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 ...
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 stately church by pious hands erected long ago,Was found to lack a vesper bell, by which the poor might ...
Some men there are who stand so straight,So equipoised, that others' fateSeems to depend on their behest;And useless all our ...
I know in part, but know not all, The part I know is known;What know I not I hope with Paul To ...
The yeoman lays aside his soil-stained smock, And from his herd selects a trusty steed, And sallies forth to help in hour ...
Two men, well versed in use of arms, Set out, 'tis said, in search of game.Each felt that hunting had its ...
My old sweetheart is away to-day; I feel as I did of old,In my courting days, when far away I yearned for ...
"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 ...
Remembrance of the past will joy impart If in that past the conscience was supreme;But if the soul be made an ...
The words we speak on the empty air,Are never lost, but recorded there;The process we may not comprehend,Nor how the ...
Buttercups and daisies growing everywhere,In the field of clover, on the hillside fair,And in lovely valley, tilled with greatest care.Naught ...
O harass not a driven leaf, Nor stubble dry in wrath pursue;A life so brief load not with grief, Nor with thine ...
A painter, high in worldy fame, Was sought to reproduce by artA likeness of the man whose name Sent darts of anguish ...
Feathery frost on the window-pane,Who placed you there? "I cannot explain,"Each little feather at once replied;"But this I know, I'm ...
Doomed to decay are all things here; Whate'er their form or worth,Color and beauty disappear, Or turn to mother earth.The luscious fruits ...
I saw her first when she was old, Her form devoid of grace;Her locks that once were yellow gold Were white, and ...
Thy plan is best, though it may not agree With my conceptions of my needs and rights, And faith may fail to ...
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 battleship its anchor weighs, And belches forth its thunder;Its commodore all classes praise, And at his victories wonder;And well they may--for ...
Somewhere in the realms supernal Is a home prepared for me,Where my joys shall be eternal, And my spirit ever free; Mortal vision ...
The leaf is faded, and decayed the flower,The birds have ceased to sing in wayside bower,The babbling brook is silenced ...
Every flower that decks the way,Whether it be dun or gay,Fills a place in God's great plan,Serving Him, while pleasing ...
Exquisite mosses, so lovely and green,Covering the rocks with emerald sheen;Hiding the scars which convulsions have made;Blessing the mound where ...
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