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  • The Cherokee
    'Twas a cloudless morn and the sun shone bright,
    And dewdrops sparkled clear;
    52 lines
  • Serenade
    Sleep, love sleep,
    The night winds sigh,
    18 lines
  • Song To Erin
    Oh! Erin my country, my ancestor's home!
    Impelled by my wants, I, from thee, had to roam;
    23 lines
  • Creation
    O Earth, adore creative power,
    That made and gave to man as dower,
    68 lines
  • Shipwreck
    Night and a starless sky,
    Ship on wild billows tost,
    24 lines
  • With hands all reddened and sore,
    With hands all reddened and sore,
    With back and shoulders low bent,
    56 lines, 1 comment
  • The Snowdrop
    How comest thou, O flower so fair,
    To bud and bloom while wintry air
    18 lines
  • The Saxon Legend Of Language
    The earth was young, the world was fair,
    And balmy breezes filled the air,
    50 lines
  • The Christ Child
    On a starry, wintry night,
    Frosty and cold was the air,
    32 lines
  • Bells Of St. Michael
    Come and listen to the chiming
    Of St. Michael's merry bells,
    40 lines
  • The Exile's Reverie
    'Twas sunset's hour, the glorious day
    Had in its beauty passed away;
    50 lines
  • The Snow Storm
    Gentle as a maiden's dream,
    Softly as the gliding stream,
    21 lines
  • Maiden And River
    Maiden --River, why in ceaseless flow
    Must you ripple to and fro?
    56 lines
  • Chicago Exposition Ode
    Columbia, all hail!
    May thy banner ne'er be furled
    56 lines
  • Atlanta Exposition Ode
    "Cast down your bucket where you are,"
    From burning sands or Polar star
    48 lines
  • Stars And Stripes
    Hail Flag of the Union! Hail Flag of the free!
    That floateth so proudly o'er land and o'er sea
    17 lines
  • To The Eagle
    Fain would I rival thee
    Monarch of birds
    20 lines
  • The Crucifixion
    Why did the sun his beams conceal
    As if unwilling to reveal
    30 lines
  • Uranne
    In a far off hamlet near the sea
    Where billows oft, in days of storm, and
    189 lines
  • Magnolia
    Magnolia! "Pale city of the dead,"
    Adown thy gravelled walks I tread,
    58 lines
  • To My Mother
    I took up the burden of life anew
    When she, the pure-hearted, died;
    40 lines
  • Nestle-Down Cottage
    As, I sit by the ruddy oak fire,
    And feel the grateful glow,
    24 lines
  • Mother's Recall
    Come back to me, O ye, my children;
    Come back to the home as of yore;
    32 lines
  • Dedicated To The Right Rev'd D. A. Payne
    Oh! surely 'tis a theme sublime
    That stirs my soul to-day;
    32 lines
  • October
    Bright and beautiful art thou,
    Autumn flowers crown thy brow,
    24 lines
  • The Dying Girl
    Sister darling, ope the window, let the balmy air once
    more
    52 lines
  • Alaska
    With thy rugged, ice-girt shore,
    Draped in everlasting snow,
    42 lines
  • On Parting With A Friend
    Can I forget thee? No, while mem'ry lasts,
    Thine image like a talisman entwined,
    21 lines
  • Twilight Musings
    I'm sitting by the hearthstone now,
    And my heart is lone and drear;
    32 lines
  • The Valentine
    Lady with thine eyes of beauty
    Rivaling cerulean flowers,
    32 lines
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