Tag Archive for: War

From Riverside

From Riverside 4645 Below the river's liquid steel Is damascened by sun and wind: Above, the ospreya swoop and wheel; Peyond, the impending Palisades Flush with their vivid summer shades, Sheer and superb and sharp defined The dome of…

Battle Hymn Of The Republic

Battle Hymn of the Republic By Julia Ward Howe 897 BY JULIA WARD HOW Julls Ward Howe born into la best known to the American pubile by her splendid " Bustie This was published in A Later Lyrien became famous Hymn volume antities appearing…

A Confirmed Spinster

A CONFIRMED SPINSTER 4425 There was a lonely maiden Who lived in Androscoggin, She got a half-formed notion Into her little noggin And when she had completed it, And cruel Fate defeated it, She used up all her patrimony In waging war 'gainst…

The Man Behind The Plow

THE MAN BEHIND THE PLOW 5005 Bards have praised in song and lay men whose office is to siny Men who go untinching where their fooman lurk: But the man behind the plow is a hero, too, I trow He's the man that keeps them while they do the work Oh…

The Soldier’s Dream

The Soldier's Dream 1541 Our bugles sang truce, for the night cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground over- powered The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die When reposing…

The Nameless Age

The Nameless Age 5701 With a chainless bike, and a horseless car, And a ship that sails in air; With a prayerless church-in a Godless age- Excepting "science" prayer With a tuneless song, and an artless art, Of "poster" girls galore, Who…

Business Prospects For Mr Hearst

BUSINESS PROSPECTS FOR MR HEARST 4897 If Willie Hearst were President (by some mischance infernal), The whole United States would be an annex to his Journal The Daily Jolt would scream with him in scarehead type untidy, He'd make a war on…

The World At Its Best

THE WORLD AT ITS BEST 4587 It's a good old world when the days are fair And a good old world when itrains; There are woes sometimes that are hard to bear There are efforts that bring few gains: But the joys that come with each glad new day,…

Shall Crime Continue

SHALL CRIME CONTINUE 2949 "Frivolity that with garlanded locks Dances on the brink of an abyss, Stupidity, that so willingly cowers Behind tradition and what has been, Delusion that lies so deep in night As to think evil good- War to…

The Falsehood

The Falsehood 1919 Each morn he lies in his trundle bed And sees the great sun rise, He shakes the curls of his golden hend And rubs his sleepy eyes: Then softly steals across the floor And climbs upon my knee "Is mudder here?" he asks…

Kipling’s Cabled Poetry

Kipling's Cabled Poetry 3035 Chicago Chronicle: If there is anything in this world that is not worth cabling from England to America it Is the "poetry" of Rudyard Kipling By long ap- plication one may learn that the subject of his last effort…

The Lady Of Shalott

The Lady of Shalott 2711 Not Readable Not Readable By the margin, willow valled, S lide the heavy barges, trailed By slow horses; and unhalfed The shallop filtteth sliken satled, Skimming down to Camelot But who hath seen her wave her…

Song Of The Ruby

Song of the Ruby 4853 The heart of me is red with blood, the eyes of me are crimson fire, I light the way for all true loves, across the land of heart's desire I cannot rest, I cannot sleep, I am at war with everything- I stain a queen's…

A Spanish Cavaller

A Spanish Cavaller 3894 A Spanish cavaller stood on his retreat, And on his guitar played a tune, dear; The music so sweet I oft times repeat The blessings of my country and you, dear Chorus- Say, darling, sny, when I'm far away Sometimes…