Uncle Ned’s Tale: An Old Dragoon’s Story (John Boyle O Reilly Poems)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
LONG time ago, from Amsterdam a vessel sailed away,-As fair a ship as ever flung aside the laughing spray.Upon the ...
Negro Patriot-Killed In Boston, March 5,!770.WHERE shall we seek for a hero, and where shall we find a story?Our laurels ...
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 ...
I.TEAR down the crape from the column! Let the shaft stand white and fair!Be silent the wailing music-there is no ...
DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD.ONCE in a lifetime, we may see the veilTremble and lift, that hides symbolic things;The Spirit's vision, ...
HOW did he live, this dead man here,With the temple above his grave?He lived as a great one, from cradle ...
HE was old and alone, and he sat on a stone to rest for awhile from the road:His beard was ...
On the 5th of January,!878, three of the Irish political prisoners, who had been confined since!866, were set at liberty. ...
WISE men use days as husbandmen use bees,And steal rich drops from every pregnant hour;Others, like wasps on blossomed apple-trees,Find ...
NOW, for the faith that is in ye,Polander, Sclav, and Kelt!Prove to the world what the lips have hurledThe hearts ...
FOR every sin that comes before the light,And leaves an outward blemish on the soul,How many, darker, cower out of ...
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 ...
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