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 ...
WE were down in the Indian Ocean, after sperm, and three years out;The last six months in the tropics, and ...
I OFTEN, musing, wander back to days long since gone by,And far-off scenes and long-lost forms arise to fancy's eye.A ...
'TWAS a dismal winter's evening, fast without came down the snow,But within, the cheerful fire cast a ruddy, genial glowO'er ...
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 ...
NATHAN BEANS and William Lambert were two wild New England boys,Known from infancy to revel only in forbidden joys.Many a ...
A West Australian Bushman's StoryWell, mate, you've asked about a fellowYou met to-day, in a black-and-yellowChain-gang suit, with a peddler's ...
A TALE OF THE PENAL COLONY OF WEST AUSTRALIA."I'LL have it, I tell you! Curse you!-there!"The long knife glittered, was ...
LONG time ago, from Amsterdam a vessel sailed away,-As fair a ship as ever flung aside the laughing spray.Upon the ...
THE STORY OF AN ARCTIC NIP.AY, ay, I'll tell you, shipmates,If you care to hear the tale,How myself and the ...
A CITY of Palaces! Yes, that's true: a city of palaces built for trade;Look down this street-what a splendid view ...
IT is sweet to rejoice for a day,-For a day that is reached at last!It is well for wanderers in ...
LASHED to the planet, glaring at the sky,An eagle at his heart-the Pagan Christ!Why is it, Mystery? O, dumb Darkness, ...
I.IN the old Rabbinical stories,So old they might well be true,-The sacred tales of the Talmud,That David and Solomon knew,-There ...
St. Patrick's DayI.WHAT a onion of hearts is the love of a motherWhen races of men in her name unite!For ...
DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD.ONCE in a lifetime, we may see the veilTremble and lift, that hides symbolic things;The Spirit's vision, ...
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 ...
The Steamer " Atlantic " Was Wrecked Near Halifax, N. S., April1, 1873, And 560 Lives Lost.FOR months and years, ...
AS grains from chaff, I sift these worldly rules,Kernels of wisdom, from the husks of schools:I.Benevolence befits the wisest mind;But ...
THUNDER our thanks to her-guns, hearts and lips!Cheer from the ranks to her,Shout from the banks to her-Mayflower! Foremost and ...
"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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