All the Rage (Hattie Howard Poems)
A common wayside flower it grew, Unhandsome and unnoticed too, Except in deprecation That such an herb unreared by toil, Prolific cumberer of the ...
Hattie Howard Poems on Beauty (19 Poems)
Poor Housekeeping (Hattie Howard Poems)
If there is one gift that I prize above others, That tinges with brightness whatever I do, And gives to the sombre ...
The Little Clock (Hattie Howard Poems)
Kind friend, you do not know how much I prize this time-ly treasure, So dainty, diligent, and such A constant source of pleasure. The ...
A Leap Year Episode (Hattie Howard Poems)
Such oranges! so fresh and sweet, So large and lovely--and so cheap! They lay in one delicious heap, And added to the sumptuous ...
Thanksgiving (Hattie Howard Poems)
Nature, erewhile so marvelously lovely, is bereft Of her supernal charm; And with the few dead garlands of departed splendor left, Like crape ...
One of the Least of These (Hattie Howard Poems)
'Twas on a day of cold and sleet, A little nomad of the street With tattered garments, shoeless feet, And face with hunger ...
Indian Summer. (Hattie Howard Poems)
Is it not our bounden duty Harsh and bitter thoughts to quell, Wild, ambitions schemes repel, And to revel in the beauty Of this ...
Improvement. (Hattie Howard Poems)
Along the avenue I pass Huge piles of wood and stone, And glance at each amorphous mass, Whose cumbrous weight has crushed the ...
A Bit Of Gladness (Hattie Howard Poems)
As I near my lonely cottage, At the close of weary day, There's a little bit of gladness Comes to meet me on ...
Christmas At Church (Hattie Howard Poems)
'Twas drawing near the holiday, When piety and pity met In whisp'ring council, and agreed That Christmas time, in homes of need, Should be ...
Mysterious (Hattie Howard Poems)
The morning sun rose bright and fair Upon a lovely village where Prosperity abounded, And ceaseless hum of industry In lines of friendly rivalry From ...
Watch Hill (Hattie Howard Poems)
Fair summer home peninsula, Enriched by every breeze From fragrant islands, wafted far Across the sunny seas! A profile rare! a height of land Outlined ...
Be Courteous (Hattie Howard Poems)
Ah, yes; why not? Is one more adventitious born Than others--shekels richer, honors fuller, and all that-- That he can pass his ...
On The Common (Hattie Howard Poems)
We met on "Boston Common"-- Of course it was by chance-- A sudden, unexpected, But happy circumstance That gave the dull October day A beautiful, ...
To Die In Autumn (Hattie Howard Poems)
The melody of autumn Is the only tune I know, And I sing it over and over Because it thrills me so; It stirs ...
Two Roses (Hattie Howard Poems)
I've a friend beyond the ocean So regardful, so sincere, And he sends me in a letter Such a pretty souvenir. It is crushed ...
Like Summer (Hattie Howard Poems)
November? 'tis a summer's day! For tropic airs are blowing As soft as whispered roundelay From unseen lips that seem to say To feathered ...
Passer Le Temps (Hattie Howard Poems)
So _that's_ the way you pass your time! Indeed your charming, frank confession Betrays no sort of heinous crime, But marks a wonderful ...
Not Gone (Hattie Howard Poems)
They are not gone whose lives in beauty so unfolding Have left their own sweet impress everywhere; Like flowers, while we linger ...