Chicago Exposition Ode (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Columbia, all hail!May thy banner ne'er be furledTill Liberty, with her beauteous rays,Enlighten all the world.Columbia, to theeFrom every clime ...
Columbia, all hail!May thy banner ne'er be furledTill Liberty, with her beauteous rays,Enlighten all the world.Columbia, to theeFrom every clime ...
Oh! surely 'tis a theme sublimeThat stirs my soul to-day;Awake then, muse nor slumber more,Till sung the wondrous lay.My song ...
O! sing ye a dirge for the loved and the lost,That have found them a home 'neath the coral reefsdeep;That ...
Can I forget thee? No, while mem'ry lasts,Thine image like a talisman entwined,Around my heart by sacred friendship's tiesRemains unchanged, ...
'Tis said but a name is friendship,Soulless, and shallow, and vain;That the human heart ne'er beats in response,Or echoes sweet ...
Gentle as a maiden's dream,Softly as the gliding stream,Falls the glittering, sparkling snow.With its wealth of crystal pearls—Shining, pure-white coronals,With ...
My Mother! With the angels now,Life's race completely run;The Pilgrim's cross is laid aside,The Christian's crown is won.Full two-score years ...
Just as the twilight's holy hourIn quietude so deep,Was hushing nature to repose,Our "Charlie" fell asleep.Just in the bloom of ...
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