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The Bower Of Prayer

The Bower of Prayer 1702 To leave my dear friends and with neighbors to part, And go from my home, it affecte not my heart, Like the thoughts of absenting myself for a day From that blessed retreat where I've chosen to pray Dear bower, where…

On The Unknown Road

On the Unknown Road 2822 Poor little heart that knowest not the way That leads from darkness to "the perfect day," Shall I give judgment-finding thee astray? I too, have wandered-I that know the light- Far from God's smile-unutterably…

I Heard The Voice Of Jesus

I Heard the Voice of Jesus 2752 I heard the volce of Jesus say: Come unto me and rest; Lay down thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon my brenat I came to Jesus as I Weary nod worn and and I found in hin a resting place, And he has made…

The Royal Way Of The Cross

The Royal Way of the Cross 5533 We may spread our couch with roses And sleep through the summer day But the soul that sloth reposes Is not in the narrow way If we follow the chart that is given We need not be at a loss, For the royal…

Animal Rhymes

ANIMAL RHYMES Little Willie Westerner 2762 THE COYOTE The coyote is the smartest one, Arithmetick's his choice, He thlaks it fun to set up ulghts An multiply his volce THE PRAIRIE…

Minnehaha

Minnehaha 2981 Cease thy thy laughing, Minnehaha Cense thy laughing now for aye: Bavage hands are red red ed with wit slaughter Of the innocent today Cease thy gay noten, Minnehaha, Lest some mournful strain prevalli L isten while the…

Nearer Home

Nearer Home 1982 One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er: Im nearer to my home today Than I ever have been before Nearer my father's house Where the many manstons be: Nearer the great white throne, Nearer the crystal sea Nearer…

Catch The Sunshine

Catch the Sunshine 2756 Catch the Sunshine though lifekers Through a dark and dismal clouds Thouh it falls so faint and feeble On a heart with sorrow how Catch it quickly! It is wassing, Passing rapidly away It has only come to tell you…

A Lenten Rhapsody

A Lenten Rhapsody 5608 No, the house is not a-ûre Where that smoke doth kiss the sky, And that music is no lyre, Twanging with wild melody It is just the rip and roar, Sneeze and whip and smut and souse, Aching limbs and joints all sore,…

Hallowe’En

Hallowe'en 4795 SHE ate the apple-as did Eve- And looked into the glass; She said, "The Fates will not deceive A little lonely lass" SHE ate the apple, rind and all, So that the Fates could see, Although she was so lone and small She trusted…

Who Knows?

Who Knows? CATHERINE MARKHAM 3086 Those cryptic runes upon the brake writ thick, Who will interpret? or that terse distich The cricket fills the night with, who is wise To give it words? And when the night-wind flies, Who has the delicate…

As A Comic

As a Comic 2939 I asked a charming young soubrette Who'd said I was a "shine" To please those cruel words forget And be my valentine She said my valentine she'd be If I my ald would lend And let her stick a stamp on me And mail me to…

A Memory

A Memory Emily Sargent Lewis 572 My mother died when I was four, That's why I can't remember more Of what she used to do and say So long ago I'm six to-day I know one day she climbed with me, Way up into the apple tree, The flowers fell…

Slowing Up

SLOWING UP 5644 Everybody's runnin' In this eventful day; Runnin' some big business So's to make it pay; Runnin' for an office Or runnin' from the law- It's the fastest runnin' That this old world ever saw I want to stop a minute, So's…

The Pirate’s Serenade

The Pirate's Serenade 84-6 My boat's by the tower, my bark's in the bay And both must be gone ere the dawn of the day The moon's in her shroud, but to guide thec afar On the deck of the Dariln's a love lighted star Then wake, lady, wake…

The Killjoy

The Killjoy 3205 Although a fellow's down and out, Why, matters might be worse; And he can keep up courage stout With nothing in his purse A chap can be light-hearted, then, Although he has to toll; But life is just a desert when A fellow…

Panting For Heaven

Panting for Heaven 3502 Ye angels who stand 'round the throne And View my Immanuel's face, In rapturous songs make him known Tune, tune your soft harps to his praise He formed you the spirits you are- So happy, so noble, so good When others…

Grandpa Nathan

Grandpa Nathan 3776 By the beech and hickory Dre Grandpa Nathan sat at night With details of marching armes, And the news of many a fight When he laid aside the paper Though its contests he had told He was plied with any questions By…

Too Late

Too Late 3303 And so you have comeback to me Since time at last has set you free And offered me again the heart Whose earthly hope was found in thee And so you come to me once more, And say the old love's growing, yet You've tried through…

When He Got Drunk Again

When He Got Drunk Again 3449 When young I had a fortune I thought t'would ne'er be sunk, I spent it all a-gambling one night when I not drunk So early next morning my head was racked with pain, My heart was ailed with sadness, so I got drunk…