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Father Ryan's Poems (41)
2023-12-06What Ails the World? "What ails the world?" the poet cried; "And why does death walk everywhere? And why do tears fall anywhere? And sk...
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Father Ryan's Poems (40)
2023-12-06Death Out of the shadows of sadness, Into the sunshine of gladness, Into the light of the blest; Out of a land very dreary, Out of a world very weary,...
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Father Ryan's Poems (39)
2023-12-06The Rosary of My Tears Some reckon their age by years, Some measure their life by art; But some tell their days by the flow of their tears, And their ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (38)
2023-12-06A Death Crushed with a burden of woe, Wrecked in the tempest of sin: Death came, and two lips murmured low, "Ah! once I was white as the snow, In...
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Father Ryan's Poems (37)
2023-12-06A "Thought-Flower" Silently —— shadowly —— some lives go, And the sound of their voices is all unheard; Or, if heard...
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Father Ryan's Poems (36)
2023-12-06The Master's Voice The waves were weary, and they went to sleep; The winds were hushed; The starlight flushed The furrowed face of all the mighty ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (35)
2023-12-06What? (To Ethel) At the golden gates of the visions I knelt me adown one day; But sudden my prayer was a silence, For I heard from the "Far away&...
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Father Ryan's Poems (34)
2023-12-06Wake Me a Song Out of the silences wake me a song, Beautiful, sad, and soft, and low; Let the loveliest music sound along, And wing each note with a w...
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Father Ryan's Poems (33)
2023-12-06July Between two pillared clouds of gold The beautiful gates of evening swung —— And far and wide from flashing fold The half-furled banne...
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Father Ryan's Poems (32)
2023-12-06A Blessing Be you near, or be you far, Let my blessing, like a star, Shine upon you everywhere! And in each lone evening hour, When the twilight folds...