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 ...
Joseph Horatio Chant Poems on Love (24 Poems)
The Taj Of Agra (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
The Shah Jehan sat with his much-loved wife, The Empress Mahal, one hot summer day,In a cool arbor far from courtly ...
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 ...
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 ...
“Others Save With Fear” (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Some men there are who stand so straight,So equipoised, that others' fateSeems to depend on their behest;And useless all our ...
The Moss Rose (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
'Tis said, long since an angel came to earth, Sent by his Lord, to help with loving handA suffering one, afflicted ...
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 ...
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 ...
Invocation (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
O Thou, who art the source of joy and light, The great Revealer of the will Divine;Thyself Divine, all nature owns ...
The Royal Way (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Perfection ever is the price of toil. Of marchings long, and hardships by the way, Of burdens borne, oft in the heat ...
The Clouds (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
A grand stairway do these clouds appearAs they heavenward rise, tier upon tier,With clearly-marked space of blue between,Compared with which ...
The Big Bear Creek (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
The waters of the Big Bear creek Glide slowly on their way;The western lakes they surely seek, Which they will reach some ...
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 ...
What Lasts? (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
The words we speak on the empty air,Are never lost, but recorded there;The process we may not comprehend,Nor how the ...
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 ...
Niagara’s Rainbow (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Upon the "table-rock" I stand, And gaze into the depths profound,In Ecstasy at sights so grand, And deafened by the soundOf rushing ...
Love Better Than Knowledge (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
O Thou Eternal One, look down Upon an erring child of earth;Thy handiwork with knowledge crown, Or life will seem of little ...
Brotherhood (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Is brotherhood to flesh confined? Is there no kinship of the soul?To have it thus, I am resigned, If 'tis my God-appointed ...
The Flowers (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Some flowers are brighter far in hue Than others by their side,But God baptizes all with dew, And spreads His mantle wideTo ...
A Suffering God (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Man is like God in miniature, When he is at his best;His motives and impulses pure, His heart and will at rest;No ...
Sonnet (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
Each human life with mysteries is replete; They press upon us in its early dawn, And multiply apace as years roll on,And ...
Mary (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
She brought her alabaster flask Well-filled with precious nard;Nor did she deem the act a task, Nor look for great reward;She only ...
True Love (Joseph Horatio Chant Poems)
He loves not much who loves not honor more; If men lack this then love must lack as well; If this possessed ...