Uranne (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
In a far off hamlet near the seaWhere billows oft, in days of storm, andNights of darkness rush reckless to ...
Mary Weston Fordham Poems on Life (15 Poems)
Magnolia (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Magnolia! "Pale city of the dead,"Adown thy gravelled walks I tread,Thy marble pillars looming high,Thy polished shafts around me lie.With ...
The Dying Girl (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Sister darling, ope the window, let the balmy air oncemoreFan my flushed and throbbing brow as in the happydays of ...
To My Mother (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
I took up the burden of life anewWhen she, the pure-hearted, died;When the golden cord was rent in twain,And she ...
Alaska (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
With thy rugged, ice-girt shore,Draped in everlasting snow,Thou'rt enthroned a queen.Crown of moss and lichen grey,Frosted o'er with ocean spray,All ...
A Requiem (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
O, insatiable monster! Could'st thou notIn pity turn aside thy venomed shaftFrom her my gifted, darling friend?Has sympathy within thy ...
The Pen (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Mightier than the sword thou art,Thou can'st pierce like venomed dart,Time and space count naught with thee,Leagues of land or ...
For Who? (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
When the heavens with stars are gleamingLike a diadem of light,And the moon's pale rays are streaming,Decking earth with radiance ...
Ode To Peace (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Come Peace, on snowy pinions,Come, nestle like a dove;Encircle earth's dominionsWith harmony and love.Let anger, pride and malice,And strife forgotten ...
Death Of A Grandparent Mrs. Jennette Bonneau (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Rest thee aged pilgrim, now thy toils are o'er;Peacefully thou'st landed over Jordan's shore;Safe from all the sorrows, free from ...
Dedicated To The Right Rev’d D. A. Payne (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Oh! surely 'tis a theme sublimeThat stirs my soul to-day;Awake then, muse nor slumber more,Till sung the wondrous lay.My song ...
On Parting With A Friend (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Can I forget thee? No, while mem'ry lasts,Thine image like a talisman entwined,Around my heart by sacred friendship's tiesRemains unchanged, ...
To Rev. Thaddeus Saltus (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Sleep, Christian warrior, sleep,Life's fitful dream is o'er,Thy pain-tossed bark is anchoredSafe on the golden shore.'Neath the green sward we ...
Mrs. Louise B. Weston (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
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 ...
The Grafted Bud (Mary Weston Fordham Poems)
Life's stormy surge had scarcely touchedHer blooming, beauteous brow,When rudely torn from earthly bliss,A budded, broken flower.Methinks I see her ...