The Sea-Gull (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
The Legend Of The Pictured Rocks Of Lake Superior. OjibwayIn the measure of HiawathaOn the shore of Gitchee Gumee--Deep, mysterious, ...
Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems on Courage (29 Poems)
The Feast Of The Virgins – The Feast Of The Virgins (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
The sun sails high in his azure realms;Beneath the arch of the breezy elmsThe feast is spread by the murmuring ...
The Feast Of The Virgins – The Giant’s Dance (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
The night-sun sails in his gold canoe,The spirits walk in the realms of airWith their glowing faces and flaming hair,And ...
Mrs. McNair (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Mrs. McNair Was tall and fair; Mrs. McNair was slim;She had flashing black eyes and raven hair;But a very remarkably modest air;And ...
Winona – In Camp (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
With sable wings wide o'er the land night sprinkles the dew of the heavens;And hard by the dark river's strand, in the ...
Winona – Famine (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Waziya_ came down from the North-- from the land of perpetual winter.From his frost-covered beard issued forth the sharp-biting, shrill-whistling North-wind;At the ...
Winona – Winona And Ta-Te-Psin (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
'Tis the moon of the sere, falling leaves. From the heads of the maples the west-windPlucks the red-and-gold plumage and grieves on ...
New Year’s Address-January 1, 1866 (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Good morning--good morning--a happy new year!We greet you, kind friends of the old _Pioneer_;Hope your coffee is good and your ...
Winona – Winona’s Warning (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
'Twas sunrise; the spirits of mist trailed their white robes on dewy savannas,And the flowers raised their heads to be kissed by ...
The Legend Of The Falls (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
On the Spirit-Island sitting under midnight's misty moon,Lo I see the spirits flitting o'er the waters one by one!Slumber wraps the ...
Winona – The Wakan-Wacepee, Or Sacred Dance (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Lo the lights in the _"Teepee-Wakan!"_ 'tis the night of the _Wakan Wacepee_.Round and round walks the chief of the clan, as ...
Daniel (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Down into the darkness at last, Daniel,--down into the darkness at last;Laid in ...
Wesselenyi (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
A HUNGARIAN TALEWhen madly raged religious war O'er all the Magyar landAnd royal archer and hussar Met foemen hand to hand,A princess ...
Gettysburg: Charge Of The First Minnesota (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
[Written for and read at the Camp Fire of the G.A.R. Department ofMinnesota, National Encampment of the Grand Army of ...
Winona – Death Of Winona (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Down the broad _Ha-Ha Wak-pa_ the band took their way to the Games at _Keoza_While the swift-footed hunters by land ran the ...
Winona – Duluth’s Departure (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
To bid the brave White Chief adieu, on the shady shore gathered the warriors;His glad boatmen manned the canoe, and the oars ...
The Feast Of The Virgins – The Game Of Ball (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Clear was the sky as a silver shield;The bright sun blazed on the frozen field.On ice-bound river and white-robed prairieThe ...
Prelude – The Mississippi (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Onward rolls the Royal River, proudly sweeping to the sea,Dark and deep and grand, forever wrapt in myth and mystery.Lo ...
Winona Death Of TaTe-Psin (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
The long winter wanes. On the wings of the spring come the geese and the mallards;On the bare oak the red-robin ...
Charge Of Fremont’s Body-Guard (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
On they ride--on they ride--Only three hundred,--Ride the brave Body-Guard,From the "Prairie Scouts" sundered:Two thousand riflemen,Ambushed on either side,The signal ...
Pauline – Part I – Introduction (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Fair morning sat upon the mountain-top,Night skulking crept into the mountain-chasm.The silent ships slept in the silent bay;One broad blue ...
Mauley (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
THE BRAVE FERRY-MAN[NOTE.--The great Sioux massacre in Minnesota commenced at the Agencyvillage, on the Minnesota River, early in the morning ...
Night Thoughts (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
I tumble and toss on my pillow, As a ship without rudder or sparsIs tumbled and tossed on the billow, 'Neath the ...
Charge Of “The Black-Horse” (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Our columns are broken, defeated, and fled;We are gathered, a few from the flying and dead,Where ...
The Old Flag (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Have ye heard of Fort Donelson's desperate fight,Where the giant Northwest bared his arm for the right,Where thousands so bravely ...
Dust To Dust (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Dust to dust:Fall and perish love and lust: Life is one brief autumn day; Sin and sorrow haunt the way To the narrow ...
The Minstrel (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
"What hear I at the gateway ringing?What bard upon the ...
Grierson’s Raid (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Mount to horse--mount to horse; Forward, Battalion!Gallop the gallant force; Down with Rebellion!Over hill, creek and plain Clatter the fearless--Dash away--splash away-- Led by ...
Hurrah For Volunteers (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Come then, brave men, from the Land of Lakes With steady steps and cheers;Our country calls, as the battle breaks, On the ...