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 Prayers (10 Poems)
Livingstone The Builder (John Oxenham Poems)
_With a will! With a will! With a will and surely! Without fail, Drive each nail, Build we so, securely_!The Pioneer,--the Undaunted One,Worn with long ...
Thank God For Peace! (John Oxenham Poems)
_Thank God for Peace_!Up to the sombre skyRolled one great thankful sigh,Rolled one great gladsome cry--The soul's deliverance of a ...
For the Men at the Front (John Oxenham Poems)
LORD GOD OF HOSTS, whose mighty handDominion holds on sea and land,In Peace and War Thy Will we seeShaping the ...
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, ...
Everymaid (John Oxenham Poems)
King's Daughter!Wouldst thou be all fair,Without--within--Peerless and beautiful,A very Queen?Know then:--Not as men build unto the Silent One,--With clang and ...
Better And Best (John Oxenham Poems)
Better in bitterest agony to lie,Before Thy throne,Than through much increase to be lifted up on high,And stand alone.Better by ...
Whirring Wheels (John Oxenham Poems)
Lord, when on my bed I lie,Sleepless, unto Thee I'll cry;When my brain works overmuch,Stay the wheels with Thy soft ...
“I Will!” (John Oxenham Poems)
Say once again Thy sweet "I will!" In answer to my prayers."Lord, if Thou wilt!"-- --"I will! Rise up above thy cares!" (John ...
Bolt That Door! (John Oxenham Poems)
Each sin has its door of entrance.Keep--that--door--closed!Bolt it tight!Just outside, the wild beast crouchesIn the night.Pin the bolt with a ...