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 Fire (20 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 ...
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 – 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 ...
Poetry (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
I had rather write one word upon the rockOf ages than ten thousand in the sand.The rock of ages! lo ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beyond (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
White-haired and hoary-bearded, who art thouThat speedest on, albeit bent with age,Even as a youth that followeth after dreams?Whence are ...
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 ...
The Tariff On Tin (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Monarch of Hannah's rocking-chair,With unclipped beard and unkempt hair,Sitting at ease by the kitchen fire, Nor heeding the wind and the ...
Address To The Flag (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Float in the winds of heaven, O tattered Flag!Emblem of hope to all the misruled world:Thy ...
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 ...
Fame (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Dust of the desert are thy walls And temple-towers, O Babylon!O'er crumbled halls the lizard crawls, And serpents bask in blaze of ...
Fido (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Hark, the storm is raging high; Beat the breakers on the coast,And the wintry waters cry Like the wailing of a ghost.On ...
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 ...
A Million More (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
The nation calls aloud again,For Freedom wounded writhes in pain.Gird on your armor, Northern men;Drop scythe and sickle, square ...