My Ode And Three Sonnets (As First Published On The Coronation Of Queen Victoria, June 28, 1838) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.All joy to thee, my country, and my pride!Be the glad muse my patriot lay to guide; Suggest the thought, and ...
Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems on Fear (30 Poems)
Liberty – Equality – Fraternity! (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
LIBERTY Liberty! — Who shall be free?—The winds of the air, and the waves of the sea,And the beast in his ...
The New Home (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Pent the wynds and closes narrow, Breathing pestilential air,Crush'd beneath oppression's harrow, Faint with famine, bow'd with care,—Gaunt Affliction's sons and daughters! Why ...
Mercy To Animals (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O boys and men of British mould, With mother's milk within youA simple word for young and old, A word to warn ...
Cruelty (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Will none befriend that poor dumb brute, Will no man rescue him?--With weaker effort, gasping mute, He strains in every limb;Spare him, ...
Used Up (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Where shall be found the niche unfill'd,—A spot unclaim'd, a field untill'd?Who may secure a vacant spaceFairly to run and ...
A Dozen Ballads About White Slavery. II. The Factory Slave (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Pale, and shabby, and looking so ill, Hungry and cold and wet, On a winter's morning going to mill The factory-child I met:All ...
Post-Letters (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Lottery tickets every day,-- And ever drawn a blank:Yet none the less we pant and pray For prizes in that bank:Morn by ...
Balm (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Patience, yet one little hour,Pale, unloved, uncourted flower, Seeing not the sun;Patience,-- heart of depth and duty,Yearning for the smiles of ...
The Last Time (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Another year? another year! Who dare depend on other years?The judgment of this world is near, And all its children faint for ...
Anniversaries (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O places, and faces, and things that are past,O changes on changes that followed so fast,O life, full of care, ...
Harvest Hymns (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O nation, Christian nation, Lift high the hymn of praiseThe God of our Salvation Is love in all His ways:He blesseth us, ...
A Thought In A Thoroughfare (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Surging on in ceaseless shoalsThousands of immortal souls,Wave on wave of restless lifeCrested rough with selfish strife,—What a cavalcade comes ...
Bows And Rifles (A Song For Volunteers.) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
In days long ago, when old England was young,Her bows were the toughest that ever were strung,And fearless and frank ...
Never Mind! (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Soul, be strong, whate'er betide,God himself is guard and guide,—With my Father at my side, Never mind!Clouds and darkness hover near,Men's ...
Forty (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Ah, poor youth! in pitiful truth,Thy pride must feel a fall, poor youth!What thou shalt be well have I seen,--Thou ...
Warmth (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Writer, whosoe'er thou art,Speaker, on whatever theme,Write and speak from heart to heart,Truly being what you seem;Thoughts and words alone ...
Defence Not Defiance (A Rifle Song) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Nearer the muttering thunders roll, Blacker and heavier frowns the sky,—Yet our dauntless English soul Faces the storm with a steady eye;Hands ...
The Best Robe (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
"Bring forth the best robe!" Was it truly I heard? And is it for me, too -- the best for the worst?O ...
All’s Right (For Music) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O never despair at the troubles of life, All's right!In the midst of anxiety, peril, and strife! All's right!The cheerful philosophy never ...
The Engine’s Lamp. (A Ballad Of Composure) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Shining in its silver cell, Like a Hermit calm and quiet,--Though so near it, hot as hell, Furious fires rave and riot,--Posted ...
Friends In Heaven (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O Spirits made perfect! How dear will ye be,In the bright happy world, where affections are free!Unfetter'd from all the heart-slavery ...
The Emigrant Ship (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Far away, far away,The emigrant ship must sail to-day: Cruel ship,— to look so gayBearing the exiles far away. Sad and sore, ...
One’s Orbit (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
A poor little separate star Each in his orbit rolls,--Yet few of us heed what units we are Among the millions of ...
Cheer Up! (For Music) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Never go gloomily, man with a mind! Hope is a better companion than fear;Providence, ever benignant and kind, Gives with a smile ...
Australia Emancipated. (A Ballad For Colonial Patriots) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Rejoice, O Land! our golden Land! Be glad, our glorious clime!We are quit of the curse of the convict-band, We are free ...
Guernsey (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Guernsey! to me and in my partial eyes Thou art a holy and enchanted isle, Where I would linger long, and muse ...
Tupper’s Miscellaneous Poems. Dedication. To All Friends (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
A book of many thoughts in mingled measures;Songs of my Heart, attuned through many a yearFrom time to time a ...
Grey Hair (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Light as flakes of falling snow Drop the silent-footed hours;And the days,— they come and go,And the years — we scarcely ...
Eheu! Fugaces (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
The flying years! the flying years! How rapidly they wing away,—With all their covey'd hopes and fears, A mingled flock of grave ...