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Inscriptions on a Sun-Dial
Inscriptions on a Sun-Dial
For Dr Henry L Bowditch
With warning hand I mark Time's rapid
flight
From life's glad morning to it's …
Inscription On A Fountain
Inscription On A Fountain
FOR DOROTHEA L. DIX.
Stranger and traveller,
Drink freely and bestow
A kindly thought on her
Wh…
In The
In The
She came and stood in the Old South Church,
A wonder and a sign,
With a look the old-time sibyls wore,
Half-crazed and half-divine…
In Remembrance Of Joseph Sturge
In Remembrance Of Joseph Sturge
In the fair land o'erwatched by Ischia's mountains,
Across the charmed bay
Whose blue waves keep with Capri's sil…
Immortal love, forever full
Immortal love, forever full
Immortal love, forever full,
Forever flowing free,
Forever shared, forever whole,
A never ebbing sea!
…
In Peace
In Peace
A track of moonlight on a quiet lake,
Whose small waves on a silver-sanded shore
Whisper of peace, and with the low winds make
S…
I Was A Stranger, And Ye Took Me In
I Was A Stranger, And Ye Took Me In
'Neath skies that winter never knew
The air was full of light and balm,
And warm and soft the Gulf wind blew …
Hymns From The French Of Lamartine
Hymns From The French Of Lamartine
I.
'Encore un hymne, O ma lyre
Un hymn pour le Seigneur,
Un hymne dans mon delire,
Un hymne da…
Hymn II
Hymn II
O HOLY FATHER! just and true
Are all Thy works and words and ways,
And unto Thee alone are due
Thanksgiving and eternal praise! <…
Hymn of The Dunkers
Hymn of The Dunkers
KLOSTER KEDAR, EPHRATA, PENNSYLVANIA (1738)
SISTER MARIA CHRISTINA sings
Wake, sisters, wake! the day-star sh…
Hymn For The Opening Of Thomas Starr King’s House Of Worship, 1864
Hymn For The Opening Of Thomas Starr King’s House Of Worship, 1864
Amidst these glorious works of Thine,
The solemn minarets of the pine,
And awf…
Hymn For The House Of Worship At Georgetown, Erected In Memory Of A
Hymn For The House Of Worship At Georgetown, Erected In Memory Of A
Mother
Thou dwellest not, O Lord of all
In temples which thy children raise; …
How The Robin Came
How The Robin Came
AN ALGONQUIN LEGEND.
HAPPY young friends, sit by me,
Under May's blown apple-tree,
While these home-birds in a…
Howard At Atlanta
Howard At Atlanta
RIGHT in the track where Sherman
Ploughed his red furrow,
Out of the narrow cabin,
Up from the cellar's burrow,
…
Help
Help
Dream not, O Soul, that easy is the task
Thus set before thee. If it proves at length,
As well it may, beyond thy natural strength, …
Haverhill
Haverhill
1640-1890.
O river winding to the sea!
We call the old time back to thee;
From forest paths and water-ways
Greeting
Greeting
I spread a scanty board too late;
The old-time guests for whom I wait
Come few and slow, methinks, to-day.
Ah! who could…
Godspeed
Godspeed
Outbound, your bark awaits you. Were I one
Whose prayer availeth much, my wish should be
Your favoring trad-wind and consenting …
George L. Stearns
George L. Stearns
He has done the work of a true man,-Crown
him, honor him, love him.
Weep, over him, tears of woman,
Stoop manliest brow…
Garibaldi
Garibaldi
In trance and dream of old, God's prophet saw
The casting down of thrones. Thou, watching lone
The hot Sardinian coast-line, ha…
Funeral Tree of the Sokokis
Funeral Tree of the Sokokis
Around Sebago's lonely lake
There lingers not a breeze to break
The mirror which its waters make.
From Snow-Bound, 11:1-40, 116-154
From "Snow-Bound," 11:1-40, 116-154
The sun that brief December day
Rose cheerless over hills of gray,
And, darkly circled, gave at noon
…
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
My heart was heavy, for its trust had been
Abused, its kindness answered with foul wrong;
So, turning gloomily from my fellow…
For An Autumn festival
For An Autumn festival
The Persian's flowery gifts, the shrine
Of fruitful Ceres, charm no more;
The woven wreaths of oak and pine
Are du…