Recent Gems of Poetry for Public Readings and RecitationsE.R. Andrews, Printer and bookbinder, 1881 - 214 pages |
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... brave was my son , how he gallantly fell ! id they think I cared then to see officers stand efore my great sorrow , each hat in each hand ? hy , girl , do you feel neither reverence nor fright , at your red hands turn over toward this ...
... brave was my son , how he gallantly fell ! id they think I cared then to see officers stand efore my great sorrow , each hat in each hand ? hy , girl , do you feel neither reverence nor fright , at your red hands turn over toward this ...
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... brave father pressed . The horse stood nigh ; the father kissed And tossed the boy astride , " Farewell ! " he cried , " and for thy life , That way , my darling , ride " ! Scarce touched the saddle ere the boy Leaped lightly to the ...
... brave father pressed . The horse stood nigh ; the father kissed And tossed the boy astride , " Farewell ! " he cried , " and for thy life , That way , my darling , ride " ! Scarce touched the saddle ere the boy Leaped lightly to the ...
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... brave right hand , For the love of the periled city plucks down yon burning brand ! " So cried the mayor of Charleston , that all the people heard ; But they looked each one at his fellow ; and no man spoke a word . Who is it leans from ...
... brave right hand , For the love of the periled city plucks down yon burning brand ! " So cried the mayor of Charleston , that all the people heard ; But they looked each one at his fellow ; and no man spoke a word . Who is it leans from ...
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... brave young life for Lemvig : To this day the deed is told . In the ancient wars with Sweden , When the enemy came down , Fast , with fire and steel , the foemen Rode the way to Lemvig town . One , upon a charger mounted , To a peasant ...
... brave young life for Lemvig : To this day the deed is told . In the ancient wars with Sweden , When the enemy came down , Fast , with fire and steel , the foemen Rode the way to Lemvig town . One , upon a charger mounted , To a peasant ...
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... brave peasant's fame is sounded From the bell - tower in the air . Sarah D. Clark in Baldwin's Monthly . THE LEAK IN THE DIKE - PHOEBE CARY . A STORY OF HOLLAND . The good dame looked from her cottage At the close of the pleasant day ...
... brave peasant's fame is sounded From the bell - tower in the air . Sarah D. Clark in Baldwin's Monthly . THE LEAK IN THE DIKE - PHOEBE CARY . A STORY OF HOLLAND . The good dame looked from her cottage At the close of the pleasant day ...
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Page 7 - LEADER. JUST for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others she lets us devote ; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed : How all our copper had gone for his service ! Rags — were they purple, his heart had...
Page 99 - I have not loved the world, nor the world me ; I have not flattered its rank breath, nor bowed To its idolatries a patient knee, — Nor coined my cheek to smiles, — nor cried aloud In worship of an echo ; in the crowd They could not deem me one of such ; I stood Among them, but not of them...
Page 7 - Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a riband to stick in his coat — Found the one gift of which fortune bereft us, Lost all the others, she lets us devote ; They, with the gold to give, doled him out silver, So much was theirs who so little allowed : How all our copper had gone for his service ! Rags — were they purple, his heart had been proud ! We that had loved him so, followed him...
Page 74 - He is but a boy, Unused to fearful scenes ; But, young as he is, he has learned to know The dreadful thing that means. A leak in the dike! The stoutest heart Grows faint that cry to hear, And the bravest man in all the land Turns white with mortal fear. For he knows the smallest leak may grow To a flood in a single night ; And he knows the strength of the cruel sea When loosed in its angry might. And the boy ! He has seen the danger, And, shouting a wild alarm. He forces back the weight of the sea...
Page 124 - If we could push ajar the gates of life, And stand within and all God's working see, We could interpret all this doubt and strife, And for each mystery could find a key!
Page 124 - God's plans like lilies pure and white unfold; . We must not tear the close-shut leaves apart, — Time will reveal the calyxes of gold.
Page 74 - Crying and moaning till the stars Come out for company; He thinks of his brother and sister, Asleep in their safe warm bed; He thinks of his father and mother, Of himself as dying — and dead ; And of how, when the night is over, They must come and find him at last; But he never thinks he can leave the place Where duty holds him fast.
Page 74 - When loosed in its angry might. And the boy! He has seen the danger, And, shouting a wild alarm, He forces back the weight of the sea With the strength of his single arm! He listens for the joyful sound Of a footstep passing nigh; And lays his ear to the ground to catcli The answer to his cry.
Page 77 - Till the fire is out in the chamber there And the little bare feet are cold. Then out of the gathering winter chill, All out of the bitter St. Agnes weather...
Page 73 - An hour above the sea. He was stopping now to gather flowers, Now listening to the sound, As the angry waters dashed themselves Against their narrow bound.