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 ...
Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems on Gold (17 Poems)
Men (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Man is a creature of a thousand whims;The slave of hope and fear and circumstance.Through toil and martyrdom a million ...
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 – 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 ...
The Devil And The Monk (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Once Satan and a monk went on a "drunk,"And Satan struck a bargain with the monk,Whereby the Devil's crew was ...
Daniel (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Down into the darkness at last, Daniel,--down into the darkness at last;Laid in ...
The Reign Of Reason (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
The day of truth is dawning. I beholdO'er darksome hills the trailing robes of goldAnd silent footsteps of the gladsome ...
O Let Me Dream The Dreams Of Long Ago (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Call me not back, O cold and crafty world:I scorn your thankless thanks and hollow praise.Wiser than seer or scientist--contentTo ...
Change (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Change is the order of the universe.Worlds wax and wane; suns die and stars are born.Two atoms of cosmic dust ...
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 ...
Spring (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Delightful harbinger of joys to come, Of summer's verdure and a fruitful year,Who bids thee o'er our northern snow-fields roam, And make ...
Christmas Eve (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
From church and chapel and dome and tower, Near--far and everywhere,The merry bells chime loud and clear Upon the frosty air.All down ...
The Minstrel (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
"What hear I at the gateway ringing?What bard upon the ...
The Draft (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
Old Father Abe has issued his "Call"For Three Hundred Thousand more!By Jupiter, boys, he is after you all--Lamed and ...
My Heart’s On The Rhine (Hanford Lennox Gordon Poems)
My heart's on the Rhine--in the old Father-land;Where my cradle was rocked by a dear ...