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, ...
In the liquid vault of ether hung the starry gems of light, Blazing with unwonted splendor on the ebon ...
Methinks I hear those tuneful chimes, Borne on the breath of morn, Proclaiming to the silent world ...
Say not the age is hard and cold—I think it brave and grand;When men of diverse sects and creedsAre clasping ...
You can sigh o'er the sad-eyed Armenian Who weeps in her desolate home. You can mourn o'er the exile of ...
Men of Cleveland, had a vultureSought a timid dove for preyWould you not, with human pity, Drive the gory bird ...
Out in the cold mid the dreary night,Under the eaves of homes so bright:Snowflakes falling o'er mother's graveWill no one ...
The dying words of Goethe."Light! more light! the shadows deepen, And my life is ebbing low, Throw the windows widely ...
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