A Little Te Deum Of The Commonplace (John Oxenham Poems)
_With hearts responsive And enfranchised eyes, We thank Thee, Lord,--_For all things beautiful, and good, and true;For things that seemed not good ...
John Oxenham Poems on Heaven (9 Poems)
Policeman X (John Oxenham Poems)
IF HE WOULD BUT DAREI stood, unseen, within a sumptous room,Where one clothed all in white sat silently.So sweet his ...
The Gate (John Oxenham Poems)
"A little child shall lead them."I trod an arduous way, but came at lastTo where the city walls rose fair ...
All’s Well! (John Oxenham Poems)
Is the pathway dark and dreary? God's in His heaven!Are you broken, heart-sick, weary? God's in His heaven!Dreariest roads shall have an ...
Tamate (John Oxenham Poems)
_Great-Heart is dead, they say_,-- Great-Heart the Teacher, Great-Heart the Joyous, Great-Heart the Fearless, Great-Heart the Martyr, Great-Heart of Sweet White Fire._Great-Heart is dead, they ...
Freemen (John Oxenham Poems)
Let no man stand between my God and me!I claim a Free man's rightOf intercourse direct with Him,Who gave me ...
The Potter (John Oxenham Poems)
A Potter, playing with his lump of clay,Fashioned an image of supremest worth. "_Never was nobler image made on earth, Than this ...
Life’s Chequer-Board (John Oxenham Poems)
"'Tis all a Chequer-Board of Nights and Days,Where Detiny with men for pieces plays,Hither and thither moves, and mates and ...
The Christ (John Oxenham Poems)
The good intent of God became the Christ.And lived on earth--the Living Love of God,That men might draw to closer ...