Tag Archive for: Loss and Grief
The Mariposa Lily
Grief and MourningTHE MARIPOSA LILY
5545
Insect or blossom? Fragile, fairy thing,
Poised upon tender slip, and quivering
To flight! a flower of the fields of air;
A jeweled moth; a butterfly, with rare
And tender tints upon his downy wing,
A moment resting…
Playing Doss
Grief and MourningPlaying Doss
4002
De bumble bee in tollin'
Like he's supposed to do:
De garter snakes' uncoilla
Foh to chase a bug or two:
Do clouds is hurryin' on deir track
Dey's not de sky to oro An' I's
Jes Iayin' on my back Out yere an playin' bess
De…
Where The Cotton Blossom Grew
Grief and MourningWhere the Cotton Blossom Grew
3591
Picture tonight & field of snowy White
Hear the darkies singing soft and low,
I long there to be
For some one waits for me
Down where the cotton blossoms grow
As I reached that dear old place
Every old…
The Flower Maiden
Grief and MourningTHE FLOWER MAIDEN
4806
They could not find a mortal wife,
And made him one of flowers;
Her eyes they made of violets,
Wet with their morning shower
They took the blossom of the oak,
The blossom of the broom,
The blossom of the meadow…
The Touch Of A Hand
Grief and MourningTHE TOUCH OF A HAND
4092
At times when the world seems dead,
And the heart is bound in frost,
Where every bird or blossom
Forgotten is, or lost;
A hand is laid in ours-
Ah, the world is not so wrong,
And for every bud that blooms
The heart…
Doubt
Grief and MourningDOUBT
4412
When Kitty looks at me and smiles,
I dream into the afterwhiles
And wonder if those eyes of hers
Are pretty blossoms or are-burrs
The Mckingbird’s Secret
Grief and MourningThe Mckingbird's Secret
Frank L Stanton
3701
Sing, Mister Mockin'bird,
'Way up in de tree;
Tell me what my sweetheart
Been a-tellin' you 'bout me?
She pass dis way dis mawnin',
Kaze I seen de roses stir;
En you listened ter her singin',…
From That Far Land
Grief and MourningFrom that Far Land
Harriet Boyer, Lippincott's
1914
Last night I heard you call my name
From that far land which is so near
Oh, did you, dear?
I woke and wept with pain and loss
It was so sweet to hear your voice
It was so sad Spite of…
Castle Dream
Grief and MourningCastle Dream
1696
Come with me my little tuddle down to sleep: one, and
The sun has gone, the moon is up the stars come out to peep
The little blossoms down the lanes have closed their eyes for rest
And every little bird, my dear, is in…
The Road Of My Heart’s Desire
Grief and MourningTHE ROAD OF MY HEART'S DESIRE
4426
Here is the road of my Heart's Desire!
Ah, at last, will my glad feet go
Swiftly out to the uttermost ends,
Out where my fair dream-blossoms blow
Fair is the road of my Heart's Desire;
Never were roses…
Tuesday
Grief and MourningTuesday
2715
Just to trust, and yet to ask
Guidance still;
Take the training or the task,
As he wil Just to take the loss or gain
As he sends it;
Just to take the joy or pain
As he lends it
On The Burial Circuit
Grief and MourningON THE BURIAL CIRCUIT
3047
They call me through the telephone:
Each of the joy of her heart makes known;
One has a lily, and one has a rose,
Blossomed in spite of the deep winter snows
Bright in their windows these glow and glow,
Orange…
If We Knew
Grief and MourningIF WE KNEW
2946
If we knew the cares and crosses
Crowding round our neighbor's way;
If we knew the little losses,
Sorely grievous, day by day;
Would we then so often chide him
For his lack of thrift and gain,
Leaving on his hearth a…
The Song Of The Dancing Dervishes
Grief and MourningThe Song of the Dancing Dervishes
3933
This is the song that the Dervishes sing
As they whirl, as they skirt in a magic ring,
As cheek by jowl
They holler and howl
And prance and dance and whoop and wail
Till their lips are pale,
In the…
Doin’ Well In Georgia
Grief and MourningDoin' Well in Georgia
1658
Well in Georgia We're doin' well in Georgia
As well as well can be
The rivers eing in muste
On their way to meet the ne
An' the winds they join in chorus
As they wase the blossoms five
An' the stare that light…