timelesspoem

There was no up, there was no down, there was no side to side

There was no up, there was no down, there was no side to side There was no light, there was no dark, nor shape of any kind There were no stars or planet Mars, or protons to collide There was no up, there was no down, there was no side…

Scotch Lassie Jean

Scotch Lassie Jean 646 In Scotland'a fair lands, over mountains and riffs, That's where I roamed for many a day In looking at the lads and lassles on the green, In the fair old hand of Scotland far away I have waited for her coming, but…
The Sale 967 Just inten moment, young friends, and a story I'll unfold, A marvelous tale of a wonderful sale of a noble bady of old How her hand and her heart in an auction mart, her soul and body she sold, 'Twas in the king's highway so…

Phoenix Redivivus

Phoenix Redivivus By Theodor H Hittell 504 A light gleams o'er the Golden Gate; A pall of of smoke o'erspreads the sky; The burning city meets its fate; In smouldering heaps its ruins lie The morning comes; another light Far brighter than…

San Francisco

San Francisco 401 Fair mistress of the great blue sea Thy head is bent; Upon thy sea thou dost not smile, Thy heart is rent What of the night before the morn? Then were thine eyes The envy of the stars that looked From soul of skies What…

Maybe So

Maybe So 967 If every man got all he earned And none got any more, Perhaps affairs would be o'erturned; Some men who heretofore Have put on lordly style would fall And meekly work away While other men obscure today Would loom up grand…

The Falsehood

The Falsehood 1919 Each morn he lies in his trundle bed And sees the great sun rise, He shakes the curls of his golden hend And rubs his sleepy eyes: Then softly steals across the floor And climbs upon my knee "Is mudder here?" he asks…

The Present

The Present 1481 The Age of Gold," they say Always, "is coming" Nay- Thus was the dream of old; This is the Age of Gold So shall tomorrow be Ever, if we but see! Look weto the light, and do Our best and so be true

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…

Railroad Song

Railroad Song 84-11 Singing through the forests Rattiing over ridges, Shooting under arches Rumbling over bridges, Whizzing through the mountains Buzzing o'er the vale: Bless me! this is pleasant, Riding on the rail Men of different stations…

A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother

A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother 1273 I've been thinking of late Of a time that's passed away Of a friends in whom I could confide Of my dear old mother's knce, Around which I used to play, How I missed her sweat face when she died How…

Deathless

Deathless By Lowel Otus Reese 491 Thews of the dauntless Norman Knight, blood of the Saxon thane, Eye of the hillman, cagle wise, scanning the far-off plain, Mind of the gentle Puritan, stern in his single thought- This was the blood of…

The Man Behind

THE MAN BEHIND 5982 There's a fat girl on the trolley car and she's a blooming peach, She's standing on her toes to keep the strap within her reach, The car is going round the curve and she lets go the strap, Tis the man behind the paper…

San Francisco’s Fate

San Francisco's Fate 243 With the wreck of her shattered glory, Desolate, dire, complete; With her landmarks grim and hoary Strewn at her bleeding feet; With the golden fruits of doing Undone in a single day; With the madden'd fates pursuing- The…

Society At Red Dog

Society at Red Dog 581 Since "blue bloods" have their Red Book, Red men should fashion, too, A Red Book which, without a hitch, Will tett the world "Who's Sloux" Nixon Watterman,

It Happened At Once

It Happened at Once 505 And then a bolt, a jolt, a chill, And Mother Earth seemed as afraid: Then instant all again was still, Save that my cattle from the shade Where they had sought firm, rooted clay, Came forth loud lowing, glad and…

The San Francisco Earth-Quake

The San Francisco Earth-Quake 322 It was early in the morning On an April morning falr When a city fair and merciful Was quivering in the air There swaying to and fro Were buildings great and small; Then with a mighty crash Began a city's…

San Francisco

San Francisco 102 She sits upon her seven hills, All bare and blackened now, A mourning vell of sable smoke Obscures her stricken brow She weeps above her dead that lie Uncounted in the gloom With ashes for a winding-sheet And cinders…

The Pretty Missionary

The Pretty Missionary 83-2 At the annual meeting of the Congrega- tional Home Missionary Society Mrs Alice G West of Worcester, Mass, said women missionaries should not be un- mindful of their personal charms, the psychological effect of beauty…

The Cruel Hiss

The Cruel Hiss 1706 We left New York on Sunday morn, Our hearts were light and free, As we were about to take the road With our new farce comedy Of course, we all looked forward For the night to open on It came and proved a grand success…