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 Work & Career (8 Poems)
Livingstone’s Soliloquy (John Oxenham Poems)
"My heart to-dayIs strangely full of home!How is itWith the dear ones over there? Five years! Five long-drawn years! And one short moment ...
Macedonia, 1903 (John Oxenham Poems)
Devils' work!Devils' work, my masters! _Britain, your hands are red_!You may close your heart, but you cannot shirkThis terrible fact,--_We--kept--the--Turk_.His day ...
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 ...
They Come! (John Oxenham Poems)
From North and South, and East and West, They come!The sorely tried, the much oppressed,Their Faith and Love to manifest, They come!They ...
Nightfall (John Oxenham Poems)
Fold up the tent!The sun is in the West.To-morrow my untented soul will rangeAmong the blest. And I am well content, For ...
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 ...
After Work (John Oxenham Poems)
Lord, when Thou seest that my work is done,Let me not linger on,With failing powers,Adown the weary hours,--A workless worker ...