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 ...
Good morning--good morning--a happy new year!We greet you, kind friends of the old _Pioneer_;Hope your coffee is good and your ...
I had rather write one word upon the rockOf ages than ten thousand in the sand.The rock of ages! lo ...
Once Satan and a monk went on a "drunk,"And Satan struck a bargain with the monk,Whereby the Devil's crew was ...
[Written for and read at the Camp Fire of the G.A.R. Department ofMinnesota, National Encampment of the Grand Army of ...
The day of truth is dawning. I beholdO'er darksome hills the trailing robes of goldAnd silent footsteps of the gladsome ...
Call me not back, O cold and crafty world:I scorn your thankless thanks and hollow praise.Wiser than seer or scientist--contentTo ...
The long winter wanes. On the wings of the spring come the geese and the mallards;On the bare oak the red-robin ...
I am growing old and weary Ere yet my locks are gray;Before me lies eternity, Behind me--but a day.How fast the years ...
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 ...
Change is the order of the universe.Worlds wax and wane; suns die and stars are born.Two atoms of cosmic dust ...
Float in the winds of heaven, O tattered Flag!Emblem of hope to all the misruled world:Thy ...
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 ...
Where is the minstrel's Father-land? Where the sparks of noble spirits flew, Where flowery wreaths for beauty ...
Father, our thanks are due to thee For many a blessing given,By thy paternal love and care, From the bounty-horn of heaven.We ...
Frail are the best of us, brothers-- God's charity cover us all--Yet we ask for perfection in others, And scoff when they ...
O Mollie, I would I possessed such a heart; It enchants me--so gentle and true;I would I possessed all its magical ...
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