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 War & Peace (11 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 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 ...
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 ...
The Bells Of Ys (John Oxenham Poems)
When the Bells of Ys rang softly,--softly, _Soft--and sweet--and low_,Not a sound was heard in the old gray town,As the silvery ...
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 ...
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (John Oxenham Poems)
O God, within whose sightAll men have equal right To worship Thee.Break every bar that holdsThy flock in diverse folds!Thy Will ...
Bed-Rock (John Oxenham Poems)
I have been tried,Tried in the fire,And I say this,As the result of dire distress,And tribulation sore--That a man's happiness ...
God’s Handwriting (John Oxenham Poems)
He writes in characters too grandFor our short sight to understand;We catch but broken strokes, and tryTo fathom all the ...