The Day And The War (James Madison Bell Poems)
Sacred to the memory of the immortal Captain John Brown, the hero, saint and martyr of Harper's Ferry. The following ...
Sacred to the memory of the immortal Captain John Brown, the hero, saint and martyr of Harper's Ferry. The following ...
Now warm with ministerial ire,Fierce sallied forth our loyal 'Squire,And on his striding steps attendsHis desperate clan of Tory friends.When ...
There is a tide in men's affairs,Leading to fame not wholly theirs —Leading to high positions, wonThrough noble deeds by ...
I hed it on my min' las' time, when I to write ye started,To tech the leadin' featurs o' my ...
I thank ye, my frien's, for the warmth o' your greetin':Ther' 's few airthly blessin's but wut's vain an' fleetin';But ...
A CHRISTMAS STORY.1IT was the time when geese despond,And turkeys make their wills;The time when Christians, to a man,Forgive each ...
My mug is broken, my heart is sad! What woes can fate still hold in store!The friend I cherished a thousand ...
After Southey's "March to Moscow"Major General ScottAn order had gotTo push on the column to Richmond;For loudly went forth,From all ...
IOut of the reaches of illimitable nightThe blazing planet grew, and forc'd to lifeUnending cycles of progressive strifeAnd strange mutations ...
SIR:- You complain that I have asserted that a partiality for monarchy appeared in your conduct. This fact you deny, ...
An angry Black woman on the subject of the angry White man:We didn't always need affirmative actionWhen we broke this ...
This Land is the orphan kiddie Of the group with their stars in the Flag,And it's looked on Outside as an ...
Praisest Law, friend? We, too, love it much as they that love it best;'Tis the deep, august foundation, whereon Peace ...
Under the orchard boughs, That drop red leaves like coals into the grass. The golden arrows of the sunset fall; And on the ...
TO get betimes in Boston town, I rose this morning early;Here's a good place at the corner--I must stand and ...
Can America be reckoned as the country of the free?In the light of recent actions 'tis a truth that's hard ...
Down in history we find it and in grandest works of art,How the men on fields of battle play so ...
I love the "Universal Yankee Nation,"Where'er they are - whate'er they are about,Whatever be their wealth, or rank, or station,Their ...
Ye Poets, take Heed how you trust to the Muse, fa, la.What Words to make Choice of, and what to ...
On the bluff of the Little Big-Horn,At the close of a woful day,Custer and his Three HundredIn death and silence ...
(CONGRESS, 1860-61) Stand strong and calm as Fate! not a breath of scorn or hate-- Of taunt for the base, or of ...
Form 394411102, Sub-Section X"All practical Eugenists are agreed on the importance of sleep."--The Eugenic Congress. When Science taught mankind to breathe A ...
Say prickly pears had roots which found out water,had branches bursting out in sulphur flame.Wanderers traipsing from a cracked sierramunched ...
Law! what is law? The wise and sage, Of every clime and every age, In this most cordially unite, That ...
A Chief Of The Indian Tribes, The Tuscaroras.On Looking At His Portrait By WeirCOOPER, whose name is with his country's ...
A crow flew down from a tall oak tree, Just as important as he could be; For a Congress of ...
Of The Jackson Hall Debating Society, December 5, 1877My muse inspire me, while I tellThe weighty matters that befellOn Monday ...
I.IN yonder dark and narrow lodging,There rests a patriot's body,Which, after many a slip and dodging,Death took in safe custody.II.What ...
THE power is vested in the people-Though the men of office fall,There's a mightier power behind them,Ready at the country's ...
I was the only child of Frances Harris of VirginiaAnd Thomas Greene of Kentucky,Of valiant and honorable blood both.To them ...
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