Grand’ther Baldwin’s Thanksgiving (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
Underneath protected branches, from the highway just aloof;Stands the house of Grand'ther Baldwin, with its gently sloping roof.Square of shape ...
Underneath protected branches, from the highway just aloof;Stands the house of Grand'ther Baldwin, with its gently sloping roof.Square of shape ...
'Twas on Lake Erie's broad expanse One bright midsummer day,The gallant steamer Ocean Queen Swept proudly on her way.Bright faces clustered on ...
"DEAR Charlie," breathed a soldier, "O comrade true and tried,Who in the heat of battle Pressed closely to my side;I feel that ...
To Egypt's king, who ruled beside The reedy river's flow,Came God's command, "Release, O king, And let my people go."The king's proud ...
From the door of the homestead the mother looks forth, With a glance half of hope, half of fear,For the clock ...
Friar Anselmo (God's grace may he win!)Committed one sad day a deadly sin;Which being done he drew back, self-abhorred,From the ...
KING COTTON looks from his window Towards the westering sun,And he marks, with an anguished horror, That his race is almost run.His ...
"A VICTORY! —a victory!" Is flashed across the wires;Speed, speed the news from State to State, Light up the signal fires!Let all ...
Just from the sentry's tramp (I must take it again at ten),I have laid my musket down, And seized instead my pen;For, ...
It is the year's high noon, The earth sweet incense yields, And o'er the fresh, green fieldsBends the clear sky of June.I ...
I sit in the shadow of apple-boughs, In the fragrant orchard close,And around me floats the scented air, With its wave-like tidal ...
There's a fountain of Fable whose magical power Time's ravages all could repair,And replace the bowed form and the tottering step, The ...
As we meet in thy name, Alma Mater, to-night, All our hearts and our hopes are as one,And love for the ...
This verdant field that smiles to Heaven In Nature's bright array,From common uses set apart, We consecrate to-day."God's Acre" be it fitly ...
Now heaven in mercy be kind to the wretches Who stay on the earth like this Mrs. Merdle! More wretched than ever ...
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