Tag Archive for: War and Conflict
The Brick Schoolhouse On The Hill
War and ConflictThe Brick Schoolhouse on the Hill
4575
On a hill in old NewHampshire
Stands the schoolhouse on the hill
Where we boys and girls went onward
To learn to read, write, and spell
The lessons that were taught us
Seem'd awful hard to learn,…
Where There’s A With There’s A Way
War and ConflictWhere There's a With There's a Way
3364
This life is a difficult riddle
For many people we see
With faces as long as a fiddle
That ought to look shining with glee
I am sure in this world there are plenty
Of good things enough for us all,…
Twilight
War and ConflictTwilight
L M Montgomery,
2073
From vales of dawn hath Day pursued the Night
Who mocking fled, swift-sandaled, to the west,
Nor ever lingered in her wayward flight
With dusk-eyed glance to recompense his quest,
But over crocus hills and…
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…
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…
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!