Tragedy of the Desert 5755 The elephant sat in the lemon tree, A-swaying to and fro; And a beautiful warbling song sang he To the whale on the branch below- Though a cold wind blew from the distant sea, And the desert was deep in snow And this is the song that the elephant sung, […]
The Ocean’s Blue 527,5 When the busy day is o’er And the sun is sinking lower Then I seem to see my dear old Western home, And the long years roll away ain I play Just a child again With my playmates in the woods I used to roam And at eve my mother there […]
The Siege of Belgrade 2567 An Austrian army, awfully arrayed, Boldly, by batters, besleged Belgrade; Cormack comunanders cannonading come Dealing destructions devastating doom; Every endeavor, engineers PRERY For fame, for fortune, fighting furious fray! Generals ‘gainst generals grapple, grasping good, How honors Heaven herole hardidood! Infuriate, indiscriminate in ill Kindred kill kinsmen, kinsmen kindred jallt […]
SPRING ON THE EAST SIDE 3498 When the wind walls round frosty eaves Like some unhappy soul that grieves- When snowflakes fall and fields lle deep Beneath white counterpanes asleep- What mirth around the fire prevails When the wind walls One dear blond head and one of brown Against my knce are nestled down, While […]
THINGS I MEANT TO DO 45410 It’s true I haven’t done a lot To show my natural bent: The things to judge folks by is not The act, but the intent The crop that measured scant and small, The roof where rain came through- Don’t notice them They ain’t at all The things I meant […]
The Hearthstone 5374 When the logs are burning free, Then the fire is full of glee: When each heart gives out its best, Then the talk la full of zest; Light your fire and never fear Life wer made for love and cheer
PRAYER 4672 I stood upon the threshold; musical Reverberant footsteps ghostlike came and went And my lips trembled as magnificent Before me rose a vision of that hall Whereof great Milton is the mighty wall, Shakespeare the dome with incense redolent, Each latter singer precious ornament, And Holy Writ the groundwork bearing all “Lord,” sobbed […]
ONE OF THE BOYS 2553 He is way beyond fifty, his hair’s turning gray But still he can laugh in the folliest way: He hasn’t forgotten the fun in a jest: He tells the old stories with heartlest zest, He knows all the new ones; he likes lots of noise- Somehow he has managed to […]
The Black Sheep 1855 In a quiet little village, not so far away There lived an aged farmer; his hair was thin and gray: He had three sons, his only ones; both Jack and Tom were aly, While Ted was honest as could be, and would not tell a lie man’s eyes: They planned their […]
MY LADY’S GOWN William J Lampton 4151 Just pull it in To meet her chin,- A ballet dress ’twill be Then let it down To reach the ground- An evening dress you’ll see
OCTOBER 5647 Ay, thou art welcome, heaven’s licious breath! When woods begin to wear crimson leaf the And suns grow meek, and meek suns grow brief, And the year smiles as it draws near its death Wind of the sunny south! oh, still de- lay In the gay woods and in the golden air, Like […]
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 is the Boer war, but not what his opinion in regard to […]
The Girl In White 4649 She’s a daisy, she’s a hummer, she’s a white rose of the summer Oh dainty latest comer, she’s a vision of delightt She would charm e’en sages wary, cool and delicato and alry Coming like a young snow fairy is the summer girl in white From big hat to little […]
Board of Health 692 The Board of Health has asked for $48,000 from Relief Fund with which to kill flies: All about the tents and things Buzz busy flies, Working proboscis and wings Winking all their eyes; Threatening disease and death, Says the Board of Health, “Put some sulphur on their breath, Murder them by […]
Way Out In the West 4166 There’s a country famed in story, As you’ve oftentimes been en told, ‘Tis a land of mighty rivers, Running over sands of gold The abode of peace and plenty And with quietness ‘tla blest, But this country that’s that’s so famous Is away out in the West Chorus- Tis […]
The Golden Stairs 3843 Put away those little dresses That our darling used to wear; She will need them on her never, She has climbed the golden stairs She is with the happy angels, And I long for her sweet kiss, Where her little feet are waiting Close beside the golden stairs Chorus Angels, whisper […]
Let the Little Ones Come Unto Me 4545 I think when I rend that sweet story of oki, When Jesus was here among men, How he called little chlidren as lambs to his fold, I would like to have been with him then I wish that his hand had been placed on my head, That […]
THE MIRROR 5221 A lover sought his loved one’s dwelling-place, And all audacious, craved its hidden grace; Without the rose-wreathed door, he fearless, knocked—- Oh, grief; to find the cruel portals locked Then from within, sweet as the perfumed air, Music’s own voice cried: “Who awaits me there?” Now heed ye well the Lover’s bold […]
Wrap teh Flag Around Me, Hoys 3998 Oh, wrap the flag around me, boys, To die were far more sweet With freedom’s starry emblem, boys, To be my winding sheet In life I loved to see it wave, And followed where it led, But now my eyes grow dim, my handa Would clasp its last […]
The Prairie in Spring 102-2 Flaming clouds athwart the hiil, Broken ice and flashing rill; Oozy marge of brimming slough That the coming drake hath drew See his green, inquiring head, Lifted from the snail-strewn bed! Mark the gopher’s wooing race And the high crane circles trace There the curlew flutters down To the stubble, […]