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Christ In The Garden

The Unsuspicious Turkey

THE UNSUSPICIOUS TURKEY 2758 The turkey struts the barnyard now, Unmindful of the hours Ere he will grace the festive board Of Uncle Eara Powers, He little knows that every eye Is watching how he grows, And extra feed he gets just to Increase…

A Gentleman

A GENTLEMAN 581-10 I knew him for a gentleman By signs that never fail; His coat was rough and rather worn, His cheeks were thin and pale A lad who had his way to make, With little time to play, I knew him for a gentleman By certain signs today He…

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…

Unanswered Yet?

Unanswered Yet? 4573 Unanswered yet? The prayer your Hpe have pleaded In agony of heart these many years? Does faith begin to full? is hope departing? And think you in vain all those falling tears Say not the Father hath not heard your prayer!…

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…

Watch

Watch 5705 Mother, father, watch the little feet, Climbing o'er the garden wall, Bounding through the busy streets, Ranging cellar, shed, and hall; Never count the moments lost, Never mind the time It costs; Little feet will go astray-…

The Short Poem-Japanese And American

The Short Poem-Japanese and American 2401 The South Atlantic Quarterly con- firms all that its contemporaries have averred of late years regarding the tendency of many Japanese poets to extreme brevity It publishes several examples to…

Answer To “Rock Me To Sleep, Mother”

Answer to "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother" 3847 My child, oh my child, thou art weary tonight! Thy spirit is sad and dim is the light Thou wouldst call me back from the echolest shore To the trials of life, to thy heart, as of yore; Thou longest…

Tenting On The Oid Camp Ground

Tenting on the OId Camp Ground 3044 We're tenting tonight on the old camp grounds dive Give us mong to Our weary hearts cheer Camp Ground a song of home, And the friends we love so dear Chorus- Many are the hearts that are wonry tonight,…

Alone, Yet Not Alone

Alone, Yet Not Alone 2346 When no kind earthly friend is near, With gentle words my heart to cheer Still am I with my Savior dear: "Alone, yet not alone" Though no loved forms my path attend With tender looks o'er me to bend, Yet aim…

What Is The Mighty All?

What is the Mighty All? 1485 What is the mighty all-the main Of air, the earth, the ocean's plain, The wheeling world stupendously Hung in the void, the stars that flee And circle through the night, and we, With life and labor, mind and…

The Mckingbird’s Secret

The 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',…

An Old Classic

An Old Classic 1342 11 send a song which describes the pic- ture that used to appear on the first page of Valley Farmer It is one we used to sing at school when I was a child to the Tune the Old Cow Died On-Mrs Z Gil- liland, Marengo, 1111 Old…

The Engine’s Song

The Engine's Song 1024 Through city and forest and held and glen I rush with the roaring train; My strength is the strength of a thousand men My brain is a master's brain, I borrow the senses of him within Who watches the gleaming line: His…

A Good Rule

A Good Rule 2662 Whether you write in prose or verse, When you've got a thing to sa Say It! Don't take halt a day When your tale's got little in it Crowd the whole thing in a minute Life is short-a fleeting vapor Don't fill the whole of…

The Dying California

The Dying California 3931 Tell my father, when you greet him, That in death I prayed for him Prayed that I might one day meet him In a world that's free from sin Tell my mother God will help her, Now that she is growing old, Say ber her…

Ethel

Ethel 12 "You light two crackers thus" he said "That's yours, and PH take this, And now, if yours should go off first, Why, you can claim a kiss" We watch the powder quickly burn, Fizz, bang! Oh, happy aight! I fold the malden in my arms And…

Mabel Clare

Mabel Clare 896 Along the green lane in the May-time, I gather'd the violets blue, Echoing yet with the bee song And cool with the morning dew Gather'd them for sweet Mabel, Beautiful Mabel Clare To clasp in her dainty fingers- To brald…

Only A Boy

Only a Boy 1475 Only a boy, with his noise and fun The verlest mystery under the sun; As brimful of mischief, and wit, and glee, As over a human fraine can be And as hard to manage us-what? ah mel 'Tis hard to tell, Yet we love him well Only…