Leave Taking

Leave Taking 2333 You, who do not know, stand by the door and watch from there, Impatient at the long delay and foolish care With which I take each little thing from its accustomed place- The tiny clock, and old Satsuma vase, The imaged…

Meet Me Over There

Meet Me Over There 4572 A little child was dying And called her father near And, on hias arm reclining She whispered in his ear: Chorus- I going home to glory, A golden crown to wear Oh, meet me, meet me, Meet me over there The angels…

A Thanksgiving Obeing

A Thanksgiving Obeing 4891 "Come, hear the tale I would unfold," said the Gobbler to his flock, "For what the stars this day have told has given me a shock "The zodiac, in days of old, with twelve signs was com plete, But woe is me, this…

Grandpa Nathan

Grandpa Nathan 3776 By the beech and hickory Dre Grandpa Nathan sat at night With details of marching armes, And the news of many a fight When he laid aside the paper Though its contests he had told He was plied with any questions By…

A Voice In The Night

A Voice in The Night 1281 The day had been so fraught with troublous care, My soul had been so cankered by the sting Of malice's sharp tooth, that suffering And wounded sore, even the sunset fair Seemed to my troubled eyes but as the glare…

Lorena

Lorena 3774 The years creep slowly by, Lorena, the snow is on the ground again The sun's low down the sky, Lorena, the frost gleams where the flowers have been: But the heart throbs on as warmly now as when the summer days were nigh: Oh,…

Gentle Nettle Moore

Gentle Nettle Moore 298-3 In a little white cottage, where the trees are ever green And the climbing roses blossom by the door I have often sat and listened to the music of the birds And the gentle volee of charming Nettle Moore Chorus- Oh,…

The Return Of The Flag

THE RETURN OF THE FLAG 512,4 (Minna Irving in Leslie's Weekly) Resolutions directing the city clerk of Boston to restore to New Orleans the confederate flag which was taken by General Butler as a trophy of war when he took possession of…

October

October 1271 October is a runnot muid, Her checks are dusky red In georgeous robos she is arrayed! And whore her brown feet troud Through wood, on plain or wulien wold The pathway turns to burnished gold Her gown in 'broidered o'er with…

Watch

Watch 5705 Mother, father, watch the little feet, Climbing o'er the garden wall, Bounding through the busy streets, Ranging cellar, shed, and hall; Never count the moments lost, Never mind the time It costs; Little feet will go astray-…

The Garden

The Garden 1536 I know a garden, sweet and beautiful, Where tall flowers grow, as fragrant all as those Which make the longed-for country wonderful- The lilv and the rose And smaller blossoms of forgotten naming That kindle its dim corners…

When The Cows Come Home

When the Cows Come Home Mrs Agnes E Mitchell 2242 With klingle, klangie, klingle, 'Way down the dusky dingle The cows are coming home; Now, sweet and clear, and faint and low, The alry tinkiings come and go Like chimings from some far oft…

The Common Failing

The Common Failing 83-1 How mad begins we get when one begins To pame our faults and jeer them We love to overlook our sins But hate to overhear them

The Home Coming

The Home Coming 2443 I put his roont in order, cleaned and tried to fix it, Filled his old tobacco far and put it near his chair, I knew his pet tobacco and the way he used to mix it, And he'll find his room is ready when he enters there…

To Edwin Markham

To Edwin Markham 2335 Flash the heart's gloom aflame with Freedom's fire Thrill the chained frame of labor with desire For sweet, sweet liberty Lift downcast eyes toward the morning light, Rouse the slave mind to daring dreams of right,…

Song Of The Grasshopper

Song of the Grasshopper 2026 I saw a brown old grasshopper, And he sat upon a stone, While ever and anon he chirped In a sad and mournful tone: And many an anxious, troubled look He cast around the naked plain Where now was but a stubbls…