Robinson Of Leyden (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
HE sleeps not here; in hope and prayerHis wandering flock had gone before,But he, the shepherd, might not shareTheir sorrows ...
HE sleeps not here; in hope and prayerHis wandering flock had gone before,But he, the shepherd, might not shareTheir sorrows ...
THE sun is fading in the skies,And evening shades are gathering fast;Fair city, ere that sun shall rise,Thy night hath ...
TRANSLATION FROM THE ENEID, BOOK I.THE god looked out upon the troubled deepWaked into tumult from its placid sleep;The flame ...
JULY 6, 1865Now, smiling friends and shipmates all,Since half our battle 's won,A broadside for our Admiral!Load every crystal gunStand ...
"Purpureos spargam flores."THE wreath that star-crowned Shelley gaveIs lying on thy Roman grave,Yet on its turf young April setsHer store ...
ASTRONOMER, MATHEMATICIAN. 1809-1890FOR him the Architect of allUnroofed our planet's starlit hall;Through voids unknown to worlds unseenHis clearer vision rose ...
TO J. L. MOTLEYYES, we knew we must lose him,--though friendship may claimTo blend her green leaves with the laurels ...
THAT age was older once than now,In spite of locks untimely shed,Or silvered on the youthful brow;That babes make love ...
(by supposition)An Hymn set forth to be sung by the Great Assemblyat Newtown, Mo. 12. 1. 1636.[Written by OLIVER ...
TO J. F. CLARKEWHO is the shepherd sent to lead,Through pastures green, the Master's sheep?What guileless 'Israelite indeed'The folded flock ...
WHILE in my simple gospel creedThat "God is Love" so plain I read,Shall dreams of heathen birth affrightMy pathway through ...
A SENTIMENTThis "sentiment" was read on the same occasion as the "Family Record,"which immediately follows it. The latter poem is ...
LET greener lands and bluer skies,If such the wide earth shows,With fairer cheeks and brighter eyes,Match us the star and ...
LAND where the banners wave last in the sun,Blazoned with star-clusters, many in one,Floating o'er prairie and mountain and sea;Hark! ...
O GOD! in danger's darkest hour,In battle's deadliest field,Thy name has been our Nation's tower,Thy truth her help and shield.Our ...
Washed in the blood of the brave and the blooming,Snatched from the altars of insolent foes,Burning with star-fires, but never ...
MUSIC HALL, DECEMBER 6, 1871Sung to the Russian national air by the children of the public schools.SHADOWED so long by ...
APRIL 29, 1874SUNG BY MALE VOICES TO A NATIONAL AIR OF HOLLANDONCE more, ye sacred towers,Your solemn dirges sound;Strew, loving ...
"OLD HUNDRED"O LORD of Hosts! Almighty King!Behold the sacrifice we bringTo every arm thy strength impart,Thy spirit shed through every ...
DANVERS, 1866BANKRUPT! our pockets inside out!Empty of words to speak his praises!Worcester and Webster up the spout!Dead broke of laudatory ...
FATHER, send on Earth againPeace and good-will to men;Yet, while the weary track of lifeLeads thy people through storm and ...
How the mountains talked together, Looking down upon the weather, When they heard our friend had planned his Little trip ...
FLAG of the heroes who left us their glory, Borne through their battle-fields' thunder and flame, Blazoned in song and ...
Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see ...
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