The Amber Whale: A Harpooneer’s Story (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
WE were down in the Indian Ocean, after sperm, and three years out;The last six months in the tropics, and ...
John Boyle O Reilly Poems on Education (32 Poems)
The Pilgrim’s Fathers (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
ONE righteous word for Law-the common will;One living truth of Faith-God regnant still;One primal test of Freedom-all combined;One sacred Revolution-change ...
America (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
NOR War nor Peace, forever, old and young,But Strength my theme, whose song is yet unsung,The People's Strength, the deep ...
Haunted By Tigers (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
NATHAN BEANS and William Lambert were two wild New England boys,Known from infancy to revel only in forbidden joys.Many a ...
Crispus Attucks (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
Negro Patriot-Killed In Boston, March 5,!770.WHERE shall we seek for a hero, and where shall we find a story?Our laurels ...
A Nation’s Test (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
I.A NATION'S greatness lies in men, not acres;One master-mind is worth a million hands.No royal robes have marked the planet-shakers,But ...
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 ...
The Three Queens (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
IN the far time of Earth's sweet maiden beauty,When Morning hung with rapture on her breast;When every sentient life paid ...
Prometheus-Christ (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
LASHED to the planet, glaring at the sky,An eagle at his heart-the Pagan Christ!Why is it, Mystery? O, dumb Darkness, ...
The Unhappy One (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
"HE is false to the heart!" she said, stern-lipped; "he is all untruth;He promises fair as a tree in blossom, ...
Liberty Lighting The World (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
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 ...
Wendell Phillips (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
WHAT shall we mourn? For the prostrate tree that sheltered the young green wood?For the fallen cliff that fronted the ...
Macarius The Monk (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
IN the old days, while yet the Church was young,And men believed that praise of God was sungIn curbing self ...
Erin (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
"Come, sing a new song to her here while we listen!"They cry to her sons who sing;And one sings: " ...
An Old Vagabond (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
HE was old and alone, and he sat on a stone to rest for awhile from the road:His beard was ...
Bone And Sinew And Brain (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
YE white-maned waves of the Western Sea,That ride and roll to the strand,Ye strong-winged birds, never forced a-leeBy the gales ...
Star-Gazing (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
LET be what is: why should we strive and wrestleWith awkward skill against a subtle doubt?Or pin a mystery 'neath ...
The Press Evangel (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
GOD'S order, "Light!" when all was void and darkBrought mornless noon, a flame without a spark.A gift unearned, that none ...
In Bohemia (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
I'D rather live in Bohemia than in any other land;For only there are the values true,And the laurels gathered in ...
The Wonderful Country (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
THERE once was a time when, as old songs prove it,The earth was not round, but an endless plain;The sea ...
A Message Of Peace (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
THERE once was a pirate, greedy and bold,Who ravaged for gain, and saved the spoils;Till his coffers were bursting with ...
Wheat Grains (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
AS grains from chaff, I sift these worldly rules,Kernels of wisdom, from the husks of schools:I.Benevolence befits the wisest mind;But ...
Ensign Epps, The Color-Bearer (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
ENSIGN EPPS, at the battle of Flanders,Sowed a seed of glory and dutyThat flowers and flames in height and beautyLike ...
The Fame Of The City (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
A GREAT rich city of power and pride,With streets full of traders, and ships on the tide;With rich men and ...
Vignettes (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
"AND Smith has made money?""O, no; that's a myth:Smith never made moneyBut money made Smith!"_______________A sculptor is Deming-a great man, ...
Her Refrain (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
Do you love me?" she said, when the skies were blue,And we walked where the stream through the branches glistened;And ...
Two Lives (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
TWO youths from a village set out togetherTo seek their fortune the wide world through;One cried, "Hurra for the autumn ...
The Useless Ones (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
Poets should not reason:Let them sing!Argument is treason -Bells should ring.Statements none, nor questions;Gnomic words.Spirit-cries, suggestions,Like the birds.He may use ...
Love, And Be Wise (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
NOT on the word aloneLet love depend;Neither by actions doneChoose ye the friend.Let the slow years fly-These are the test;Never ...
What Is Good (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
"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, ...