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 Mind (21 Poems)
To A Friend (John Pierpont Poems)
Friend of my dark and solitary hour,When spectres walk abroad, and ghosts have power,To thee I look to dissipate the ...
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 ...
“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 ...
Lydia (John Pierpont Poems)
I saw her mother's eye of loveAs gently on her rest,As falls the light of evening's sunUpon a lily's breast.And ...
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 ...
Awake, Awake, Take The Pledge (John Pierpont Poems)
Awake! awake! and take the pledge,Without a fear or doubt!'T will weave around your heart a hedge,To keep the demon ...
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 ...
Hymns and Odes for Temperance Occasions VI (John Pierpont Poems)
Dash to the floor that bowl!Dare not its sweets to sip!There's peril to the soul,If once it touch the lip.Why ...
Water!–Oh! Water For Me (John Pierpont Poems)
Oh! water for me—bright water for me!And wine for the tremulous debauchee!It cooleth the brow, it cooleth the brain,It maketh ...
Hymns For Dedication VI (John Pierpont Poems)
Thou, who on the whirlwind ridest,At whose word the thunder roars,Who, in majesty, presidestO'er the oceans and their shores;From those ...
For The Album of Miss Mary G. M– (John Pierpont Poems)
Mary, never on these pagesLet there be a single line,Be it beau's, or bard's, or sage's,That shall aught unholy speak,Or ...
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 and Odes for Charity Occasions IX (John Pierpont Poems)
Spirit of Wisdom and of Power!The works of Egypt's mightiest hour,—The pyramid and vaulted tomb,—The peerless fane of David's son,The ...
Hymns and Odes for Temperance Occasions IV (John Pierpont Poems)
How long, O God, how longMust thy pure eyes beholdThis fair world blasted by the wrong,Man does to man for ...
Farewell The Bowl (John Pierpont Poems)
Farewell to the cup, we have tarried too long,Where the juice of the grape adds its witch'ry to song.And the ...
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, ...