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Father Ryan's Poems (31)
2023-12-06I Often Wonder Why 'Tis SoSome find work where some find rest, And so the weary world goes on: I sometimes wonder which is best; The answer comes ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (30)
2023-12-06In Memoriam Go! heart of mine! the way is long —— The night is dark —— the place is far; Go! kneel and pray, or chant a song, ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (29)
2023-12-06The Land We Love Land of the gentle and brave! Our love is as wide as thy woe; It deepens beside every grave Where the heart of a hero lies low. Land ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (28)
2023-12-06Lines (Two Loves) Two loves came up a long, wide aisle, And knelt at a low, white gate; One —— tender and true, with the shyest smile, One...
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Father Ryan's Poems (27)
2023-12-06Tears The tears that trickled down our eyes, They do not touch the earth today; But soar like angels to the skies, And, like the angels, may not die; ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (26)
2023-12-06Feast of the Sacred Heart Two lights on a lowly altar; Two snowy cloths for a Feast; Two vases of dying roses; The morning comes from the east, With a...
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Father Ryan's Poems (25)
2023-12-06To the Children of Mary of the Cathedral of Mobile In the mystical dim of the temple, In the dream-haunted dim of the day, The sunlight spoke soft to ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (24)
2023-12-06"My Sister" Cometh a voice from a far-land! Beautiful, sad, and low; Shineth a light from the star-land! Down on the night of my woe; And a ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (23)
2023-12-06Before an Altar I wish I were the little key That locks Love's Captive in, And lets Him out to go and free A sinful heart from sin. I wish I were ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (22)
2023-12-06Sursum Corda Weary hearts! weary hearts! by the cares of life oppressed, Ye are wand'ring in the shadows —— ye are sighing for a rest:...