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 (131 Poems)
Oswald, The Minnesinger (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
A Legend of Schloss Forst, near MeranPROLOGUEOswald von Wolkenstein, the Last of the Minnesingers, loved a beautifulwoman, named Sabina, who ...
Orient To Occident, 1906 (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
You thought me sunk in lethargy, too deeply drugged with sleepTo notice how your armored fleets kept creeping o'er the ...
Japan,–Old And New (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
The son of a Japanese lord am I,--A Prince of the olden time;My hair is white, though black as nightIn ...
Rome Revisited (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
O sovereign Rome, still mistress of the heart,As of the world in thy majestic prime,Grand in thy ruins, peerless in ...
The Kiss To The Flag (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Ta ra! Boom boom! A regiment is coming down the street;From every side an eager throng is hurrying to greetFrom ...
Tripoli (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Hear the singing on the boats,As they halt beside the pier!Ah, those fresh Italian throats, How they cheer!Yet the words they ...
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 ...
My Garden (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Sweet garden, wreathed in fruits and flowers,And domed by blue Tyrolean skies,Within thy rose-encircled bowers,Secluded from all curious eyes,I find ...
A Story Of The Sea (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Were you ever told the legend oldOf the birth of storms at sea?You should hear the tale in a Channel ...
The Old Carrier (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
("Old Lucia", who for many years walked back and forth, every day and inall weathers, between Azzano and Menaggio, a ...
Youth And Age (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
"I will gain a fortune," the young man cried;"For Gold by the world is deified;Hence, whether the means be foul ...
Isola Comacina (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
(The only Island on Lake Como, the Lake Larius of the Romans)There sleeps beneath Italian skiesA lovely island rich in ...
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 ...
Bird Slaughter (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Poor, little bird! the chase is ended;No longer hast thou cause for fear;Within these walls thou art befriended;No sportsmen can ...
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 Waif (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
I sit in my luxurious chair;Soft rugs caress my slippered feet;Within, a balmy, summer air;Without, a wintry storm of sleet.A ...
On The Palentine (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
I tread the vast deserted stageWhereon the Caesars lived and died;The relics of Rome's golden ageLie strewn about me far ...
Point Balbianello (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
From Lake Como's depths ascending,With embankments steepStands a wooded headland, bendingWith majestic sweepTill its rugged shores, expanding,Join two charming bays,Now, ...
The Butterfly (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
I watched to-day a butterfly,With gorgeous wings of golden sheen,Flit lightly 'neath a sapphire skyAmid the springtime's tender green;--A creature ...
The Silver Herons (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Within a home for captive beastsWhose world had dwindled to a cage,I noted in their mournful eyesSuch resignation, fear, and ...
The Postern Gate (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
I chose me a lovely garden,Beneath whose ivied wallA lake's blue wavelets murmurAs evening shadows fall,--A garden, whose leafy windowsFrame ...
My Library (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Shrine of my mind, my Library!Each morn I greet thee with delight,When, soul-refreshed, I bring to theeThe benediction of the ...
In A Columbarium (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
The autumn sun still bravely streamsAlong the tomb-girt Appian Way,And warms the heart of one who dreamsOf all its splendor ...
Before A Statue Of Buddha (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
O Buddha, of the mystic smileAnd downcast, dreamful eyes,To whom unnumbered sacred shrinesAnd gilded statues rise,Whose fanes are filled with ...
My “Promenade Solitaire” (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
Up and down in my garden fair,Under the trellis where grapes will bloom,With the breath of violets in the air,As ...
Reincarnation (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
I know not how, I know not where,But from my own heart's mystic loreI feel that I have breathed this ...
The Iron Crown (John Lawson Stoddard Poems)
On the classic shore of Como,'Neath a headland steep and bold,Which, though leaden at the dawning,In the sunset turns to ...
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 ...