Hymns and Odes for Temperance Occasions XIV: The Drunkard’s Funeral (John Pierpont Poems)
There was, some eighteen years or more ago,A young man, a parishioner of mine,Whose name was Willard. There are Willards ...
John Pierpont Poems on Fathers (31 Poems)
A Sunday Night At Sea (John Pierpont Poems)
How sadly hath this Sabbath day,O God, been spent by me,Cribbed close beneath a narrow deck,Washed by the frequent sea,An ...
My Father, Mother, Brothers, Sisters (John Pierpont Poems)
They are all gone, but one.—A daughter and a sonWere, from my parents, early taken away;And my own childhood's joyWas ...
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 ...
Hymns and Odes IV [The Pilgrim Fathers] (John Pierpont Poems)
The Pilgrim Fathers,—where are they?—The waves that brought them o'erStill roll in the bay, and throw their sprayAs they break ...
Hymns and Odes for Charity Occasions VIII (John Pierpont Poems)
Shall that old chamber be forgot,Where first the light divineShone on our infant Sunday School,So pleasant, but lang syne?'T was ...
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 ...
Hymns and Odes for Charity Occasions III (John Pierpont Poems)
To the Emerald Isle, where our kindred are dwelling,And where the remains of our forefathers sleep,Our eyes turn to-day, with ...
Hymns For Dedication XI (John Pierpont Poems)
Knowledge and Virtue! sister powers,Who guard and grace a Christian state,Better than bulwarks, walls, or towers,To you this hall we ...
A Sister’s Thoughts Over A Brother’s Grave (John Pierpont Poems)
He sleeps in peace! Death's cold eclipseHis radiant eyes hath shrouded o'er,And slander's poison, from the lipsOf woman, on his ...
The Old Oaken Bucket (John Pierpont Poems)
How dear to my heart are the days of my childhood,When fond recollection presents to my viewThe orchard, the meadow, ...
T ‘is But A Drop (John Pierpont Poems)
'Tis but a drop" the father said,And gave it to his son;But little did he think a workOf death was ...
Hymns and Odes for Charity Occasions IV (John Pierpont Poems)
The fatherless and widow, Lord,Find hope and comfort in this word,Which in thy Holy Book they see,—"Leave all thy fatherless ...
Fourth of July Ode (John Pierpont Poems)
With patriotic glee,Columbia's jubileeOnce more we hail:Let nothing damp our joys—The Temp'rance pledge destroysThe last foe that annoys.—Quail, monster, quail!To ...
Hymns For Dedication III (John Pierpont Poems)
When thy Son, O God, was sleeping,In death's rocky prison bound,When his faithful ones were weeping,And the guards were watching ...
Hymns and Odes for Charity Occasions II (John Pierpont Poems)
Mighty One, whose name is holy,Thou wilt save thy work alive;And the spirit of the lowlyThou wilt visit and revive.What ...
Hymn For The First of August (John Pierpont Poems)
Where Britannia's emerald islesGem the Caribbean sea,And an endless summer smiles,Lo! the negro thrall is free!Yet not on Columbia's plains,Hath ...
Hymns For Dedication VII (John Pierpont Poems)
The winds and waves were roaring;The Pilgrims met for prayer;And here, their God adoring,They stood, in open air.When breaking day ...
Plymouth Dedication Hymn (John Pierpont Poems)
The winds and waves were roaring;The Pilgrims met for prayer;And here, their God adoring,They stood, in open air.When breaking day ...
Hymns and Odes V (John Pierpont Poems)
O, is not this a holy spot!'T is the high place of Freedom's birth!God of our fathers! is it notThe ...
Hymn of the Emancipation (John Pierpont Poems)
Before thy throne we boast the nameOf Freemen:—God, thy frown is just.Immortals, break your bonds of shame!Arise, inebriates, from the ...
Hymns For Dedication II (John Pierpont Poems)
With trump, and pipe, and viol chords,And song, the full assembly bringsIts tribute to the Lord of lords,Its homage to ...
The Father’s Reformation (John Pierpont Poems)
Father spare that cup,Thy daughter's feelings spareIt stirs thy passions up,And fills me with despair.Husband! spare that glass,It breaks my ...
Hymns and Odes for Temperance Occasions XII (John Pierpont Poems)
Source of being, Holy Father,With the day's returning light,Round our board with thanks we gather,For the mercies of the night:Mercies ...
The Garden of Gethsemane (John Pierpont Poems)
O'er Kedron's stream, and Salem's height.And Olivet's brown steep,Moves the majestic queen of night,And throws from heaven her silver light,And ...
Hymns for Communion III (John Pierpont Poems)
"O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me;nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou ...
Hymns and Odes for Charity Occasions VII (John Pierpont Poems)
Father of lights! we bless each rayShot from thy throne to lead the blind;With song we hail the holy dayThat's ...
New Year’s Hymn (John Pierpont Poems)
We praise thee—if one rescued soul,While the past year prolonged its flight,Turned shuddering, from the poisonous bowl,To health, and liberty, ...
Hymns for Communion VIII (John Pierpont Poems)
Our Father! we approach thy board,As children, that would be forgiven;Remembering him, thy Son, who pouredHis blood, to seal our ...
Drinking Song (John Pierpont Poems)
Drink, friends, drink deep—the moon is high;Drink, and forget your care—The sultry summer suns are nigh—Drink, and your strength repair;The ...