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 ...
Hattie Howard Poems on Mind (22 Poems)
A Fowl Affair (Hattie Howard Poems)
I hope I'm not too orthodox To give a joke away, That took me like the chicken-pox And left a debt to pay. Let ...
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 ...
The Taxidermist (Hattie Howard Poems)
From other men he stands apart, Wrapped in sublimity of thought Where futile fancies enter not; With starlike purpose pressing on Where Agassiz and ...
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 ...
Storm-Bound (Hattie Howard Poems)
My careful plans all storm-subdued, In disappointing solitude The weary hours began; And scarce I deemed when time had sped, Marked only by the ...
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 ...
Autumn-Time (Hattie Howard Poems)
Like music heard in mellow chime, The charm of her transforming time Upon my senses steals As softly as from sunny walls, In day's ...
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 ...
Revenge (Hattie Howard Poems)
Beside my window day and night, Its tendrils reaching left and right, A morning glory grew; With blossoms covered, pink and white And deep, ...
Snowflakes (Hattie Howard Poems)
Of specious weight like tissue freight The snowflakes are--in sparkle pure As the rich _parure_ A lovely queen were proud to wear; As volatile, ...
A Prisoner (Hattie Howard Poems)
Where I can see him all day long And hear his wild, spontaneous song, Before my window in his cage, A blithe canary ...
Of Her Who Died (Hattie Howard Poems)
We look up to the stars tonight, Idolatrous of them, And dream that Heaven is in sight, And each a ray of purest ...
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 ...
At General Grant’s Tomb (Hattie Howard Poems)
Afar my loyal spirit stirred At mention of his name; Afar in ringing notes I heard The clarion voice of fame; So to his ...
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 ...
Supplicating (Hattie Howard Poems)
One morn I looked across the way, And saw you fling your window wide To welcome in the breath of May In breezes ...
Sweet Peas (Hattie Howard Poems)
By helpful fingers taught to twine Around its trellis, grew A delicate and dainty vine; The bursting bud, its blossom sign, Inlaid with honeyed-dew. Developing ...
Margaret (Hattie Howard Poems)
I saw her for a moment, Her presence haunts me yet, In oft-recurring visions Of grace and gladness met That marked the sweet demeanor Of ...