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 ...
Dear Canada, our native land, Our love for thee grows day by day;Our fathers left the olden strand, O'er sea and rapids ...
Beneath the surface of a shallow lake, Where grasses rank and mammoth rushes grow,And playful fish their bright fins nimbly shake, Or ...
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 ...
In the courts of truth tread softly, Though your tread be firm and bold;Your steps may awaken echoes, Resounding through years untold.The ...
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 ...
True laureate of the Anglo-Saxon race, Whose words have won the hearts of young and old;So free from cant, and yet ...
Two men, well versed in use of arms, Set out, 'tis said, in search of game.Each felt that hunting had its ...
'Tis said, long since an angel came to earth, Sent by his Lord, to help with loving handA suffering one, afflicted ...
When presses hard my load of care, And other friends from me depart,I want a friend my grief to share, With faithful ...
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"(Isaiah 33:16)Tossed about in strange commotionLike the surface of the oceanWhen the wind, its waters lashing,Sends ...
My old sweetheart is away to-day; I feel as I did of old,In my courting days, when far away I yearned for ...
O Thou, who art the source of joy and light, The great Revealer of the will Divine;Thyself Divine, all nature owns ...
"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 ...
My neighbor's farm and mine lie side by side,And nothing should our mutual trust divide;But they who made th' original ...
Perfection ever is the price of toil. Of marchings long, and hardships by the way, Of burdens borne, oft in the heat ...
A grand stairway do these clouds appearAs they heavenward rise, tier upon tier,With clearly-marked space of blue between,Compared with which ...
This lovely lily, so pure and white,Seems covered o'er with celestial light;As if it grew on the "Tree of Life,"And ...
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 ...
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