Herod’s Slaughter Of The Babes (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
It was a decree of Herod,Caused mothers to run wild;He sent soldiers from his palaceTo kill each young male child.To ...
James Ephraim McGirt Poems on Birds (8 Poems)
A Balm For Weary Minds (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
What a balm for the mind the joyous spring,What fragrant nectar its breezes bring;How the babbling brook and the birds ...
A Song Of Love (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
A song I sing a blessing so divine,Which all can feel yet no one can define;It comes like hallowed glory ...
A Mystery (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
I do not know the ocean's song,Or what the brooklets say;At eve I sit and listen long,I cannot learn their ...
The Spirit Of The Oak (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
The spirit of the oak am I,With head uplifted to the sky,Though hail and storm beat in my face,Through weal ...
The Girl And The Birds (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
A little girl, with tender hands,Went with the birds to play;The little birds, with golden wings,So swiftly flew away."Pray leave ...
The End Of Day (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
The day her dusty journey's run;The laborers fill the homeward path;The world, worn out by toil and sun,In dewy mist ...
Winter (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
Oh! the winter's coming,Leaves are getting brown,Hickory nuts and acornsFalling to the groundPumpkins getting yellow,Persimmons getting ripe,Opossum 'gin to fattenAnd ...