Tag Archive for: Beauty

The Changed Cross

The Changed Cross 2392 It was a time of sadness, and my heart Although it knew and loved the better part Felt wearied with the conflict and the strife, And all the needful discipline of life And while I thought en these, as given to me-…

Waterloo

Waterloo 4744 Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sat Brunswick's fated chieftain: he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival And caught its tone with Death's prophelle ear; And when they smiled becaure he deemed deemed…

Hymns You Ought To Know The Way Of Peace

HYMNS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW The Way of Peace John Greenleaf Whittier 4635 [The famous American poet and re- former has made no small contribu- tion to the songs of worship praise used in the churches and This hymn is taken from his longer poem…

Freedom And Love

FREEDOM AND LOVE 33611 How delicions is the winning Of a kles at love's beginning When two mutual hearts are sighing For the knot there's no untying! Yet remember, midst your wooing, Love has bliss, but love has ruing: Other smiles may…

God

God Runuin of Derghaven 2021 O thou Eternal One! whose presence bright 0 the All space doth occupy all motions guide: Unchanged through time's all devastating flight Thou only God! There is no God beside: Being above all beings!…

The School Master’s Thesis

The School Master's Thesis 2811 And set his white teeth close together, And gave his thin lips a short twist, As to say I could whly you, confound you, Could such things be done with the fist There were two knowing girls in the corner,…

On The Shores Of Tennessee

On the Shores of Tennessee 961 "Move my arm chair, faithful Pompey, In the sunshine bright and strong For this this world world is failing, Pompey- For Massa won't be with you lonx: And I fain would hear the south wind Bring once…

The First Forget-Me-Not

The First Forget-Me-Not A Legend 2492 Upon the Danube's brink it grew, A blossom of celestial hue, A nameless flower- Or was it but a turquoise rare, Set in the gold of sunbeams there By some strange power? A gallant to his lady sighed,…

Sweet September Days

SWEET SEPTEMBER DAYS 2948 The sweet September days are here, The days of misty dreaming; The haze, the cloud, and then the clear Sweet autumn beauty gleaming The sweet September days that bring Such drifts of golden weather, And round…

Pumpkin Pie

PUMPKIN PIE 4865 "Oh, the pumpkin pie is the ple for me, It's the beauty I greatly admire: 'Tis the ple that belongs to the land of the free, It in good for the child and its sire "Oh, the pumpkin pie is the freeman's pie And in it we…

Epilog

EPILOG 3033 I cannot lose thee, dearest, for thy voice Is in the echoes of the circling winds, Thy face in waning sunset's darkling lights, Thine eyes in those deep stars which on me shine, Thy kiss within the still and holy moon, Thine…

October

October 2293 The mellow lighted days are come, the gladdest of the year, Of painted woods, ripe fruits, and air luxuri- ously clear; When Earth so gracefully fulfils the promise of the Spring, And decks herself with royal tinte for the pres…

Columbia

Columbia 2985 Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise The queen of the world and the child of the akles Thy genius commands thee, with raptures behold, While ages on ages thy spiendors unfold; Thy reign is the last and the noblest of time, Most…

Lora Vale

Lora Vale 1796 Calmly feil the alivery moonbeams, Over hill and over vale, As with mournful heartee lingered By the couch of Lora Vale She was dying, gentle Lor She was passing like a sigh From a world of love and beauty To a fairer…

The Fabric Of Life

THE FABRIC OF LIFE 5593 In the loom of life we weave each day On the warp of circumstance The colors grave and colors gray, However threads may chance But the web is ours to make or mar, And the pattern we may choose; We may make the fabric…

Looking Backward

Looking Backward 1751 Nicholson, began a home Including lahed at that time, many sportive s lah poems by who spent som ded months In he was editing e editing the Pennsylvania collection was mak It WRI and gave no help of Whittier wa noyed…

A Pittsburg Instance

A PITTSBURG INSTANCE 2556 He started life a workman, And labored hard each day His ttle wife was quick to pian And helped him on his way His little wife did wash and scrub; And when her beauty fled She little cared, so long as hub Was…

Little Helps By The Way

LITTLE HELPS BY THE WAY 5993 He who is false to the present duty breaks a-thread in the loom and will see the effect when the weaving of a lifetime is unraveled -Selected The looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a…

Mary, Queen Of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots, 3501 I saw that grief had decked it out, an offering for the tomb I knew the eye, though faint its light, that once so brightly shone; I knew the voice, though feeble now, that thrilled with every tone I knew the ringlets…

Everyday Blindness

Everyday Blindness 1607 We seek for beauty on the height afar; But on the earth it glimmers all the while: 'Tis in the garden where the roses aro; "" Tis in the glory of a mother's smile, We seek for wisdom in each solemn look But aye,…