset fall on a snow-clad hill, As standing ...
Methinks I hear those tuneful chimes, Borne on the breath of morn, Proclaiming to the silent world ...
From Rome's palaces and villas Gaily issued forth a throng; From her humbler habitations Moved a human tide along. Haughty ...
I hied me to the ocean-side; Its waves rolled bright and high; Upon its waters, spreading wide, ...
Twas a night of dreadful horror, — Death was sweeping through the land; And the wings of dark destruction Were ...
She leaned her head upon her hand And heard the King's decree — "My lords are feasting in my halls; ...
Say not the age is hard and cold—I think it brave and grand;When men of diverse sects and creedsAre clasping ...
Maceo dead! a thrill of sorrow Through our hearts in sadness ran When we felt in one sad hour That ...
List I to the hurried beatings Of my heart; How its quickened, loud repeatings ...
For me a dimness slowly creepsAround earth's fairest light,But heaven grows clearer to my view,And fairer to my sight.It may ...
Rogers, will not future story Tell thy glorious fame? And in hues of living glory ...
I had a dream, a varied dream:Before my ravished sightThe city of my Lord arose,With all its love and light.The ...
IT shall flash through coming ages; It shall light the distant years; And eyes now dim with sorrow ...
A rock, for ages, stern and high, Stood frowning 'gainst the earth and sky, And never bowed his haughty crest ...
Two little children sit by my side, I call them Lily and Daffodil; I gaze on them with a mother's ...
We may sigh o'er the heavy burdens Of the black, the brown and white; But if we all clasped hands ...
They shall see Him in the crimson flush Of morning's early light, In the drapery of sunset, Around the couch ...
Out in the cold mid the dreary night,Under the eaves of homes so bright:Snowflakes falling o'er mother's graveWill no one ...
Do you see this grain of sandLying loosely in my hand?Do you know to me it broughtJust a simple loving ...
The dying words of Goethe."Light! more light! the shadows deepen, And my life is ebbing low, Throw the windows widely ...
We would see Jesus; earth is grand,Flowing out from her Creator's hand.Like one who tracks his steps with light,His footsteps ...
Build me a house, said the Master, "But not on the shifting sand, Mid the wreck and roar of tempests, ...
The prison-house in which I live Is falling to decay, But God renews my spirit's strength, Within these walls of ...
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