Tag Archive for: Unknown Author
Tis The Last Rose Of Summer
Love and RomanceTis 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
DeathWho 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
War and ConflictFlag 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
ReflectionsAmphibious
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
Urban LifeThe 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
War and ConflictSINGING 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
Love and RomanceThe 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
Love and RomanceI 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
Love and RomanceWe 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
Love and RomanceWhere 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
ReflectionsDOWN 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
Urban LifeThe 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
Hope and MotivationThe 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
Urban LifeThe 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
War and ConflictDawn
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
Family and RelationshipsThe 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
ReflectionsORDER 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
ReflectionsTHE 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
ReflectionsUsing' 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
Places and TravelDAKOTA'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…