George Pope Morris Poems on War & Peace Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

Scene I.Discovered. The stage represents a large apartment without the usual side-entrances. On the left hand is a row of long, old-fashioned ...

In the upper circles Moves a famous manWho has had no equal Since the world began.He was once a broker Down by the ...

The music's done. Be quiet, Mr. Durie!Your bell and whistle put me in a fury!Don't ring up yet, sir--I've a word ...

Nay, Mr. Simpson!--'Tis not kind--polite--To shut me out, sir?--I'm in such a fright!--I can not speak the lines, I'm sure!--Oh, ...

Ho! brothers--come hither and list to my story-- Merry and brief will the narrative be.Here, like a monarch, I reign in ...

The pride of all our chivalry, The name of Worth will stand,While throbs the pulse of liberty Within his native land:The wreath ...

Hard by I've a cottage that stands near the wood--A stream glides in peace at the door--Where all who will ...

A monument to Washington? A tablet graven with his name?--Green be the mound it stands upon, And everlasting as his fame!His glory ...

In the ranks of Marion's band,Through morass and wooded land,Over beach of yellow sand, Mountain, plain, and valley,A southern maid, in ...

(Written upon the return of General Scott from his brilliant Mexican campaign.)Victorious the hero returns from the wars, His brow bound ...

While before St. Agnes' shrineKnelt a true knight's lady-love,From the wars of PalestineCame a gentle carrier-dove.Round his neck a Silken ...

Before the BattleThe clarion call of liberty Rings on the startled gales!The rising hills reverberate The rising of the vales!Through all the ...

The sword of the hero! The staff of the sage!Whose valor and wisdom Are stamped on the age!Time-hallowed mementos Of those who have ...

Our Order, like the ark of yore, Upon the raging sea was tossed;Secure amid the billow's roar, It moved, and nothing has ...

George Pope Morris Poems on War & Peace (14 Poems)