The City To Be Whaeeler Wilcox 311 OH, ho! for the city, that is to be, By the great, broad banks of the western sea It shall spring from ashes, and tears, and blood- The city of beauty and brotherhood A delicate marvel of modern birth, It shall pulse with the ocean and breathe with […]
The Laugh Rings Far 5372 If you would be heard at all, my lad Keep a laugh in your heart and throat: For those who are deaf to accents sad Are alert to the cheerful note Keep hold of the cord of laughter’s hell Keep aloof from the moans that mar: The sound of a […]
SINGING 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 fellowship with ours Ambition rises upward, Impelled by strong desire, And men […]
The Master Stood In His Garden 2666 The Master stood in his garden, among his illes so fair, Which his own right hand had planted, and trained with tenderest care He looked on thely anowy with observant nye blossoma, and marked That have downdly drooping, for their leaves were parched and dry “My Illies have […]
The Gurmet’s Love Song 46410 My love to me la more than all The pleasures life can give; Faster she holds my soul in thrall Each moment that I live, All qualities that make for blies And joy I look for in her, Nay, more, for just one loving kiss From her I’d miss my […]
I Could Not Call Her Mother 4905 The marriage rite was over, And tho I turned aside To keep the guests from seeing The tears I could not hide I wreathed my face in smiles And led my little brother To greet my father’s chosen, But I could not call her mother (Repeat the last […]
We Shall Know 3836 We shall know by Intuition, By the love light on their face Call unchanged by the transition), By the tender soul embrace- Know the lovely ones we cherished Early fallen in the strife: Oh! the hopes that with them perished, Seetmed the greater part of life All the chords we thought […]
The Ballad of Any Old Thing 5276 Old Chippendale and Sheraton, Old Delft and willow-pattern ware, Point-lace and ancient Honiton, And grandsire’s clock upon the stair, A Watteau fan that waved in air As Beauty’s shield and sceptre, too, Which beckoned joy, or waved despair- In days when these old things were new Old folios […]
Where Is My Boy Tonight 4576 Where is my wandering boy tonight- The boy of my tenderest care, The boy that was once my joy and light The child of my love and prayer Chorus- O where is my boy tonight? O where is my boy tonight? My heart d’erflows, for I love him, he […]
AN OPTIMIST 5493 By its hopeful example the teakettle cheers Our lot when our cares are depressing; For although in hot water clear up to its ears It sings as if life were a blessing It isn’t worth while to fret, dear, To walk as behind a hearse; No matter how vexing things may be, […]
The Station Agent Story 42210 I will have to tell the story: Let me see: ’twas eight years ago, One blusterin night in winter When the alt was just thick with snow As the freight came round the curve there, They beheld man on the track, Bravin’ the storm before him, but Not heedin’ the […]
DOWN AND UP 3192 When a man has spent His very last cent The world looks blue, you bet, But give him a dollar, And hear him holler; There’s life in the old world yet
The Earthquake (Herry M Hyde) 323 MAN scratches little runways in the dirt, And raises tiny mounds of stone and steel, To tease the microscopes of curious gods Sends feeble ships to tempt the awful deep, Plucks one red feather from the lightning’s wing Then lifts himself in petty human pride And boasts his lordship […]
The Girl I Left Behind 2305 I’m lonesome since I crossed the hills and o’er the moor that’s sedgy With heavy thoughts any imlod is filled since I have parted with Peggy parted Whene’de I turn fall and blind me the place the tears doth When I think on the charming grace of the girl […]
The White Pilgrim 906 I came to the spot where the white pilgrim lay And pensively stood by his tomb, When in a low whisper a volce seemed to say “How sweetly 1 sleep here alone “Twas the call of my master that led me from home; I bade my companion farewell: I left my […]
Dawn 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!
The Skaters Grant Cook 2332 The rising moon, Dispels the gloom, And throws her beams on frozen lake, afar: A pathway, bright With mellow light, Where skaters skim across the amber bar With swinging stride And graceful glide, The skaters cross the shining bar of light Swift flitting by, As shadows fly, They whirl and […]
Swingin in the Lane 1655 Not Readable Chorus- And you I’d gives With tray Nell I navar, nover can forg Our swinging in the The boys and girls they used to brooke, thing is the With hits of thread for Anding lines and hendedpins for hooiks They sometimes wished me with them, but they always […]
ORDER OF THE SMILLING FACE 3082 We’ve formed a new society- The Order of the Smiling Face An honored member you may be, For every one may have a place The rules say you must never let The corners of your mouth drop down, For by this method you may get The habit of a […]
THE USUAL RESULT 4807 Their meeting, it was sudden: Their meeting It was sad: She sacrificed her sweet young life- “Twas all the life she had- She sleeps beneath the daisies fair: In peace she’s resting now- Oh, there’s always something doing When a freight train meets a cow