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 ...
I.To me by early mornCame memories of Old Ireland by the sea,The tenderest and sweetest that there be,Wherein the songs ...
Victory! cry of all cries after battle,Victory! only cry worthy of breath,Lifting the soul up and thrilling the heart strings,Shaking ...
Clouds black with thunder o'er the Southern states;North, East and West a sickening fear;The Union on the dark laps of ...
So that's what you call good news for me,Young Janet who loves me so?For your poor blind grandmother sitting hereWhile ...
It's the flag of France! the flag of France, I see!Life to it! Health to it! fold on fold,With the ...
"Oh, wasn't he hard on poor sinners this mornin'?And his voice, begor! was no silver-tone fluteWhen he gave us," said ...
"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 ...
Can we add to his glory whose praise is ours?Can we rate him anew in the lists of fame?Shall our ...
I.Shall we sing of grand Old Glory,With its flowing stripes and stars?Shall we tell its homely story,Or its battle fame ...
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 ...
Goddess, slow-born of the ages Liberty, light-giving soul!Raised, looking seaward, gigantic in sheen of bronze,What dost thou see in the ...
The topmost glory of a race is boundWithin the gleaming virtues of its sons.Not by its carven gold shall it ...
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 ...
"O wizard, canst tell if my lover is true,For he is aivay, away?""This chalice, maid, hold where the light streams ...
Princess of the Morning Light,Lean sparkling from thy throne of mist,The valley roses wait thee to be kissed.The jasmine stills ...
Watcher on the hills of morn: what signs dost thou espy:A flag upon a fortress and a glory in the ...
Love's message has no word:Scarce the crimson bow has stirred,Yet we capture all love's raptureIn a draught of warm delight,And ...
Your deep sweet eyes have thrilled me,Beside the mountain streams,Your mellow voice has filled meWith happy, sunlit dreams.What matter how ...
Of all sweet fervors that we mortals meet,Give me the swift, deep moments that entranceWhen beauty passes on her gleaming ...
If the haven could be but knownWhereto my thoughts adriftNow float.If the heaven could but be shownWhereto mine eyes I ...
Three steps between the milestones of our years,Yea, scarce a heartbeat in the Larger TimeThat shrinks our cycles to a ...
Ah, little things that grow to make life grievous,Vain little things the frown, the quick word said,Thy sly-curled lip poor ...
In the extremity of love's deep doleI cried for help unto my soul:"Why may another hold from me the mateWho ...
As under the spell of the sunset skiesWe ask, Shall the morrow be fair?So ever I ask of thy gracious ...
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