-
BEQUEST.
2023-12-06You left me, sweet, two legacies, --A legacy of loveA Heavenly Father would content,Had He the offer of;You left me boundaries of painCapacious as the...
-
MINE.
2023-12-06Mine by the right of the white election!Mine by the royal seal!Mine by the sign in the scarlet prisonBars cannot conceal!Mine, here in vision and in v...
-
The brain within its groove
2023-12-06The brain within its grooveRuns evenly and true;But let a splinter swerve,'T were easier for youTo put the water backWhen floods have slit the hil...
-
Belshazzar had a letter
2023-12-06Belshazzar had a letter, --He never had but one;Belshazzar's correspondentConcluded and begunIn that immortal copyThe conscience of us allCan read...
-
UNRETURNING
2023-12-06'T was such a little, little boatThat toddled down the bay!'T was such a gallant, gallant seaThat beckoned it away!'T was such a greedy, g...
-
I had no time to hate
2023-12-06I had no time to hate, becauseThe grave would hinder me,And life was not so ample ICould finish enmity.Nor had I time to love; but sinceSome industry ...
-
A BOOK
2023-12-06He ate and drank the precious words,His spirit grew robust;He knew no more that he was poor,Nor that his frame was dust.He danced along the dingy days...
-
THE MYSTERY OF PAIN
2023-12-06Pain has an element of blank;It cannot recollectWhen it began, or if there wereA day when it was not.It has no future but itself,Its infinite realms c...
-
THE BOOK OF MARTYRS
2023-12-06Read, sweet, how others strove,Till we are stouter;What they renounced,Till we are less afraid;How many times they boreThe faithful witness,Till we ar...
-
To fight aloud is very brave
2023-12-06To fight aloud is very brave,But gallanter, I know,Who charge within the bosom,The cavalry of woe.Who win, and nations do not see,Who fall, and none o...