The Prodigal Son (James Weldon Johnson Poems)
Young man-Young man-Your arm's too short to box with God.But Jesus spake in a parable, and he said:A certain man ...
Young man-Young man-Your arm's too short to box with God.But Jesus spake in a parable, and he said:A certain man ...
O brothers mine, to-day we standWhere half a century sweeps our ken,Since God, through Lincoln's ready hand,Struck off our bonds ...
(A Funeral Sermon)Weep not, weep not,She is not dead;She's resting in the bosom of Jesus.Heart-broken husband--weep no more;Grief-stricken son--weep no ...
O Lord, we come this morningKnee-bowed and body-bentBefore Thy throne of grace.O Lord--this morning--Bow our hearts beneath our knees,And our ...
The hand of Fate cannot be stayed, The course of Fate cannot be steered, By all the gods that man has made, Nor ...
Lift ev'ry voice and sing,Till earth and heaven ring,Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;Let our rejoicing riseHigh as the list'ning ...
O Southland! O Southland!Have you not heard the call,The trumpet blown, the word made knownTo the nations, one and all?The ...
"She's built of steelFrom deck to keel,And bolted strong and tight;In scorn she'll sailThe fiercest gale,And pierce the darkest night."The ...
Are you bowed down in heart?Do you but hear the clashing discords and the din of life?Then come away, come ...
'Twas at early morning,The dawn was blushing in her purple bed,When in a sweet, embowered gardenShe, the fairest of the ...
Twenty years go by on noiseless feet, He returns, and once again they meet, She exclaims, "Good heavens! and is that he?" He ...
Weep not, weep not, She is not dead; She's resting in the bosom of Jesus. Heart-broken husband--weep no more; Grief-stricken ...
Lift ev'ry voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise ...
O Lord, we come this morning Knee-bowed and body-bent Before Thy throne of grace. O Lord--this morning-- Bow our hearts ...
And God stepped out on space, And he looked around and said: I'm lonely-- I'll make me a world. And ...
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