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Tis The Last Rose Of Summer

Tis the Last Rose of Summer THOMAS MOORE 2987 "Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone: No flower of her kindred, No rosebud la nigh, To reflect back her blushes Or give aigh for…

Who Will Care For Mother Now

Who Will Care for Mother Now 2075 Why am I wo weak and weary? See how faint my heated breath All around to me sreme darkness Tell me emra les in this death? Ah! how well I know voltur answer To my fate I meekly Dow If you'll only tell…

Flag The Traiin

Flag the Traiin 1693 (The last words of Engineer Edward Kennar who died in a railroad accident near St Johns- ville N Y) Go, flag the train, boys! Flak the train! Nor waste the time on me: But les me by my shattered cab; Tis better thus…

Amphibious

Amphibious 84-12 To drown our sorrows is unkind; Besides, the chance is slim; For in the flowing bowl we find They quickly learn to swim

The City To Be

The City To Be Whaeeler Wilcox 311 OH, ho! for the city, that is to be, By the great, broad banks of the western sea It shall spring from ashes, and tears, and blood- The city of beauty and brotherhood A delicate marvel of modern birth,…

Singing Birds Fly Lowest

SINGING BIRDS FLY LOWEST 5008 The eagle builds his serie Far up the mountain height And birds of prey and proudly In upper realms of Ught; But the singing birds dy lowest, Amid the groves and flowers, Their gentler lives and voices In…

The Master Stood In His Garden

The Master Stood In His Garden 2666 The Master stood in his garden, among his illes so fair, Which his own right hand had planted, and trained with tenderest care He looked on thely anowy with observant nye blossoma, and marked That have…

I Could Not Call Her Mother

I Could Not Call Her Mother 4905 The marriage rite was over, And tho I turned aside To keep the guests from seeing The tears I could not hide I wreathed my face in smiles And led my little brother To greet my father's chosen, But I could…

We Shall Know

We Shall Know 3836 We shall know by Intuition, By the love light on their face Call unchanged by the transition), By the tender soul embrace- Know the lovely ones we cherished Early fallen in the strife: Oh! the hopes that with them perished,…

Where Is My Boy Tonight

Where Is My Boy Tonight 4576 Where is my wandering boy tonight- The boy of my tenderest care, The boy that was once my joy and light The child of my love and prayer Chorus- O where is my boy tonight? O where is my boy tonight? My heart…

Down And Up

DOWN AND UP 3192 When a man has spent His very last cent The world looks blue, you bet, But give him a dollar, And hear him holler; There's life in the old world yet

The Earthquake

The Earthquake (Herry M Hyde) 323 MAN scratches little runways in the dirt, And raises tiny mounds of stone and steel, To tease the microscopes of curious gods Sends feeble ships to tempt the awful deep, Plucks one red feather from the…

The Girl I Left Behind Me

The Girl I Left Behind 2305 I'm lonesome since I crossed the hills and o'er the moor that's sedgy With heavy thoughts any imlod is filled since I have parted with Peggy parted Whene'de I turn fall and blind me the place the tears doth When…

The White Pilgrim

The White Pilgrim 906 I came to the spot where the white pilgrim lay And pensively stood by his tomb, When in a low whisper a volce seemed to say "How sweetly 1 sleep here alone "Twas the call of my master that led me from home; I bade…

Dawn

Dawn Virginia Woodward Cloud 1915 Virginia Woodward Oloud in Harper's Bazar A streak of light soft-stirred- Thought, feeling for the word; It trembled forth it broke, And out the glad day spoke!

The Skaters

The Skaters Grant Cook 2332 The rising moon, Dispels the gloom, And throws her beams on frozen lake, afar: A pathway, bright With mellow light, Where skaters skim across the amber bar With swinging stride And graceful glide, The skaters…

Order Of The Smilling Face

ORDER OF THE SMILLING FACE 3082 We've formed a new society- The Order of the Smiling Face An honored member you may be, For every one may have a place The rules say you must never let The corners of your mouth drop down, For by this method…

The Usual Result

THE USUAL RESULT 4807 Their meeting, it was sudden: Their meeting It was sad: She sacrificed her sweet young life- "Twas all the life she had- She sleeps beneath the daisies fair: In peace she's resting now- Oh, there's always something…

Using’ Up The’ Scraps

Using' Up the' Scraps Aloysius Coll 4322 It's queer what Auntie Beck our cook Can make with all th' scraps- She jes' gits out her little book An' reads it, while she taps An' beats 'em up with her big spoon, Then pours 'em in a pan, An'…

Dakota’s All Right

DAKOTA'S ALL RIGHT 3943 Where do folks get the notion That sunny South Dakota Is like the Arctic Ocean Or just a little coldah! They ought to be more keerful, Remarks like this I quotesh, Are apt to make us tearful, Who live in South…