Rachel (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
'Twas sunset in Jerusalem; the lightStill lingered on the city's walls, and crownedMount Olivet with splendor, while below,Among the trees ...
John Lawson Stoddard Poems on Place (18 Poems)
Discouragement (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
"Forward, comrades, ever forward"!Shout the leaders in the fight;"Scale the ramparts! Plant the standardOn the citadel of light!"Break the chains ...
Leo (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
I made a journey o'er the sea,I bade my faithful dog good-bye,I knew that he would grieve for me,But did ...
Star Drift (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
The glaring sun hath ceased to shine;The solemn stars invade the sky;Again the welcome night is mine,Wherein to view the ...
Fallen (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
My country! by our fathers rearedAs champion of the world's opprest;Whose moral force the tyrant feared;Whose flag all struggling freemen ...
The Farewell Of The Old Guard At Fontainebleau, 1814 (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Stately court of Fontainebleau,Nine and ninety years agoOn thy spacious esplanade,Ranged in formal dress parade,Stood the Emperor's grenadiersWith their bronzed ...
Life’s Trilogy (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
_Youth_ dreams of all the years shall hold,--Of poems writ, of battles won,Of statues made, of love, of gold,And honors, ...
At Lenno (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
By Lake Como's sylvan shore, Where the wavelets evermoreSeem to rhythmically murmur of the classic days of yore, Cease, O boatman, now ...
To The Venus Of Melos (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
O goddess of that Grecian isle Whose shores the blue Aegean laves,Whose cliffs repeat with answering smile Their features in its sun-kissed ...
To The Sphinx (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
O sleepless Sphinx! Thy sadly patient eyes,Forever gazing o'er the shifting sands,Have watched Earth's countless dynasties arise,Stalk forth like spectres waving ...
The Pagan Past (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
What sylvan god was worshipped here?What nymph once made this grove her home,And bathed within its fountain clear,When Caesar ruled ...
Mysteries (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Bound to the earth in its headlong flight,Whence and whither we do not know,Cleaving the awful void of nightWith frost ...
To The “Ring Nebula” (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
O pallid spectre of the midnight skies,Whose phantom features in the dome of NightElude the keenest gaze of wistful eyes,Till ...
Out Of the Ranks (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
From the bitter fight I have made my wayTo the peaceful crest of a lonely hill,But the noise and heat ...
My Lost Friends (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
One by one they have slipped from Earth,And vanished into the depths of space,And I, beside my lonely hearth,Find none ...
Autonomy (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Stand forth, my soul, and take thine own!Though all should blame thee, have no fear!Self-poised and steadfast, dare aloneThy self-elected ...
Mesalliance (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
With gentle manners, winsome face,And forehead fit to wear a crown,How brilliant might have been her place,Had she not mated ...
The Mountains Of Meran At Sunrise (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Like snow-white tents, their tapering forms Indent the western sky:The jewelled gifts of countless storms Upon their summits lie.The sinking moon, with ...