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James Monroe Whitfield's Poetry, by title

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  • A Hymn
    \Written For The Dedication Of The Vine Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Buffalo\
    41 lines
  • A Hymn
    Written For The Dedication Of The Michigan Street Baptist Church, Buffalo
    41 lines
  • A Poem
    \Written for the Celebration of the Fourth Anniversary of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation\
    To P. A. BELL, Esq., A PIONEER IN THE INTELLECTUAL E
    216 lines, 1 comment
  • America
    America, it is to thee,
    Thou boasted land of liberty, --
    160 lines
  • Christmas Hymn
    Hail, glorious morn! whose radiant beams,
    Looked down on Christ's nativity,
    24 lines
  • Delusive Hope
    In the bright days of early youth,
    Hope told a fond, delusive tale
    28 lines
  • How Long
    How long, oh gracious God! how long
    Shall power lord it over right?
    236 lines
  • Lines on The Death of John Quincy Adams
    The great, the good, the just, the true,
    Has yielded up his latest breath;
    40 lines
  • Love
    In the bright dreams of early youth,
    I strung my lyre, and waked a strain,
    32 lines
  • Midnight Musings
    The gloomy night has cast a shroud
    Upon the dwelling-place of men;
    48 lines
  • New Year's Hymn
    Another year, another year,
    Unfolds its page of hope and fear!
    20 lines
  • Ode For The Fourth of July
    Another year has passed away,
    And brings again the glorious day
    40 lines
  • Ode To Music
    There's music wheresoe'er we roam --
    'T is heard in ocean's crested foam,
    66 lines
  • Prayer Of The Oppressed
    Oh great Jehovah! God of love,
    Thou monarch of the earth and sky,
    32 lines
  • Self-Reliance
    I love the man whose lofty mind
    On God and its own strength relies;
    100 lines
  • Stanzas For The First of August
    From bright West Indies' sunny seas,
    Comes, borne upon the balmy breeze,
    30 lines
  • The Arch Apostate
    \"Since he miscalled the morning star,
    Nor man, nor fiend hath fallen so far."\
    169 lines
  • The Misanthropist
    In vain thou bid'st me strike the lyre,
    And sing a song of mirth and glee,
    164 lines
  • The North Star
    Star of the north! whose steadfast ray
    Pierces the sable pall of night,
    30 lines, 3 comments
  • To A. H.
    I just had turned the classic page,
    With ancient lore and wisdom fraught,
    104 lines
  • To Cinque
    All hail! thou truly noble chief,
    Who scorned to live a cowering slave;
    25 lines
  • To M. E. A.
    Oh! had I that poetic lore
    Bestowed upon the favored few,
    28 lines
  • To S. A. T.
    As with thy Album in my hand,
    Upon this picture late I gazed,
    24 lines
  • To _______
    Approaching night her mantle flings
    O'er plain and valley, rock and glen,
    34 lines
  • Yes! Strike Again That Sounding String
    Yes! strike again that sounding string,
    And let the wildest numbers roll;
    36 lines
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