Tag Archive for: War
From Riverside
War and ConflictFrom 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
War and ConflictBattle 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
War and ConflictA 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
War and ConflictTHE 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
War and ConflictThe 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
War and ConflictThe 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
War and ConflictBUSINESS 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
War and ConflictTHE 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
War and ConflictSHALL 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
War and ConflictThe 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
War and ConflictKipling'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
War and ConflictThe 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
War and ConflictSong 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
War and ConflictA 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…