Tag Archive for: San Francisco
The Sleeves Of Yesterday
Urban LifeThe Sleeves of Yesterday
506
I wonder where the sleeves have flown
That erstwhile hid milady's arms;
The present show of flesh and bone
Too oft reveals but doubtful charms A
style the washerwomen set
Is recognized as recherché-
Dame…
Resurgas
Urban LifeResurgas
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…
It Happened At Once
Urban LifeIt 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 Golden City
Urban LifeThe Golden City
244
I
Stricken she lies at her Western gate,
Bleeding and bruised and desolate
Queen of the beckoning West, now charred
To a blackened heap and a smoulder- ing shard
Where the waves of the peaceful Pa- cific…
Deathless
Urban LifeDeathless
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…
San Francisco’s Fate
Urban LifeSan 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…
San Francisco Redeemed
Urban LifeSan Francisco Redeemed
66
Serenely proud has been thy reign,
Fair mistress of the Golden Gate,
NO Now through through they Great Baptismal Fire,
Predestined to a Great Estate
Ambassadors from every clime
Have here their flags unfurled;…
A Familu Club Lyric
Urban LifeA 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 Stricken City
Urban LifeThe 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…
The Lesson
Urban LifeThe Lesson
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
91
When Thought, accustomed to appalling fact,
Grow normal and regains its sway once more,
Long buried Truth, within the hearts of men,
Shall rise and roll away the Stone of self,
And stand revealed in all its…
San Francisco
Urban LifeSan Francisco
67
Immersed in golden shadows
At the close of a busy day,
Thy hills and vales St Francis,
In peace and quiet lay
Clothed in the folds of slumber,
Fair Morpheus reigned supreme
Unconscious of death and destruction
Thy portion unwritten,…
The Watchword
Urban LifeThe 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…
San Francisco
Urban LifeSan 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…
Good-Bye To Chinatown
Urban LifeGood-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
Urban LifeSan Francisco
321
How fair she looked! and calm, queen of the West!
As though no auguish s'er could plerce her breast
Tranguli and similing she in slumber luy
At walking dawn upon that fatal day
No rosente tinge yet graced the early morn:…
To San Francisco
Urban LifeTo 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,…
Beside The Golden Gate
Urban LifeBeside 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…
Dr Jorden
Urban LifeDr 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…
The City Beautiful
Urban LifeThe City Beautiful
68
"Way down East" they have the ague
Unity they, shake, shake, shake;
But here in California
We prefer an earthquake
In some Stales they have the blizards,
Cyclones disturb their rest;
But out here in San Francisco
We think…
San Francisco
Urban LifeSan 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…