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 War & Peace (38 Poems)
A Dirge For Wellington (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
A voice of lamentation From the islands of the Sea!Alas, thou sorrowing Nation, Bereaved — alas for thee!The wail as of a ...
Ye Thirty Noble Nations (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Ye Thirty noble Nations Confederate in One!That keep your starry stations Around the Western Sun,—I have a glorious mission, And must obey the ...
Labour! (A Ballad For Artisans) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Fair work for fair wages! -- it's all that we ask, An Englishman loves what is fair,We'll never complain of the ...
The Sabbath. (A Ballad For The Labourer) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Six days in the week do I toil for my bread, And surely should feel like a slave,Except for a Providence ...
Country Life (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I. Against.Think not thou that fields and flowers,Copses and Arcadian bowers, Grow the crop of Peace :—In this model life of ...
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 ...
Arm! The First Rifle Ballad, January, 1852 (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Englishmen up! make ready your rifles! Who can tell now what a day may bring forth?Patch up all quarrels, and stick ...
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 ...
Reply, To Sundry Who Object To “Arm.” (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
What! will they tell us that timely precaution Causes the peril it strives to avoid?Or that true safety is found in ...
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 ...
To The Union (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Giant aggregate of nations, Glorious Whole of glorious Parts,Unto endless generations Live United, hands and hearts!Be it storm or summer-weather, Peaceful calm, or ...
Bond Or Free? A Double Thought (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Alone, and unwitting, we spring into birthTo battle the battle of life upon earth;Alone, and unwilling, we drop from the ...
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 ...
Life-Work (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
No man can die, till all his work is done: But who shall say, what work he had to do?—With some, ...
The First Message (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
(Strophe)Poor World! that in wickedness liest Enthrall'd by the powers of ill,And, groaning and travailing, sighest For better and happier still,-- Lo! here ...
A Dozen Ballads About White Slavery. VIII. The Coalpit Gnome (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O cheerful Christmas hearth! Bright with the blazing coals,And echoing clear with children's mirth,Goodwill tow'rds men and peace upon earth, And blessing ...
God Preserve The Queen! (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.How glorious is thy calling, My happy Fatherland,While all the thrones are falling In righteousness to stand!Amid the earthquakes heaving thus To rest ...
The Workman’s Wife: (A Ballad, By Request, For ‘The British Workman’ Paper) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
O true British goodwife, a word in your earTo help your home-comfort and gladden its cheer,That husband and children and ...
The Conquerors At Metz (A Christian Incident) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
A thrilling touch of Nature Amid the battle-brunt,A gleam of angel-feature On Moloch's horrid front,A beauty and a glory To gild the soldier's ...
New Zealand (A Song For The Antipodes) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Queen of the South! which the mighty Pacific Claims for its Britain in ages to be,Bright with fair visions and hopes ...
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 ...
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 ...
Aspire (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Higher, higher, ever higher,--Let thy watchword be "Aspire!" Noble Christian youth;Whatsoe'er be God's behest,Try to do that duty best In strength of ...
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 ...
Griefs Unspoken (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Life without love! -- Ah, what a wail goes up From this poor world of manifold distress,-- What thousands drink the dregs ...
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 ...
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 ...
India Reposing (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Be glad, thou tranquil Hindostan, That God such mercy gives,—That tribe with tribe, and man with man In friendly concord lives!Rejoice, for ...
Facing The Foe (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
Yes! out of the worst, on the instant, right out! It is better — ay best — so to show it;There ...