To A Caged Lion (Oliver Wendell Holmes Poems)
Poor conquered monarch! though that haughty glanceStill speaks thy courage unsubdued by time,And in the grandeur of thy sullen treadLives ...
Poor conquered monarch! though that haughty glanceStill speaks thy courage unsubdued by time,And in the grandeur of thy sullen treadLives ...
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! ...
SUNG BY THE CONGREGATION TO THE TUNE OFTALLIS'S EVENING HYMNO'ERSHADOWED by the walls that climb,Piled up in air by living ...
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 ...
Sent to "The Philological Circle" of Florence for itsmeeting in commemoration of Dante, January 27, 1881,the anniversary of his first ...
"OLD HUNDRED"O LORD of Hosts! Almighty King!Behold the sacrifice we bringTo every arm thy strength impart,Thy spirit shed through every ...
"ONLY a housemaid!" She looked from the kitchen,--Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she;There at her window a sempstress ...
I ENCHANTER of Erin, whose magic has bound us, Thy wand for one moment we fondly would claim, Entranced while ...
THERE was a giant in time of old, A mighty one was he; He had a wife, but she was ...
GRANDMOTHER's mother: her age, I guess, Thirteen summers, or something less; Girlish bust, but womanly air; Smooth, square forehead with ...
OH for one hour of youthful joy! Give back my twentieth spring! I'd rather laugh, a bright-haired boy, Than reign, ...
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