Missionary Song 3368 Over the ocean wave, far, far away There the poor heathen live, waiting for day Groping in ignorance dark as the night No blessed Bible to give them the light Chorus: Pity them pity them Christians at home, Haste with the bread of life, hasten and come Here in this happy land […]
THE NINE-LIVED CORN 4583 The corn was killed in early May- The flood had wasted it quite away And later on it died again, And rotted ‘neath the constant rain Once more we tolled its final knell; The seed had not been tested well Yet later it began to sprout, Then died The weeds had […]
Live While You Live 1164 Just con this o’er before the fray And the rule will give you grit: The bitter sweet of yesterday Is today’s own sweeter bit! Take life easy- Take life breezy: Live the hour you live Joys and troubles Alike are bubbles; Nor lasting measure give This morn’s pet sorrow Will […]
The Children 1537 Mother of many children I-sprung of my heart and my brain- And some have been borne in gladness and some have been borne in pain, But one has gone singing from out my door Never to come again Content and Ease and Comfort-they abide with me day by day; They smooth my […]
Books of the Old Testament 2125 The great Jehovah speaks to us In Genesis and Exodus Loviticus and Numbers seo Followed by Deuteronomy Joshua and Judges sway the land, Ruth gleans a sheat with trembling hand Samuel and numerous Kings appear, Whose Chronicles we wondering hear Ezra and Nehemiah now Esther the beauteous mourner show […]
The Binary Farmer Son 3773 But hunger it came creeping on; poor girl, she cried with woe And for to find his murderers she straightway home did co, Saying “Parents, dear, you soon shall hear of a shocking deed that’s done In yonder vale lien dead and pale my constant farmer’s son Then un bespoke […]
When the Golden Sun is Setting Edna 1023 When the golden sun is setting in the bright and golden west, tly sighing in the trees; Then the wind wind is softly Then every haunt of nature ap speaks of qulet peace and rest, And evening’s hush and quiet is borne upo the breeze Then the […]
THE INTERLOPER 5177 That there little kid upstairs Ain’t no right to be uttin’ in on my affairs And stealin’ things off me He stole my mamma first of all, An’ she makes such a fuss About him when she hears him squall- The foolish little cuss An’ by an’ by she says that I […]
Sunset Beth Slater Whitson in Appleton’s Booklover’s Magazine 1014 Shoulder to shoulder stand the rugged hills, A crown of gold upon each purple crest: A-tremble lies the valley at their feet, Day’s afterglow upon its pulsing breast: Gaunt, hurrying shadows follow silently The ever-fleeing glory in the West
Araluen 2402 Take this rose and very gently place it on the tend, dxp Moses where our little darling Aralue: lles asleop: Put the blossoms close to baby-kneel with me my love, and pray: We must leave the bird, we’ve burled-say good- by to her today! In the shadow of our trouble we must go […]
Oh, When I Was Single 2395 Oh, when I was single, oh, then, Oh, when I was single, oh, then, oh, then Oh, when I was single the money would jingle, And I wish I was single again I married me a wife, oh, then I married me a wife, oh, then, on, then, married […]
Ballard of Old-Time Ladies François Villon 1226 Tell me where, in what land of shade, Bides fair Flora of Rome, and where Are Thais and Archiplade, Cousins-german of beauty rare, And Echo, more than mortal fair, That when one calls by the river-flow Or marish, answers out of the air? But what is become of […]
Sonnet to the Laugh of a Child 5538 Golden music fashioned by the stars, And chanted by the fairies in the gloom- In the gray and ghostly gloom Where the whitened birches loom, And the summer’s sliken vestures Hold a rare and rich perfume, Oh, the soft, mellifluous musle of thy laughter Of thy laughter, […]
I’m Earning What I Git 1335 Nearly even the papors knock some other idol down; Yesterday they spoiled the halo that was work by Abner Brown- Rich old, plus lookin’ Abner! Zeems an though it can’t be true Why, the hings they charge agin him cumon thieves would hardly d Took the man of poor […]
“UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH” 4352 We are in receipt of an unpretentious book of verse entitled “Underneath the led “Un Bough” (The Grafton Press) The author is George Allan Grafton Press) George Allan England, whose name is fa- miliar to us mainly as the author of some very strong stories All the verses little in this […]
The Little Dove 5704 One day all in a lonely grove Sat o’er my head a little dove, For her lost mate hogan to coo, Which made me think of my mate, too Oh, little dove, you’re not alone, With you I am constrained to mourn: For I like you, once had a mate, But […]
Marry’s Dream 1805 The moon had climbed the highest hill That rises o’er the source of Deo, And from her eastern summit shed Her silvery light on tower and tree When Mary laid her down to sleep, Her thoughts on Bandy, for at sea, When sort and low a voice she heard, Saying “Mary, weep […]
IN THE ATELIER 5114 I thought that love was such a little thing! That one might keep it always at his side, Scabbarded like a sword, at peace to bide Its need in times of dearth and clamoring I had it there, but unremembering I put it off one day, that I might glide A […]
Beyon the Years PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR 2933 Revond the years the answer lies Beyond where broods the grieving skies And night drops tears Where Faith rou-chastened amiles to rise And doff its fears And carping sorrow pines and dies- Beyond the years Beyond the years the prayer for rest Shall heat no more within the […]
CHRISTMAS NIGHT 5433 At last Thou art come, little Savior And Thine angels fill midnight with song: Thou art come to us, gentle Creator! Whom Thy creatures have sighed for so long