Shakspeare. (An Ode For His Three-Hundredth Birthday) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.Immortal! risen to thy Rest,Immortal! throned among the Blest,Immortal! long an heir sublimeOf realms outreaching space and time,--How shall we ...
Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems on Time (27 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 ...
To Brother Jonathan (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Ho! Brother, I'm a Britisher, A chip of heart of oak,That wouldn't warp or swerve or stir From what I thought or ...
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 ...
Rich And Poor (A Ballad For Union) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O ladies, lords, and gentlemen, Attend to what I say,For well I wot you'll like it when You listen to my lay;And ...
One Among The Million (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.One among the million, fainting on the way,Stricken by the heat and the burden of the day,Looked to me for ...
Rise, Britannia! (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Rise! ye gallant youth of Britain, Gather to your country's call,On your hearts her name is written, Rise to help her, one ...
Railway Times (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O rapid days, electric hours, Flashing with all that kindles life,--O shifting scene of suns and showers,-- O melodrame of love and ...
The Dead Cat. (Patchie: In Memoriam) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Yet — Patchie still lives! — We can hope and believe it,— The poor little cat to good Harry so dear:It ...
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 Atlantic Telegraph (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
World! what a wonder is this, Grandly and simply sublime,--All the Atlantic abyss Leapt in a nothing of time!Even the steeds of ...
Cantering In (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
A mindful man, but hearted like a child, Lived near my dwelling; he was frank and glad, Though many sorrows might have ...
Man’s Cruelty To His Beast (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.Man's cruel baseness to his beast! —Poor uncomplaining brute,Its wrongs are innocent at least, And all its sorrows mute:They cannot have deserved ...
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, ...
A Last Call At The Palace Of Glass, 1851. (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Lightly blown, and soon to break Like a bubble on the stream,Yet once more, for wonder's sake, Will I woo thee, brilliant ...
The Maker’s Yearning (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O Father! Thou dost love, Thou canst not hate, It is Thy very nature to be blest In giving all Thy creatures ...
Activity (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Open the casement, and up with the Sun!His gallant journey is just begun;Over the hills his chariot is roll'd,Banner'd with ...
Blucher’s “Forwards!” (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Bravo! brave old Teuton heart, Noble "Marshal Forwards!"Bravo! every better part,--Nature, Providence, and Art,-- All are shouting Forwards;If we gain, to gain ...
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 ...
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 ...
Light In The Darkness (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Baffled and blind as bats in the day,But cheered and guided well on the way,Morning by morning and year after ...
What We All Feel (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Ah! Life,-- so purposeless yet steep'd in self, I do confess thee, yea, I do condemn thee,So pack'd with pleasure, or ...
Nobody Feels Or Cares! (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
The world is dying, its heart is cold, And well-nigh frozen dead,--A sorrowful thing it is to grow old, With all the ...
The Bride’s Veil – (Psalm XLV. 15). (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Raiment of needle-work,-- that is the dressFor the bride of The Lord our righteousness;Delicate lace on a vesture of gold,Richest ...
The Unit (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
The world can do without us: every one Hath every other as his waiting heir; And, though affections be not lacking there,Each ...
Somebody (For Music) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O the day when Somebody, Long ago, long ago,Never asking reasons why,Simply loved Another soThat the hours sunny brightTripp'd along in ...
The Assurance Of Ovid (Met. Sub Finem.) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Now I have done my work! — which not Jove's ireCan make undone, nor sword, nor time, nor fire.Whene'er that ...