Dunbar (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Up to Dunbar our Cromwell went,Not to invade was his intent;But they who first King Charles soldNow turn their backs ...
Joseph Horatio Chant Poems on Life (27 Poems)
The Baptism Of Clovis (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Five hundred years have nearly passed away Since that glad morn, when o'er fair Bethl'hem's plainA light resplendent as the glow ...
Canada (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Dear Canada, our native land, Our love for thee grows day by day;Our fathers left the olden strand, O'er sea and rapids ...
Is There A Brighter World? (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Beneath the surface of a shallow lake, Where grasses rank and mammoth rushes grow,And playful fish their bright fins nimbly shake, Or ...
Father Of Universal Man (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
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 Merognostic (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
I know in part, but know not all, The part I know is known;What know I not I hope with Paul To ...
Friendship (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
When presses hard my load of care, And other friends from me depart,I want a friend my grief to share, With faithful ...
A Glimpse Of Heaven (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
As the caged eagle neared the mountain range, O'er which he oft had soared on pinions strong,He clapped his wings, moved ...
“He Shall Dwell On High” (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
"He Shall Dwell On High"(Isaiah 33:16)Tossed about in strange commotionLike the surface of the oceanWhen the wind, its waters lashing,Sends ...
My Old Sweetheart (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
My old sweetheart is away to-day; I feel as I did of old,In my courting days, when far away I yearned for ...
A World Redeemed (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
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 ...
The Water Lily (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
This lovely lily, so pure and white,Seems covered o'er with celestial light;As if it grew on the "Tree of Life,"And ...
My Sister Nell And I (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
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 ...
“I Was There” (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
When the French soldier from the field returned, Begrimed with smoke and blood, he felt content,As from Napoleon he this fact ...
Gather The Wayside Flowers (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
'Tis well to have a goal in mind, A life-aim, high and true;Clear as the day, and well defined, And ever kept ...
Memory (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Remembrance of the past will joy impart If in that past the conscience was supreme;But if the soul be made an ...
“Wilt Thou Harass A Driven Leaf?” (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
O harass not a driven leaf, Nor stubble dry in wrath pursue;A life so brief load not with grief, Nor with thine ...
The Copy (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Looking o'er this written page, Many blurs and blots are seen;Crooked strokes, at every stage-- Oh, that it again were clean,As at ...
The Heroes Of Our Day (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Heroic deeds in every age Command the world's esteem;Each finds a place in history's page, 'Midst gloom a glory beam.And we full ...
The Bud (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
The winter through I lay asleep, Unconscious and unseen;The howling winds disturbed me not, Nor felt the frost tho' keen.Thick blankets covered ...
The Real (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
The leaf is faded, and decayed the flower,The birds have ceased to sing in wayside bower,The babbling brook is silenced ...
God’s Order (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Every flower that decks the way,Whether it be dun or gay,Fills a place in God's great plan,Serving Him, while pleasing ...
“Ashamed But Not Afraid” (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
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 (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
The highest goal is not success, If that be made the aim;But faithfulness, tho' counted less,Is what God promises to bless: These ...
Life (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Our lives seem filled with things of little worth; A thousand petty cares arise each dayWhich bring our soaring thoughts from ...
“He Shall Wipe Away Every Tear” (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Every tear that dims the eye, Or bedews the careworn cheek,Will our God, who reigns on high, With a hand so kind ...
A True Man (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
With purpose strong to do or die, The race of life he ran,With love supreme to God on high, And equal love ...