Some Mother’s Boy (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
The battle-cry is sounding loud, a bugle calls to arm,The hills and dales are clouded o'er, troops gather in alarm;With ...
Mary Alice Walton Poems (23 Poems)
Life’s Curtain Unrolled (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
Glad boyish voices with merriment ring,Two children with nought, as gayly they singOf burdensome care, their hearts as the birdTo ...
The Chosen City (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
On starlit height, distant 'gainst horizon, bright The Way of the Cross is outlined,By rocky steeps barren 'mid dangers unseen, A narrow ...
Transition (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
The home of my soul, worn and weary, And pierced by the rocks of old time,The windows grown dim and the ...
The Solitary Lament (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
The terrors of night have fallen on me,The shadow of forms no longer I see,Eyes that have lingered on objects ...
The Photograph (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
Suspending night with threads of light the sun with signals bold,Flashed o'er to moon his mate on high, and wondrous ...
The Ministering Soul (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
On Canaan's fairest borders, in thought, I seemed to stand,I'd left my broken palace for this long-wished-for land.On earth for ...
Voices Hushed (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
I stood in the mossy gateway, And thought of years gone by;Then tapped on latticed windows, Heard naught only my sigh.The house ...
My First Gray Hair (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
One day amid brown tresses there gleamed a silvery thread,Life pages, past and present I wonderingly then read.I saw a ...
The Land Of Love (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
We are told of a beautiful land of love,Of bright jeweled mansions in blue skies above;Of mansions that glitter with ...
To My Daughter (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
LINES RECEIVED FROM MY MOTHER.My child, the cold dews of evening are 'round thee, Bereft of thy sight,And dark lines of ...
Hope Beyond (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
Ring out, oh, ye bells, in soft measured chime,Sweet melodies breathe in rythmetric rhyme,The murmuring winds bring song from afar,For ...
Waiting, Ever Waiting (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
Waiting, dreaming, waiting, by some flowing mystic rill,Waiting, hoping, waiting, strong desires my spirit fill; Waiting, restless waiting, Oh! could I ...
Thou Waters, Tell Me Why (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
O'er rocks where sea waves wrestled, far from yon city's heightA woman walked 'mid shadows, and watched for morning light.A ...
Why I Love Them (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
I would tell thee of Stella, how she made glad the hours,So oft calling mother with strewn wreaths and flowers,Blue ...
Providence Hospital (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
In our own native land a Hospital stands, Its praises I faintly would speak;To me it seems grand, enclosed in love's ...
For I Long To Be There (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
Dear Father in Heaven, to Thee I would raiseA petition, and speak to Thy bountiful praise.At Thy throne of grace ...
Golden Gates (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
Sometime the golden gates will lift, I know not how nor when 'twill be,My soul, the one immortal gift, Will stand beside ...
The Cross Of Pearls (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
Gethsemane, how oft, grown dim,With bleeding hearts, unpardoned sin,A Cross with pearls, and gems inlaid,God's gift of love, the price ...
Midnight Thoughts (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
In silent hours of midnight while earth is wrapped in dreams,I ponder o'er my present life--how desolate it seems.Through wakeful ...
Peace (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
Father, before Thee I am kneeling In gratitude and love,Sad, weary years I sought, appealing For succor from above.My cries seemed wild ...
The Gift (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
God calls you, my Daughter--I hear the sweet voiceOf Jesus our Saviour, He would make you His choice,To work in ...
Under The Rod (Mary Alice Walton Poems)
Blind and helpless alone I wait;The way seems dark and prayers too late,My anguished soul sends forth the cry,Father save ...