“Hello Central”

"Hello Central" 4223 Papa, I'm so sad and lonely Sebbet a tearful little child: Since dear mamma's gone to heaven, Dearest napa, you've not smiled I will speak to her and tell her That we want her to come home Just you listen and I'll…

Almost Home

Almost Home F H Stauffer 3306 "Are we almost home?"י Ah, yes, wan pilgrim! Wanderer on the shores of Time, With shattered staff And beard all white with tline- Journeying to the Mecca of the soul; At first the cradle and at last the goal,…

A Prayer In Pain

A Prayer in Pain 1478 Lord I beseech thee, not so sharp again: I cannot suffer so and be thy child; I am some brute thing, tortured, trapped and wild Fighting the hands that would relive Its pain I have known sorrow, Lord, and bless- ed…

The Old House At Home

The Old House at Home 3495 Oh, the old house at home, where my forefathers dwelt, Where a child at the feet of my mother I knelt; Whero she taught me the prayer, where she read me the page Which it infancy llans is the solace of age Oh,…

The Country Child’s Good-Night

The Country Child's Good-Night 1472 Good-Night Good-night, dear hills! So still you lie Against the bosom of the sky, I know you must be fast asleep, And all night long the stars will ke Their tender watches over you, So must I soon be…

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling 3034 Back to the ancient bitterness Ye ended once for all- Back to oppression none may guess Who have not borne its thrall- Back to the slough of their despond: Helots anew held fast By England's "seal upon the bond As…

Prayer

PRAYER 4672 I stood upon the threshold; musical Reverberant footsteps ghostlike came and went And my lips trembled as magnificent Before me rose a vision of that hall Whereof great Milton is the mighty wall, Shakespeare the dome with…

“One Of The Boys”

ONE OF THE BOYS 2553 He is way beyond fifty, his hair's turning gray But still he can laugh in the folliest way: He hasn't forgotten the fun in a jest: He tells the old stories with heartlest zest, He knows all the new ones; he likes lots…

Toil

TOIL GRACE G BOSTWICK 4212 He sought for peace; he drifted here and there In many lands, and alien tongues he spoke; In vain upon his knees within a cell, The monastery's calm he did invoke And then at last when Time had filched his youth…

Woodman, Spare That Tree

Woodman, Spare That Tree 3781 Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot There, woodman, let it stand; Thy ax shall harm…

The City Child’s Good-Night

The City Child's Good-Night 1532 Good-night, dear, noisy, happy street! - The clanging bells and hurried feet, When I am safely tucked in bed And all the day-time thoughts are fled; Are just like music to my ears, And drive away the night-time…

The Garb Of Future Success

The Garb of Future Success 2076 Hark! A shout in the hail, and a bat and & ball Sent at random to clutter the floor: Then a flushed little face full of sweet boyish grace Peeping in at the half open door What a scarecrow divine is this…

The City Child’s Good-Night

The City Child's Good-Night 1471 Good-night, dear, noisy, happy street! 'The clanging bells and hurried feet, When I am safely tucked in bed And all the day-time thoughts are flee Are just like music to my ears And drive away the night-time…

Blue Eyed Mary

Blue Eyed Mary 1703 "Come, tell me, blue eyed stranger Say whither dost thou roam; O'er this wide world a ranger Hast thou no friends or home? "They called me blue eyed Mary When friends and fortune smiled: But, ah, how fortuner vary!…

As Children Do

AS CHILDREN DO 4099 Sometimes, when night is creeping down And all the world about is dim, And he must go to Sleepytown, You lie down at the side of him And whisper soothing little things In childish words, such as you frame To tell the…