A Rainy Day (Hattie Howard Poems)
Oh, what a blessed interval A rainy day may be! No lightning flash nor tempest roar, But one incessant, steady pour Of dripping melody; When ...
Hattie Howard Poems on Life (23 Poems)
Holiday Home. (Hattie Howard Poems)
Of all the sweet visions that come unto me Of happy refreshment by land or by sea, Like oases where in life's ...
Bushnell Park (Hattie Howard Poems)
Sweet resting place! that long hath been A boon Elysian 'mid the din Of city life, 'mid city smoke; Where weary ones who ...
Honest John (Hattie Howard Poems)
He was a man whose lot was cast, As some might think, in lines severe; In humble toil whose life was passed From ...
Never Had A Chance (Hattie Howard Poems)
Fresh from piano, school, and books, A happy girl with rosy looks Young Plowman wooed and won; despite Her pretty, pouting prejudice, Her deep ...
On Bancroft Height (Hattie Howard Poems)
On Bancroft height Aurora's face Shines brighter than a star, As stepping forth in dewy grace, The gates of day unbar; And lo! the ...
The Sangamon River (Hattie Howard Poems)
O sunny Sangamon! thy name to me, Soft-syllabled like some sweet melody, Familiar is since adolescent years As household phrases ringing in my ...
The Student Gone (Hattie Howard Poems)
So soon he fell, the world will never know What possibilities within him lay, What hopes irradiated his young life, With high ambition ...
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 ...
The Summer House (Hattie Howard Poems)
Midway upon the lawn it stands, So picturesque and pretty; Upreared by patient artist hands, Admired of all the city; The very arbor of ...
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 ...
The Subway (Hattie Howard Poems)
Oh, who in creation would fail to descend That wonderful hole in the ground?-- That, feeling its way like a hypocrite-friend In sinuous ...
Sorrow And Joy (Hattie Howard Poems)
In sad procession borne away To sound of funeral knell, Affection's tribute thus we pay, And in earth's shelt'ring bosom lay The friend to ...
Rutha (Hattie Howard Poems)
The days are long and lonely, The weary eve comes on, And the nights are filled with dreaming Of one beloved and gone. I ...
Mount Vernon (Hattie Howard Poems)
Subdued and sad, I trod the place Where he, the hero, lived and died; Where, long-entombed beneath the shade By willow bough and ...
Be not Anxious (Hattie Howard Poems)
Of all the precepts in the Book By word of inspiration given, That bear the import, tone, and look Of messages direct from ...
Thy Will Be Done (Hattie Howard Poems)
Sometimes the silver cord of life Is loosed at one brief stroke; As when the elements at strife, With Nature's wild contentions rife, Uproot ...
Syringas (Hattie Howard Poems)
The smallest flower beside my path, In loveliness of bloom, Some element of comfort hath To rid my heart of gloom; But these, of ...
The Beauty Of Nature (Hattie Howard Poems)
Oh bud and leaf and blossom, How beautiful they are! Than last year's vernal season 'Tis lovelier by far; This earth was never so ...
Bermuda (Hattie Howard Poems)
O charming blossom of the sea Atlantic waters bosomed in! Abiding-place of gayety, Elysian bower of "Cora Linn," The sprightly, lively _debiteuse_ Recounting all she ...
Christmas-Tide (Hattie Howard Poems)
Let working-clothes be laid aside, And Industry in festal garb arrayed; Let busy brain and hand from toil and trade Relax at Christmas-tide. As ...
The Needed One (Hattie Howard Poems)
'Twas not rare versatility, Nor gift of poesy or art, Nor piquant, sparkling _jeux d'esprit_ Which at the call of fancy come, That touched ...
Perfect Character (Hattie Howard Poems)
He lives but half who never stood By the grave of one held dear, And out of the deep, dark loneliness Of a ...