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 ...
John Oxenham Poems (88 Poems)
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 ...
What Can a Little Chap Do? (John Oxenham Poems)
What can a little chap doFor his country and for you?What CAN a little chap do?He can play a straight ...
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, ...
The Bells Of Stepan Iline (John Oxenham Poems)
Whisht, Baby! Whisht!Quick below the cover!Down into your nest, my bird!And--don't--you--dare--peep--over!For the grey wolves they are prowling,They are prowling, they ...
The Hungry Sea (John Oxenham Poems)
Down to the sea, the hungry sea, _O the sea is hungry ever_!Seeking food for the bairns and me,Seeking food in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bring Us The Light (John Oxenham Poems)
I hear a clear voice calling, calling,Calling out of the night,O, you who live in the Light of Life, Bring us ...
Quo Vadis? (John Oxenham Poems)
Peter, outworn,And menaced by the sword,Shook off the dust of Rome;And, as he fled,Met one, with eager face,Hastening cityward,And, to ...
India (John Oxenham Poems)
A land of lights and shadows intervolved,A land of blazing sun and blackest night,A fortress armed, and guarded jealously,With every ...
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 Shadow (John Oxenham Poems)
Shapeless and grim,A Shadow dimO'erhung the ways,And darkened all my days.And all who saw,With bated breath,Said, "It is Death!"And I, ...
Credo (John Oxenham Poems)
Not what, but WHOM, I do believe, That, in my darkest hour of need, Hath comfort that no mortal creed To mortal man ...
Philosopher’s Garden (John Oxenham Poems)
"_See this my garden, Large and fair_!"--Thus, to his friend,The Philosopher. "'_Tis not too long_,"His friend replied,With truth exact,-- "_Nor yet too wide. But ...
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 ...
Weavers All (John Oxenham Poems)
Warp and Woof and Tangle,-- _Weavers of Webs are we_.Living and dying--and mightier dead,For the shuttle, once sped, is sped--is sped;-- _Weavers ...
Shadows (John Oxenham Poems)
Shadows are but for the moment--Quickly past;And then the sun the brighter shinesThat it was overcast.For Light is Life!Gracious and ...
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 ...
The Golden Rose (John Oxenham Poems)
The Golden Rose is blowing still, Is growing still, is glowing still,In lonely vale, on lordly hill,The Golden Rose is glowing ...
The Golden Cord (John Oxenham Poems)
Through every minute of this day, Be with me, Lord!Through every day of all this week, Be with me, Lord!Through every week ...
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 ...
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 ...
Giant Circumstance (John Oxenham Poems)
Though every nerve be strainedTo fine accomplishment,Full oft the life fall spentBefore the prize is gained.And, in our discontentAt waste ...
Hearts In Exile (John Oxenham Poems)
O Exiled Hearts--for you, for you--Love still can find the way! _Hear the voices of the women on the road_!O Shadowed ...
Profit And Loss (John Oxenham Poems)
Profit?--Loss?Who shall declare this good--that ill?--When good and ill so intertwineBut to fulfil the vast designOf an Omniscient Will?--When seeming ...
Faith (John Oxenham Poems)
Lord, give me faith!--to live from day to day,With tranquil heart to do my simple part,And, with my hand in ...
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 ...