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 ...
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 ...
"LOVE is the secret of the world," he said;"The cup we drain and still desire to drink.The loadstone hungers for ...
NOR War nor Peace, forever, old and young,But Strength my theme, whose song is yet unsung,The People's Strength, the deep ...
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 ...
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 ...
CAN the earth have a voice? Can the clods have speech,To murmur and rail at the demigods?Trample them! Grind their ...
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 ...
THERE is an old tradition sacred held in Wexford town,That says: "Upon St. Martin's Eve no net shall be let ...
HOW did he live, this dead man here,With the temple above his grave?He lived as a great one, from cradle ...
NEVER nobler was the Senate,Never grander the debate:Rome's old gods are on their trialBy the judges of the state!Torn by ...
"COME to me for wisdom," said the mountain;In the valley and the plainThere is Knowledge dimmed with sorrow in the ...
The Steamer " Atlantic " Was Wrecked Near Halifax, N. S., April1, 1873, And 560 Lives Lost.FOR months and years, ...
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 ...
THERE is no truth in faces, save in children:They laugh and frown and weep from nature's keys;But we who meet ...
WHAT man would be wise, let him drink of the riverThat bears on its bosom the record of timeA message ...
There may be standard weight for precious metal,But deeper meaning it must ever hold;Thank God, there are some things no ...
They brought them up from their huts in the fens, The woeful sufferers gaunt and grim;They flocked from the city's noisome ...
A GREAT rich city of power and pride,With streets full of traders, and ships on the tide;With rich men and ...
"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, ...
I am tired of planning and toilingIn the crowded hives of men;Heart-weary of building and spoiling,And spoiling and building again.And ...
IN the evergreen shade of an Austral wood,Where the long branches laced above,Through which all day it seemedThe sweet sunbeams ...
CLEAR and bright, from the snowy height,The joyous stream to the plain descended:Rich sands of gold were washed and rolledTo ...
I CARE not for the outer voiceThat deals out praise or blame;I could not with the world rejoiceNor bear its ...
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