The Johnstown Disaster, 1889 (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Look down, ye Alleghenies, into the Conemaugh vale,And see the rising waters, and hear the bitter wail;The swollen streams now ...
Look down, ye Alleghenies, into the Conemaugh vale,And see the rising waters, and hear the bitter wail;The swollen streams now ...
Up to Dunbar our Cromwell went,Not to invade was his intent;But they who first King Charles soldNow turn their backs ...
The Shah Jehan sat with his much-loved wife, The Empress Mahal, one hot summer day,In a cool arbor far from courtly ...
The hills are clad in purple and in gold, The ripened maize is gathered in the shock,The frost has kissed the ...
Five hundred years have nearly passed away Since that glad morn, when o'er fair Bethl'hem's plainA light resplendent as the glow ...
The armies met on Marston Moor,'Midst lightning's flash and thunder's roar;As murky clouds sweep o'er the sky,God's cannonade with man's ...
Father of Universal Man, Where'er in this wide world he roam,Not known to thee by kith or clan, Nor height, nor breadth ...
A Prize Birthday Poem, 1885.We do not sing of vast domain-- Empires as vast as ours are seen,And o'er their millions ...
A stately church by pious hands erected long ago,Was found to lack a vesper bell, by which the poor might ...
I know in part, but know not all, The part I know is known;What know I not I hope with Paul To ...
'Tis said, long since an angel came to earth, Sent by his Lord, to help with loving handA suffering one, afflicted ...
As the caged eagle neared the mountain range, O'er which he oft had soared on pinions strong,He clapped his wings, moved ...
"Thank God, we have kept the flag floating."-- General White.Some men, like French, display much dash; They boldly rush upon the ...
This world is but the shadow Of the world that is to be,A ripple on the surface Of a deep, unfathomed sea.God's ...
A grand stairway do these clouds appearAs they heavenward rise, tier upon tier,With clearly-marked space of blue between,Compared with which ...
We strolled down by the river side, My sister Nell and I,To watch the waters onward glide, And vessels passing by.On Nature's ...
The waters of the Big Bear creek Glide slowly on their way;The western lakes they surely seek, Which they will reach some ...
The words we speak on the empty air,Are never lost, but recorded there;The process we may not comprehend,Nor how the ...
O harass not a driven leaf, Nor stubble dry in wrath pursue;A life so brief load not with grief, Nor with thine ...
From God's all bounteous hand descend Rare gifts in rich effusion,And with those gifts no poisons blend, Nor is their end delusion;So ...
Somewhere in the realms supernal Is a home prepared for me,Where my joys shall be eternal, And my spirit ever free; Mortal vision ...
Every flower that decks the way,Whether it be dun or gay,Fills a place in God's great plan,Serving Him, while pleasing ...
The air is chill with the frost of doubt, And men's hearts are sadly failing;They do not hear the great Victor's ...
O God, I am ashamed to die, But not the least afraid;Tho' death's dark shadow draweth nigh, Atonement has been madeFor every ...
The highest goal is not success, If that be made the aim;But faithfulness, tho' counted less,Is what God promises to bless: These ...
Some flowers are brighter far in hue Than others by their side,But God baptizes all with dew, And spreads His mantle wideTo ...
Man is like God in miniature, When he is at his best;His motives and impulses pure, His heart and will at rest;No ...
Every tear that dims the eye, Or bedews the careworn cheek,Will our God, who reigns on high, With a hand so kind ...
The gem is not this ode itself;Hardly can it aspire so high.Earth has its gems; but all its wealth,Increased by ...
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