Kapiolani (John Oxenham Poems)
Where the great green combers break in thunder on the barrier reefs,--Where, unceasing, sounds the mighty diapason of the deep,--Ringed ...
John Oxenham Poems on Love (20 Poems)
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 ...
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 Ballad of Lost Souls (John Oxenham Poems)
With the thirty pieces of silver,They bought the Potter's Field;For none would have the blood-moneyAnd the interest it might yield.The ...
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 ...
Sark (John Oxenham Poems)
Pearl Iridescent! Pearl of the sea!Shimmering, glimmering Pearl of the sea! White in the sun-flecked Silver Sea, White in the moon-decked Silver ...
The Passing Of The Queen (John Oxenham Poems)
_Hark! The drums! Muffled drums!The long low ruffle of the drums_!--And every head is bowed,In the vast expectant crowd,As the ...
God Is Good (John Oxenham Poems)
I faced a future all unknown,No opening could I see,I heard without the night wind moan,The ways were dark to ...
His Mercy Endureth For Ever (John Oxenham Poems)
Our feet have wandered, wandered far and wide,-- _His mercy endureth for ever_!From that strait path in which the Master died,-- _His ...
The Word That Was Left Unsaid (John Oxenham Poems)
"A red rose for my helmet,And a word before we part!The rose shall be my oriflammeThe word shall fill my ...
Don’t Worry (John Oxenham Poems)
Just do your best,And leave the restTo Him who gave youLife,--And Zeal for Labour,--And the Joy of Strife,--And Zest of ...
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 ...
Gadara, A.D. 31 (John Oxenham Poems)
Rabbi, begone! Thy powersBring loss to us and ours.Our ways are not as Thine.Thou lovest men, we--swine.Oh, get you hence, ...
E.A. Nov. 6, 1900 (John Oxenham Poems)
Bright stars of Faith and Hope, her eyes Shall shine for us through all the years. For all her life was Love, ...
The Prince Of Life (John Oxenham Poems)
O, Prince of Life, Thy Life hath tunedAll life to sweeter, loftier grace!Life's common rounds have wider boundsSince Thou hast ...
The Long Road (John Oxenham Poems)
Long the road, Till Love came down it!Dark the life, Till Love did crown it!Dark the life, And long the road,Till Love came To ...
In Christ there is No East Or West (John Oxenham Poems)
In Christ there is no East or West, In Him no South or North,But one great Fellowship of Love Throughout the whole ...
Treasure-Trove (John Oxenham Poems)
Lord Christ, let me but hold Thy handAnd all the rest may go.For nothing is, but only seems,And life is ...
The Little Poem Of Life (John Oxenham Poems)
I;-- Thou;-- We;-- They;--Small words, but mighty.In their spanAre bound the life and hopes of man.For, first, his thoughts of his own self ...