Uncle Ned’s Tales: How The Flag Was Saved (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
'TWAS a dismal winter's evening, fast without came down the snow,But within, the cheerful fire cast a ruddy, genial glowO'er ...
'TWAS a dismal winter's evening, fast without came down the snow,But within, the cheerful fire cast a ruddy, genial glowO'er ...
"LOVE is the secret of the world," he said;"The cup we drain and still desire to drink.The loadstone hungers for ...
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 ...
There are lonesome places upon the earthThat have never re-echoed a sound of mirth,Where the spirits abide that feast and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
AN INCIDENT OF THE FLOOD IN MASSACHUSETTS, ON MAY16,1874.NO song of a soldier riding downTo the raging fight from Winchester ...
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 ...
DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD.ONCE in a lifetime, we may see the veilTremble and lift, that hides symbolic things;The Spirit's vision, ...
IN the old days, while yet the Church was young,And men believed that praise of God was sungIn curbing self ...
"Come, sing a new song to her here while we listen!"They cry to her sons who sing;And one sings: " ...
HE was old and alone, and he sat on a stone to rest for awhile from the road:His beard was ...
The Steamer " Atlantic " Was Wrecked Near Halifax, N. S., April1, 1873, And 560 Lives Lost.FOR months and years, ...
THE day of Joseph's marriage unto Mary,In thoughful mood he said unto his wife,Behold, I go into a far-off countryTo ...
I KNEW it all my boyhood: in a lonesome valley meadow,Like a dryad's mirror hidden by the wood's dim arches ...
IT chanced to me upon a time to sailAcross the Southern Ocean to and fro;And, landing at fair isles, by ...
THERE are times when a dream deliciousSteals into a musing hour,Like a face with love capriciousThat peeps from a woodland ...
THE day and night are symbols of creation,And each has part in all that God has made;There is no ill ...
Oh! no! I would not love againE'en had I still the power given;I would not risk its pain and fearsE'en ...
I do not know the meaning of the sign,But bend before its power, as a reed bendsWhen the black tornado ...
CLEAR and bright, from the snowy height,The joyous stream to the plain descended:Rich sands of gold were washed and rolledTo ...
JOYS have three stages, Hoping, Having, and Had:The hands of Hope are empty, and the heart of Having is sad;For ...
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