“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 ...
When the French soldier from the field returned, Begrimed with smoke and blood, he felt content,As from Napoleon he this fact ...
The waters of the Big Bear creek Glide slowly on their way;The western lakes they surely seek, Which they will reach some ...
'Tis well to have a goal in mind, A life-aim, high and true;Clear as the day, and well defined, And ever kept ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
I would not cherish a wish or thought Displeasing, Lord, to Thee;Thy will is good, and with wisdom fraught, And that suffices ...
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 winter through I lay asleep, Unconscious and unseen;The howling winds disturbed me not, Nor felt the frost tho' keen.Thick blankets covered ...
In gentle showers the rain descends, And softly falls the dew.The dewdrop with the raindrop blends;The tiny stream they form then ...
Upon the "table-rock" I stand, And gaze into the depths profound,In Ecstasy at sights so grand, And deafened by the soundOf rushing ...
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 ...
The air is chill with the frost of doubt, And men's hearts are sadly failing;They do not hear the great Victor's ...
Exquisite mosses, so lovely and green,Covering the rocks with emerald sheen;Hiding the scars which convulsions have made;Blessing the mound where ...
O God, I am ashamed to die, But not the least afraid;Tho' death's dark shadow draweth nigh, Atonement has been madeFor every ...
O Thou Eternal One, look down Upon an erring child of earth;Thy handiwork with knowledge crown, Or life will seem of little ...
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 highest goal is not success, If that be made the aim;But faithfulness, tho' counted less,Is what God promises to bless: These ...
The grandest theme for tongue, or pen, Is not the heavens supernal;Nor mighty deeds of God-like men, Though they may be eternal;Nor ...
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