The Portrait (John Pierpont Poems)
Why does the eye, with greater pleasure, restOn the proud oak, in vernal honors drest,When sultry gales, that to his ...
John Pierpont Poems on Fairness (13 Poems)
My Child (John Pierpont Poems)
I cannot make him dead! His fair sunshiny head Is ever bounding round my study-chair; Yet, when my eyes, now ...
“Passing Away” — A Dream (John Pierpont Poems)
Was it the chime of a tiny bell,That came so sweet to my dreaming ear,—Like the silvery tones of a ...
The Washingtonia (John Pierpont Poems)
Come join the Washingtonians,Ye young men bold and strong,And with a proud and cheerful zeal,Come, help the cause along.O that ...
Hymns and Odes for Temperance Occasions I (John Pierpont Poems)
Wake! wake! friends of your kind!There's a Demon, a Demon, abroad!Ye'll scent him in every breath of the wind;—Around him ...
For The Album of Miss E. L. B– (John Pierpont Poems)
Is there, in all the skies, a starThat envies not the Queen of Heaven,As nightly, on her silver car,Through their ...
Song For A Cold Water Army (John Pierpont Poems)
Shall e'er cold water be forgot,When we sit down to dine?O no, my friends, for is it notPour'd out by ...
Hymns and Odes for Temperance Occasions V (John Pierpont Poems)
In Eden's green retreats,A water-brook,—that playedBetween soft, mossy seats,Beneath a plane-tree's shade,Whose rustling leavesDanced o'er its brink,—Was Adam's drink,And also ...
Hymns and Odes for Temperance Occasions VII (John Pierpont Poems)
We sing the praise of Water;Come, every son and daughterOf Freedom's land!With such a theme before us,With God's great shield ...
Come Sign The Vow! (John Pierpont Poems)
Come, sign the Temperance pledge,Thou on life's tottering edge,Come sign the vow!What though thy hair be gray,Languid thy pulses play,Give ...
A Health To Dear Woman (John Pierpont Poems)
A health to dear woman! she bids us untwineFrom the cup it encircles the fast-clinging vine:But her cheek in its ...
Hymns For Dedication X (John Pierpont Poems)
On this stone, now laid with prayer,Let thy church rise, strong and fair;Ever, Lord, thy name be known,Where we 've ...
The Drunkard’s Home Made Sweet (John Pierpont Poems)
The drunkard's home shall soon be sweetIf he will but abstain;With needful comforts, all replete,To soothe each minor pain.The cheering ...