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 ...
Horatio Alger Jr Poems (65 Poems)
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Pudding (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
A pudding! why yes, as I live, too, it's plum; So plain, Susan makes them on purpose for me I never refuse, ...
Rose In The Garden (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
Thirty years have come and gone, Melting away like Southern Snows,Since, in the light of a summer's night, I went to the ...
Phoebe’s Wooing (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
"Phoebe! Phoebe! Where is the chit? When I want her most she's out of the way.Child, you're running a long account Up, ...
The Merdle Origin (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
Now Merdle, en passant, I had known for a score Of years, when a dinner with Jones, Brown or Smith As good ...
John Maynard (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
'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 ...
Last Words (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
"DEAR Charlie," breathed a soldier, "O comrade true and tried,Who in the heat of battle Pressed closely to my side;I feel that ...
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of The Necessity Of Good Wine And Other Matters (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
So while we are eating the fruits of the vine, Don't let us forget such a health giving juice, As Champagne, or ...
Mrs. Merdle At Home (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
She Discourseth of Nothing to Eat and the Cost thereof. Why Merdle--why did you bring Dinewell to-day? So very, though welcome, so ...
The Lost Heart (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
One golden summer day, Along the forest-way,Young Colin passed with blithesome steps alert. His locks with careless grace Rimmed round his handsome faceAnd ...
St. Nicholas (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
In the far-off Polar seas,Far beyond the Hebrides,Where the icebergs, towering high,Seem to pierce the wintry sky,And the fur-clad EsquimauxGlides ...
My Castle (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
I have a beautiful castle, With towers and battlements fair; And many a banner, with gay device, Floats in the outer air. The walls ...
Barbara’s Courtship (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
'Tis just three months and eke a day,Since in the meadows, raking hay,On looking up I chanced to seeThe manor's ...
Out Of Egypt (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
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 ...
The Confession (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
I am glad that you have come, Arthur, from the dusty town;You must throw aside your cares, And relax your legal frown.Coke ...
The Castle (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
I have a beautiful castle, With towers and battlements fair;And many a banner, with gay device, Floats in the outer air.The walls ...
Bi-Centennia (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
From the door of the homestead the mother looks forth, With a glance half of hope, half of fear,For the clock ...
Friar Anselmo (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
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 ...
Things That Mortals Eat There (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
And what do you eat in the mess there compounded? For roast beef, the gravy the soap-man should claim-- The soup some ...
King Cotton (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
KING COTTON looks from his window Towards the westering sun,And he marks, with an anguished horror, That his race is almost run.His ...
The Price Of Victory (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
"A VICTORY! —a victory!" Is flashed across the wires;Speed, speed the news from State to State, Light up the signal fires!Let all ...
Little Charlie (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
A violet grew by the river-side, And gladdened all hearts with its bloom;While over the fields, on the scented air, It breathed ...
Where Is My Boy Tonight? (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
When the clouds in the Western sky Flush red with the setting sun,—When the veil of twilight falls, And the busy day ...
The Whippoorwill (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
IN the hushed hours of night, when the air quite still,I hear the strange cry of the lone whippoorwill,Who Chants, ...
Places Where Mortals Dine (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
The case, too, was urgent, for there stood a sinner, Whose fate hung on chance--a chance for his dinner; A chance for ...
He Moralizeth Upon What A Day May Bring Forth (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
"To-morrow!" who'll warrant to-morrow we'll see? Who'll care the next day or day after for dinner? Or what the next fashion of ...
Gone To The War (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
My Charlie has gone to the war, My Charlie so brave and tall;He left his plough in the furrow, And flew at ...
Song Of The Croaker (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
An old frog lived in a dismal swamp, In a dismal kind of way;And all that he did, whatever befell, Was to ...
He Discourseth Of The Wherefore Of Bachelorism (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
"What else do we live for in this world beside?" Alas! 't is the question of ten times a day, That comes ...
A Soldier’s Valentine (Horatio Alger Jr Poems)
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, ...