Manhattan: An Ode (Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke Poems)
Here at thy broad sea gate,On the ultimate ocean wave,Where millions in hope have entered in,Joyous, elateA home and a ...
Here at thy broad sea gate,On the ultimate ocean wave,Where millions in hope have entered in,Joyous, elateA home and a ...
At winter dusk upon the hillside cold,While shivering trees made moan,Went Hojo Tokiyori all alone.Free of his Regent robes and ...
Shun! dress! shoulder a'ms!Fours right! Forward! March!That was how they kept us at it;Heads up stiff as starch.We were Virginia ...
On through the mist of the morning,On through the midday glare;A hard, rough ride by the Rosebud's side,Cutting swaths through ...
Victory! cry of all cries after battle,Victory! only cry worthy of breath,Lifting the soul up and thrilling the heart strings,Shaking ...
"Read out the names!" and Burke sat back, And Kelly drooped his head. While Shea--they call him Scholar Jack-- Went down the list ...
So that's what you call good news for me,Young Janet who loves me so?For your poor blind grandmother sitting hereWhile ...
Oh, wilt thou ne'er again, when fade the eves,Loved Cynthius, come soul-trembling to my joy,Till raptured stars shall steal out ...
Do you ever hear the blackbird in the thorn,Or the skylark rising warbling in the morn,With the white mists o ...
"Whoso kneels down upon Easter mornOn the Druids stone, and prays,Shall see Christ's face zvhen the day is bornIn the ...
With deep Amen are closed the funeral rites:The wreathing incense lingers on the air,A mist of sorrow and a floating ...
Thou didst write these words with thine own hand"Remind me early in MayOf my promise to be with our boys ...
Within the silver bowl beholdThe golden vintage of all friendly cheer,Fresh from the wine-press of our Merriewold,And not a drop ...
There in the garden of pleasure she lies,My fond Aphrodite, and weepsFor the lover who fled from the light of ...
A bride, sweet Lord, on this Easter morn!A pale, a breathless bride,Here waits thee, Christ of the Cross and Thorn,While ...
Shall we who meet and part to-nightRemember not our sires?Shall we forget their age-long fight,Their quenchless battle-fires?They handed us the ...
Mightiest type of the human,Praised be again and again,Broad-breasted mother of woman;Giant-limbed mother of men.Mother majestic and splendid,Mother of glories ...
In the midnight sky a wonder;A star in the east aglow,And mellowest voice thereunder,Christmas of long ago.With gaze upraised the ...
The rose is sweetly blushingAnd virgin lilies bloom,While Summer-winds are bearingTheir heaven-sent perfume,And blithe young birds are singingUpon the beechen ...
Princess of the Morning Light,Lean sparkling from thy throne of mist,The valley roses wait thee to be kissed.The jasmine stills ...
Oh, the pale-red twin wild rosesBy the path adown the dingle,Where the Summer's heart reposes,Where the witching wood-scents mingleWhere, for ...
Of all sweet fervors that we mortals meet,Give me the swift, deep moments that entranceWhen beauty passes on her gleaming ...
Oh if it be more meet to weep,Let flow my tears.Though ne'er so fain, so fain for sleepThrough weary years.The ...
Let there be light!And whereso'er the lamp rays fall,May sorrows fly like shadows, and thro allThy comings and thy goings ...
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