The Day And The War (James Madison Bell Poems)
Sacred to the memory of the immortal Captain John Brown, the hero, saint and martyr of Harper's Ferry. The following ...
Sacred to the memory of the immortal Captain John Brown, the hero, saint and martyr of Harper's Ferry. The following ...
There is a tide in men's affairs,Leading to fame not wholly theirs —Leading to high positions, wonThrough noble deeds by ...
When summer's hot and sultry raysAre burdening our summer days,And men and beast are sore oppress'd,And vainly sigh and pant ...
Respectfully dedicated to BISHOP BENJAMIN W. ARNETT, A life-long and devoted friend and a noble and loyal citizen whose work ...
Breathe softly on my harp, O Muse! In gentle strains now clothe its songs,Thy all inspiring force infuse, While singing of the ...
Harp of my soul, though thou hast hung Suspended from the willow boughTill much distorted, warped and sprung, And discord reigns within ...
Dedicated to Rev. William S. Bradden as a tribute to one who has served his God, his Country and his ...
Late Senior Bishop, African M. E. Church.Death is the common lot of all, Yet nothing do we so much dread;Nothing, that ...
Once on a clear autumnal day, With weary heart and spirit bowed,I sought a silent scene away From all the turmoil of ...
Where e'er the fetter has been broken, Where e'er the bondsman has been freed,Where e'er a sentence has been spoken In behalf ...
Farewell, for now my gallant bark, Loosed from her mooring, quits the shoreAmid a fog and mist as dark As that which ...
Hail, thou observed of many lands, Let all thy banners be unfurled,This brilliant act of thine commands The commendations of the world;And ...
There is no cord, however strong, That time will not its fibers rend,Nor weary road, however long, But constant march will find ...
Deep in the unrecorded past, There was an age of darkness vast,And boundless as the realms of space. An age that held, ...
Dedicated to Rev. Thomas M. D. Ward.The voice of Macedonia's gone From California o'er the seas,And yet, to help her, there ...
We've placed upon our banner, The banner of the free,Harrison and Morton, Success and victory.And they shall bear our standard Throughout the coming ...
When February's chilling winds Swept through the forest glen,And nothing, save the smoking hut, Marked the abodes of men,I through my lattice ...
Wherefore half-mast and waving sadly And seeming ill-disposed to move,Are those bright emblems which so gladly Were wont to wave our homes ...
A Red chief dwelling near a lake, Beneath a Western sky,Felt soon his hold on life must break, And he lay down ...
Virginius, the Roman Father, With beating heart, though brave,Beheld his fair Virginia doomed, To be a tyrant's slave.Despair had gather'd on his ...
O fleeting Time! whence art thou come? And whither do thy footsteps tend?Deep in the past where was thy home, And where ...
Thank God! from our old ensign Is erased one mark of shame,Which leaves one less to rapine, One less to blight our ...
With cheerful hearts we've comeFrom many a happy home, Our friends to greet;And pass a social hourBeneath this leafy bower,Where many ...
Ye sons of Erin who have comeTo this fair land to make your home,Look back upon your native shore,Where lordling ...
Shall we arm them? Yes, arm them! Give to each man A rifle, a musket, a cutlass or sword;Then on to ...
Hail! hail thou glorious first! Proud day of Liberty,Thy dawning wakes the burst Of India's jubilee;And calls to mind that happy mornWhen ...
Moments of youth, oh, how swiftly they roll,And yet they are priceless as mountains of gold.Redeem them, redeem them, oh ...
May thy hopes never be blasted; May thy joys never cease;May thy love be true and lasting, And day by day increase.May ...
God is and is seen wherever we look,From the roaring sea to the noiseless brook;From the everlasting snow-clad hill,To the ...
Sweet lady, I would sing to thee,Of genial spring and summer's bloom,Plenteous autumn, rich and free,Hoary winter with all its ...
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