Mary’s Dream

Marry's Dream 1805 The moon had climbed the highest hill That rises o'er the source of Deo, And from her eastern summit shed Her silvery light on tower and tree When Mary laid her down to sleep, Her thoughts on Bandy, for at sea, When…

The Coral Inseel

The Coral Inseel 2561 Toll on! Toll out Yo ephemeral train, Wh ouild in the tossing and treacherous main; Toll en! For the wisdom of man ye mock With your sand based structures and domes of rock; Your estumes the fathomless fountains live…

Ethics Of The Dust

Ethics of the Dust 1691 See the madly blowing dust- Dusty dust! How it revels in the gust, How it cove with a crust Of tenacious, moisty must, Ev'ry object in the street, It is monarch of us all - When it rises up we fail: When…

The Night Rain

The Night Rain Lorenzo Sosso 4251 Oh, how the western wind to-night wailed by, Stirring the mute trees in their somber shrouds! The slowly moving caravan of clouds Crossed wearily the desert of the sky But silence like to death, As though…

Stay, Father, Stay

Stay, Father, Stay 3848 Stay, father, stay, the night is wild; Leave not alone your dying child I feel the Joy hand of death And shorter, shorter, grows my breath Stay, father, stay, alone, alone With none to cheer or none to mourn, How…

Since My Mother Died

Since My Mother Died 2029 I'm lonely since my mother died, Though friends and kindred gather near I cannot check the rising sigh Or stay the silent heartfelt tear, Of earthly friends she was the best My erring youthful feet to guide: Oh, do…

Ye Haunted Mayde

YE HAUNTED MAYDE 4411 I, soe whyte, soe wearie and sad, I, soe worn wyth wysdom o' books, Loved hys lass, soc wynsome and glad- Loved hys mayde wyth ye Apryl looks: John O'Neil's lyttel red-cheeked mayde,- Under ye apple's shade Of Weston…

He Died And He Didn’T

He Died and He Didn't 958 Mr Wilkins had a dollar, so he said he guessed he'd pay A little sum he'd borrowed from a gentleman named Gray; Then Gray he took that dollar, and be sald, "It seems to me I'd better pay that little debt I owe to…

Women’s Tragedy

Women's Tragedy 5541 A kiss- A taste of bliss- Abyss! A fatal "Yes" (A wrong guess)- A mess! II A kiss- A taste of bliss- And this: A fatal "No," A heart's woe Death blow! -Young's Magazine

Why Should We Mourn?

Why Should We Mourn? 3199 Why should we mourn departing friends, Or shake at death's alarms? "Tis but the volce that Jesus sends, To call them to his arms Are we not tending upward too As fast as time can move? Nor should we wish the…

The Gray Spooky-Spook

The Gray Spooky-spook 3352 The gray Spooky-spook is a creature so weird That he frightens himself half to death, As he shrieks through the midnight and tugs at his beard While good folk lie holding their breath; And he faints dead away…

Pity The Poor Rich

Pity the Poor Rich 3437 What's the use of hurrying, and worrying, and scurrying? Cease your labor, tired neighbor; come a while and play What's the use of plundering, and thundering, and blundering? Stop a while and learn to smile, and think…

A Song Of The Seasons

A Song of the Seasons 1476 Fair wakes the world in the golden dawn of April Flushed with happy dreams to the young heart'a core, Fresh, like her larks, from a dew bath in the dulsics Wiatry foes behind her, and her bliss before Fair, how…

October

OCTOBER 5647 Ay, thou art welcome, heaven's licious breath! When woods begin to wear crimson leaf the And suns grow meek, and meek suns grow brief, And the year smiles as it draws near its death Wind of the sunny south! oh, still de- lay…

In Calm Content

In Calm Content 1015 A little amrike land slowly thi from of my big calm The clut chair was both woft and warm, club chates sornclinies are The bottle hobworked with the game Jok Where to? A we bent And there was naught for to want un- Indore…

The Vampire City

THE VAMPIRE CITY Reginald Wright Kauffman 4321 Come with me into Babylon! Here to my woodland seat Over the miles she lures and smiles-the smile of the bitter-sweet; I hear the distant cadence, the siren-song she sings; I smell the incense…

We Are Passing Away

We Are Passing Away 2124 Vain man, thy fond pursuits forbear: Repent, thine end is nigh; Death, at the farthest, can't be far; O think before thou die! Refrain- We are passing away We are passing away To the great judgment day Reflect,…

The Assyrian

The Assyrian 2768 The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold: And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, "When the blue wave Galilee" rolls nightly on deep Like the leaves…

Cruiskeen Lawn

Cruiskeen Lawn 2346 Let the farmer praise his grounds, as the hunter does his hounds And the shepherd his sweet scented lawn, While I more blest than they, spend each night and day each happy With my smiling little cruiskeen lawn, lawn, lawn…

The Birth Of The Ivy

The Birth of the Ivy 4732 Many and many a year ago (I tell the tale as 'twas told to me) A lady lived in her own proud hall A lady of high degree And many a knight came wooing her For stately and fair was she The fairest, statellest flower…