Tag Archive for: Unknown Author
A Mountain Monument
DreamsA Mountain Monument
MARY H C BOOTH
5635
The mountains crimsoned with delight
And shook in thunder thrills,
They leaned across the jeweled night,
And whispered to the hills
And the little hills upspringing
Gave back an answering nod
Then…
A Sunset Panorama
War and ConflictA Sunset Panorama
3846
See! At close of day in western sky
Those mountain clouds shine like Sinait
Skirted with piumed tips aglow
Are zilvered creats, like peaks of snow,
At foot of which gold tinged they pour
Light's richer hues in waver…
The Indian Hunter
Love and RomanceThe Indian Hunter
3195
Let me go to my home in the far distant West
To the scenes of my youth that I like the best,
Where the tall cedars are and the bright waters How,
Where my parents will greet me, white man, let me go
Let me go to the…
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
DreamsHer Bright Smile Haunts Me Still
45411
Tix years since last we met,
And we may not meet rain:
I have struggled to forget,
But the struggle was in vain,
For her volce lives on the breeze,
And her spirit comes at will;
In the midnight,…
The Irish Erin Grant’s Lament
BandThe Irish Erin Grant's Lament
5435
I'm sitting on the stile, Mary
Where we sat side by side:
On a bright May morning long ago,
When årst you were my belde
The corn wus springing fresh and green,
And the lark sang loud and high,
And the…
Grandma’s Gargen
Love and RomanceGRANDMA'S GARGEN
2989
In Grandma's dear old-fashioned garden,
Where countless flowers grow,
Nodding in the soft south wind,
Gently swaying to and fro,
Overhead the birds are singing,
To the dear old-fashioned flowers,
And the honey bees…
Hummer
DreamsHummer
3698
Of course you'd wish to say at once,
"bee, don't be a little dunco
And waste your golden days and months
In fazlly reviewing
The things you're going to do, and how
Your hive with honey you'll endow,
But bear in mind, O bee,…
Give And Get
Courage and PerseveranceGIVE AND GET
5535
"Give others as you journey on
You'll find it worth your while-
The courage of a kindly word,
The stunshine of a smile:
And when you chance upon a day
All hopeless, dark and cold,
They'll haste with interest to repay,…
New England To ” The Queen City”
Courage and PerseveranceNEW ENGLAND TO " THE QUEEN CITY"
5442
"Jac" Lowell, author of "New England Snap Shots"
From mountains green, from cloud-capped granite hills,
From throbbing marts and peace-protected farms,
We send to thee a shout of grand grand "good-wills,"…
Araby’s Daughter
Love and RomanceAraby's Daughter
2122
Farewell, farewell, to thee, Araby's daughter:
Thus warbled a perl beneath the dark sen;
No pearl ever lay under Oman's green water
More pure in its shell than thy spirit in thee
O fair na the sen flower close to thee…
Christmas Song
ChildhoodChristmas Song
4954
All joys, I thought, from Christmas fled
When good Saint Nicholas drove away
Forever in his reindeer sleigh,
When last, from my low trundle-bed,
I watched the gray east growing red,
With heart of feverish eagerness,…
Puffs
ReflectionsPuffs
2292
(With Apologies to Rudyard Kipling and Professor Morse Stephens)
He smokes smokes - - smokes-smokes, amokin' over Berkeley!
Smokes-smokes-smokes-smokes, smo in' over Berkeley! smok-
(Puft-puft-puff putt, breathing in and out again!)…
The Deserted Village
Sports and CompetitionThe Deserted Village
5603
Sweet Auburnt lovellest village of the plain,
Where herith and plenty cheered the laboring swain
Where smiling spring its earliest visit pald
And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed
Dear, lovely bowers of…
The Widow’s Lot
ReflectionsTHE WIDOW'S LOT
2763
Міs Pikes Jes called the fust time fer
A month o Sundays I've seen her-
She took on scan'luss about me
A-litlu here alone, an' she
Jes up au said, "A ranch was not
The place fer widders," an' she sot
An' harped…
A Life On The Ocean Wave
Sailing and the SeaA Life on the Ocean Wave
1542
A life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling deep
Where the scattered waters rave
And the wild winds their revela keep!
Like an eagie caged, 1 pine
On this du duil, unchanging shore
Oh give me the flashing…
The Ship That Never Returned
Hope and MotivationThe Ship that Never Returned
18010
On a summer's day, when the waves were rippled
By n soft and gentle breeze,
A ship set sall with a cargo laden
For port beyond the a sens
There were fond farewells,
There were loving amiles,
While their…
Marguerite
Hope and MotivationMarguerite
5606
Marguerite! Marguerite! my star of hope
I dread the day you'll forget me, Marguerite!
And still I know it soon will come,
The festive dance, the rich, the gay,
So different from our home, Marguerite!
I would not chide thee,…
A Song
ChildhoodA SONG
518-1
Scatter in spring-time a handful of seeds,
And gather in summer a lapful of flowers
This is the song of the birds in the bowers,
This is the song of the wind in the reeds
Down by the roadside and over the meads,
Under the sunshine…
It’s Going Up
AgingIt's Going Up
584
-It's going up, it's going up,
Although we thought it went;
It still keeps climbing, climbing
Its rocky, steep ascent;
And we in awe perspiring
Just wonder where we're at,
For still the rents keep going up,
And other…