The City Streets (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
A CITY of Palaces! Yes, that's true: a city of palaces built for trade;Look down this street-what a splendid view ...
A CITY of Palaces! Yes, that's true: a city of palaces built for trade;Look down this street-what a splendid view ...
IN the far time of Earth's sweet maiden beauty,When Morning hung with rapture on her breast;When every sentient life paid ...
IN the depths of the silent wood the temple of Friendship stood,Like a dream of snow-white stone, or a vestal ...
"HE is false to the heart!" she said, stern-lipped; "he is all untruth;He promises fair as a tree in blossom, ...
MAJESTIC warder by the Nation's gate,Spike-crowned, flame-armed like Agony or Glory,Holding the tablets of some unknown law,With gesture eloquent and ...
To toil all day and lie worn-out at night;To rise for all the years to slave and sleep,And breed new ...
Chicago, October 9,1871.GAUNT in the midst of the prairie,She who was once so fair;Charred and rent are her garments,Heavy and ...
THEY came in the early spring-days,With the first refreshing showersAnd I watched the growing beautyOf the little drooping flowers.They had ...
DO not praise: a smile is payment more than meet for what is done;Who shall paint the mote's glad raiment ...
I START! I have slept for a moment;I have dreamt, sitting here by her chair-Oh, how lonely! What was it ...
I am Liberty--God's daughter! My symbols--a law and a torch; Not a sword to threaten slaughter, Nor a flame to dazzle or scorch; But ...
"What is the real good?"I asked in musing mood.Order, said the law court;Knowledge, said the school;Truth, said the wise man;Pleasure, ...
"What is the real good?"I ask in a musing mood."Order," said the law court;"Knowledge," said the school;"Truth," said the wise ...
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