Tag Archive for: History
The Pirate’s Serenade
Historical Events and FiguresThe Pirate's Serenade
84-6
My boat's by the tower, my bark's in the bay
And both must be gone ere the dawn of the day
The moon's in her shroud, but to guide thec afar
On the deck of the Dariln's a love lighted star
Then wake, lady, wake…
America
Historical Events and FiguresAmerica
1277
How dark was the day
When our fathers came o'er
The fathomless depths of the seal
When they hasted away
From yon bigoted shore
To the glorious "Land of the Free"
Far, far from the land
Which had given them birth
Hesperides…
In The Desert
Historical Events and FiguresIn The Desert
2343
A narrow strip of dreary, sun-baked sand; sand;
Brown shadows, purpling dimly toward the edge;
A ribbon-width of tawny, sultry sky,
That presses inward like a circling band;
Even the sun sinks dully o'er the ledge,
And…
Driftwood
Historical Events and FiguresDriftwood,
2409
Driftwood I burn on my fire tonight,
Driftwood from vessels lost at sea
Love, Falth and Hope missed the beacon light-
As wreckage now they come to me
Driftwood, so rugged and old and gray
Writing in flame heart history
Now…
Artistic Cookery
Historical Events and FiguresArtistic Cookery
1801
For breakfast we'll give a mystery,
Compounded of of fragments of
Please do not be rash,
And call it plain hash; history
Or we'll haul you before the consistory
"Here's what we propose for your dinner,
To comfort…
Paul Revere’s Ride
Historical Events and FiguresPaul Revere's Ride
1854
Listen, iny chlidren, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of inul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in seventy-five!
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year
He said to his friend "If…
The Village Oracle
Historical Events and FiguresThe Village Oracle
84-1
Beneath the weather-Lenten porch
That shades the village store
He sits at care, an aged man
Of three-score years or more
That ample seat for him is placed
Beside the opell door,
His face is very keen and shrewd,…
The World Grows Better
Historical Events and FiguresTHE WORLD GROWS BETTER
4045
Oh, the earth is full of sinning
And of trouble and of woe,
But the devil makes an inning
Every time we say it's so
And the way to set him scowling
And to put him back a pace,
Is to stop this stupid growling…
Address To A Mummy
Historical Events and FiguresAddress to a Mummy
Horace Smith
2245
And thou hast walked about how strange a story!
In Thebes' streets three thousand years ago,
When the Memronium was in all its glory
And Time had not begun to overthrow
Those temples, palaces, and piles…
One Of The Leisure Class
Historical Events and FiguresOne of the Leisure Class
89-8
Sure I niver wuz so happy as I am
right now
Fer I lost me job this marnin' an
I'm free
An' I goes around a grinnin' at the
min who have to work
An' I know that they are wishin
they wuz me
Sure 'tis little cash…
The Short Poem-Japanese And American
Historical Events and FiguresThe Short Poem-Japanese and American
2401
The South Atlantic Quarterly con-
firms all that its contemporaries have
averred of late years regarding the
tendency of many Japanese poets to
extreme brevity It publishes several
examples to…
Mabel Clare
Historical Events and FiguresMabel Clare
896
Along the green lane in the May-time,
I gather'd the violets blue,
Echoing yet with the bee song
And cool with the morning dew
Gather'd them for sweet Mabel,
Beautiful Mabel Clare
To clasp in her dainty fingers-
To brald…
The Day Is Past And Gone
Historical Events and FiguresThe Day Is Past and Gone
By Orange Scott
643
The day is past and gone
Theening shades appear: peari
Oh, may we all remember well
The night of death draws near
We iny our garments by
Upon our beds to rest: "64-3
So death will soon disrobe…
Puts And Calls
Historical Events and FiguresPuts and Calls
2663
Natural History
Ah, here's a simple truth you may
Rely upon, my friend:
A mule's headquarters, as they say,
Are not his "business" end
…
Old Times For Bryan
Historical Events and FiguresOld times for Bryan
Said William J,
708
Said William J,
""I guess,"" says he
That after this
It's home for me
""I did intend
To stop a day;
Taen onward wend
My happy way
""I thought that I
Would tarry here
Just long enough
To raise a cheer
""But…
The End
Historical Events and FiguresThe End
1276
These are the last times, it plainly appears it plainly appears
"A day with the Lord is a thousand years
Man has six great days his work to do,
And ther comes the Sabbath eternally truet
O chikiren of time! look back in the…
The Old Fashioned Homestead
Historical Events and FiguresThe Old fashioned Homestead
905
I will do remember the old fashioned homestead,
That beautiful place where I first saw the light;
Where oft to have played on the green when in
childhood
That lovely old spot was so happy and bright
The garden…
The Unforgotten
Historical Events and FiguresThe Unforgotten
By Theodosia Garrison
952
By Theodosia Garrison in Smart Set
It is all calm, this love you give to me
Mly life goes gently in a cloistered hold
Whose windows open to the scanty gold
Of tender twilight on a quiet sea
This…
Twenty Years After
Historical Events and FiguresTwenty Years After
191
I
"Grandpa," a rosy schoolboy said,
His eager face aglow,
Why is to-day a holiday,
And all the streets below
Crowded with joyful folk, who march
With rose-wreathed spades and picks,
With Bear flags,…
Scotch Lassie Jean
Historical Events and FiguresScotch Lassie Jean
646
In Scotland'a fair lands, over mountains and riffs,
That's where I roamed for many a day
In looking at the lads and lassles on the green,
In the fair old hand of Scotland far away
I have waited for her coming, but…