Tag Archive for: War and Conflict
The Invariable Claim
War and ConflictThe Invariable Claim
4647
No matter where a man may dwell,
He'll make this statement as a rule:
"It's warm by day, the truth to tell
But then the nights are always cool"
E'en on the arld, thirsting plain,
Where blindly roves the panting…
Navy Of The Sioux
War and ConflictNAVY OF THE SIOUX
40913
Talk about your warships,
Clipping through the waves;
Chant about the cruiser
That the storm-sea bravest
Out here in Dakota Where the grass is blue
We've a fiercer navy- The navy of the Sioux
Summer long it's active,…
The Man Behind
War and ConflictThe Man Behind
2434
Oht I when I was a little boy my father said to me
Don't ever be too forward, lad, but not with modesty:
In battle it's the man in front that's always shot you'll find,
But the gen'ral gets the credit, for he is the man…
Which?
War and ConflictWhich?
1343
John Smith is thrice a millionaire,
Quite rapid's been his rise,
A shrewd and calculating man
The world accounts him wise;
A scruple he has never let
Retard his upward way,
The question alv always is with him,
At all times,…
In The Baggage Coach Ahead
War and ConflictIn the Baggage Coach Ahead
1791
On a dark, stormy sight as the train rattled on
All the passengers had come to bed
Except one you with both a baby in his arme,
Who sat there bowed down head
The Innocent one began cryink just then,
As though…
Until Equity Is Here
War and ConflictUntil Equity Is Here
5974
In the rustle of the cornfields
And the plowman's weary tread;
And the fingers of the tassels,
Raised beseechingly o'erhead,
In them all a thousand volces
Whisper in the list ning ear
"Toll will ne'er possess…
The Breaking Plow
War and ConflictThe Breaking Plow
22312
I am the plow that turns the sod
That has lain for a thousand years;
Where the prairie's wind-tossed Bewars nod
And the wolf her wild enb rears,
I come, and in my wake, like rain,
In scattered the golden seed;
I…
Seven Years Old
War and ConflictSEVEN YEARS OLD
5312
I am seven years old to-day-
Seven times one are seven;
And Alice is four years older-
Seven and four are eleven
My lessons are so hard to learn,
So full of figures and words;
The numbers hum in my head like bees,…
Afterwards
War and ConflictAFTERWARDS
2505
Oh, to think that the world will go on
After we are dead!
Lovers will go on loving
The old, old words will be said
New buds will bloom in April,
And white be the apple-bough;
June will return, the birds troop back,
The…
Wake Nicodemus
War and ConflictWake Nicodemus
2618
Nicodemua the slave was of African birth
And was bought for a bag full of gold:
He was reckoned a part of the sait of the earth
But he died years ago very old
"Twas his last sad request, so we laid him away
In the trunk…
German Hunter Song
War and ConflictGerman Hunter Song
3496
In forest and on heather
I take my daily pleasure,
I am a hunter bold, I am a hunter bold
To roam the woods unflagging
The wild game freely bagging,
Oh, that's a joy untold, oh, that's a joy untold,
Chorus-
Hall,…
A Fine Dramatic Poem
War and ConflictA fine Dramatic Poem
1345
In the play on "Rahab," by Mr Richard Burton, occurs
some beautiful lines that fit peculiarly with the present situa-
tion in our city They are as follows:
"Last night I had a dream
Being o'erwatched and weary In…
Pilgrim Song
War and ConflictPilgrim Song
23012
Over the ocean wave,
See where they come:
Storm cloud and wintry wird,
Welcome them home;
Yet whe where the sounding gale
Howls to the sea, There their song peals along, Deep toned and free
Chorus-
Pilgrims…
Thanksgiving
War and ConflictThanksgiving
2941
We thank Thee Yea, in the even tone
Of those who are glad of the goods they own
We thank Thee Yea, that Thou hast preferred
And blessed us more than the common herd
We thank Thee, part with the heart's intention,
But…
The Suburbanite
War and ConflictThe Suburbanite
5597
Come all ye lads and lasses,
Now jocund be and gay;
September's sun is shining
And this is Labor Day
For all the politicians
Have dirty work to do-
The labor faker's busy,
Then be you busy too
From forge and shop…
When The Little One Is Safe
War and ConflictWHEN THE LITTLE ONE IS SAFE
5057
The wind is howling through the streets,
The walls are shaken by the storm;
But tucked between the snowy sheets
My little one is safe and warm
November's wrath is roused tonight:
The storm king's hounds…
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
War and ConflictTramp, Tramp, Tramp
1803
In my prison cell I sit,
Thinking, mother, dear, of you
And our bright and happy home so far away,
And the tears they fill my eyes,
Spite of all that I can do
Though I try to cheer my comrades and be gay
Chorus:
Tramp,…
Do Your Best
War and ConflictDo Your Best
H A Phillips
2082
He honest, be earnest, upright and true:
Stelving at all times your duty to do
Living up to your highest light each day,
Not fearing what others may think or why
Ho temperate in all things, doing your best,…
An Inspection Tour
War and ConflictAn Inspection Tour
26110
I saw them kill a beet or two It was a painful sight
The ma man who killed them not at all poitte was so rude and
He did not bow or scrape at all, which seemed to me so queer
Before he picked the hammer up and slugged…
Coasting Thoughts
War and ConflictCoating Thougts
1983
The little lad
Is aught but sad
With joy he's quite athrin
From wars to toes
When swift he goes
A-sliding down the hill
But many times
His wary groans outpop
As back he slowly climbs
Unto the top
The man of biz
Supremely…