The Man About Town (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Evil-eyed loiterer, pilgrim of fashion, Sunless and hard is thy frost-bitten heart;Scoffing at nature's affection and passion, Till thou hast made the ...
Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems on Mind (52 Poems)
The Good And The True (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Nothing lasts that is not good; Nothing stands that is not true:--What a thing misunderstood, What a thought kept out of view!O ...
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 ...
Venus. A Reply To Longfellow’s “Mars” (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Thou lover of the blaze of Mars, Come out with me to-night,For I have found among the stars A name of nobler ...
Jireh-Jehovah (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O trials and troubles and losses in life, What are ye but simples to strengthen my soul?And worry and riot, the ...
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 ...
Advance, Australia! (A Ballad For A New Nation, Embodying Its Christian Heraldry) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.Advance, Australia! On, speed on,—Stout old England's brave young son:Advance! set forth that standard on high,The bright "Southern Cross" on ...
The Common Complaint (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Tyrannic Circumstance! whose jealous powerGuards every turn, and watches every hour,With secret influences controlling stillThe conduct, and the spirits, and ...
Low Spirits (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
It is not Time,-- I joy to see My children growing up;It is not Sin,-- remorse for me Holds out no bitter ...
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 ...
No Surrender! (For Music) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Ever constant, ever true, Let the word be, No surrender:Boldly dare and greatly do!This shall bring us bravely through, No surrender, No ...
Fact (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
The die is cast,-- be satisfied; The chance is past,-- be still;For this, no more Occasion's tide Can waft thee good or ...
The Hymn For All Nations: 1851. (Translated Into Thirty Languages) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Glorious God! on Thee we call,Father, Friend, and Judge of all;Holy Saviour, heavenly King,Homage to Thy throne we bring!In the ...
A Common Sorrow (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O thousands, who have never found your mates, But pine in secret for their love unknown, O thousands, whom perverse and bitter ...
Fly-Fishing (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Look, like a village queen of May, the stream Dances her best before the holiday sun, And still with musical laugh goes ...
Wheat-Corn And Chaff (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
My little learning fadeth fast away, And all the host of words and forms and rules Bred in my teeming youth of ...
Thought-Crystals (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Plunged in my brain, fermenting thick and warm, Simmer deep thoughts; and shape themselves apace, So soon as Quiet for a little ...
Fraternal Egotism (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Not in self-seeking doth the Poet draw From his own wells, and analyse his heart; All men in all men bear a ...
Laura (From Petrarch) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
My Laura, my love, I behold in thine eyes Twin daystars that Mercy has given,To teach me on earth to be ...