The Hirschman Clock

The Hirschman Clock 64 April eighteenth at five o'clock The Hirschman clock was ticking: It watched the Kearny-Market block And kept the minutes clicking Alas! when thirteen told that clook There came a mighty earthquake shock Oh! woe to thee,…

To San Francisco

To San Francisco 395 O guardian of the nation's western gate! Keeping your lookout on our destinies, Where lles the mystic Orlent over seas, The world beholds you torn and desolate; O'erthrown as if through Nature's deadly hate, Destroyed,…

Resurgas

Resurgas 391 To the living soul in the city of San Fran clean, Thou shalt rias-our City of the Sun! For, ever in a nory death like thine, Ere Bearce the flamos be fled, A recreation in bogun: Even as in Arabia the Divine, A plunued and centuried…

The Stricken City

The Stricken City 103 I They will build it great, they will build It strong Its streets the children of men will throng: It will be superb with its lofty domes And its marble halls and its stately homes, But never…

A Familu Club Lyric

A Family Club Lyric 403 At a Family club jinks last week Larry Harris made his bow as a lyric writer Nothing preten tious did Larry serve up for the edification of his club pals, but in his jingles he gave expression to a sentiment that…

The City To Be

The City To Be Whaeeler Wilcox 311 OH, ho! for the city, that is to be, By the great, broad banks of the western sea It shall spring from ashes, and tears, and blood- The city of beauty and brotherhood A delicate marvel of modern birth,…

San Francisco’s Promise

San Francisco's Promise 402 Thy Past rolled up in smoke and cloud And darkness of catastrophe: Thy Future rises, strong and proud, Through ashes of thine agony; Still foams the brine upon thy breast Where great ships gather to their rest,…

The Watchword

The Watchword John Kendrick Bangs 232 Give of your mass of gold, Send to the prostrate West Some of that wealth untold Digged from her virgin breast Give! Give of your meager store, Send from your cupboard bare Out to the…

The Aweful Bonanza

The Awful Bonanza 324 The Friendly Club, which hasn't missed a meeting since the fire, held its monthly dinner in Washington street restaurant on the day the saloons opened-a saloon, by the way, being part of the restaurant "We are here, "…

San Francisco

San Franciso 394 She laughed upon her hills out there Beside her bays of misty blue; The gayest hearts, the sweetest air That any city ever knew For I have whistled all the songs That thrilled upon her care-free breath, And I have mingled…

Our City Beautiful

Our City Beautiful 93 Een tho' our hearts be steeped in tears And, bent our souls by miery: Een tho we look where once we loved- That loved, now ashes at our feet, Stifle, they cry-who dares to weep? Raise up thine head and worship Goal!…

A Toast

A Toast 62 I would drink a toast "New Frisco," Our beautiful city of godl; The, health to her pretty maidens, And health to her gallants bold Here's health to her patient mothers, To her fathers old and gray; Here's a quaff to our dear old…

Beside The Golden Gate

Beside the Golden Gate 242 Author: Robert McIntyre I That fateful day the sea did take His silver trumpet up to wake The Mistress of the Keys, His beauteous bride who sleeping lay Beside the door that guards the bay Amid…

The Lure Of The Thirst

THE Lure OF The Thirst 392 I've lost my duds, my home and job, My coin is burid deep; And jewels all with watch and fob Beneath the ashes sleep My beauty, too, has taken flight, Complexion's sadly marred; A ton of brick from topmost height…

Resurgam!

Resurgam! 393 From ash and desolation I will arise Imperial, triumphant-on my lips The hill's song and the sea's song, and the mist Of an eternal pity in my eyes From ash and desolation I will arise And o'er my head the singing stars shall…

The Earthquake

The Earthquake (Herry M Hyde) 323 MAN scratches little runways in the dirt, And raises tiny mounds of stone and steel, To tease the microscopes of curious gods Sends feeble ships to tempt the awful deep, Plucks one red feather from the…

Good-Bye To Chinatown

Good-Bye Chinatown 61 Oh! where are the smells of Chinatown That punctured the sait sea air, And the steep lod street and the sandal'd Dot's Feet! And the Nolpe? fend in his lair? Oh! where are the lanterns that swung anout, With their dragons…

San Francisco

San Francisco 63 Earth trmbled like a wounded bird on wing; Dark, hushed and still was everything, Save those in horror of that hour, who heard again, Earth laboring in her stress of pain, Proud structures with granite walls and tower, Crumbled…

Our Stricken City

Our Stricken City 245 You are now among the fallen, our "City of the West," You held your head so proudly, you were among the best; And how we dearly loved you as you overlooked the bay! You were so strong and beautiful, and what are you…

Dr Jorden

Dr Jordan 501 When Dr Jordan left the realm Of sciences called physical, And took of prophecy the helm, The public soon grew quizzical, And wondered much to hear him talk And see him make an earthquake walk He knows just where the temblor…