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O mother who sips sweetened liquors!Look down at the child on your breast;Think, think of the rough path before him,And ask yourself then, 'Is it..

Oh, you who read some song that I have sung –What know you of the soul from whence it sprung?Dost dream the poet ever speaks aloudHis secret thought..

Out over childhood's borders,Manhood's brave banners unfurled,Weighed down with precepts and ordersA boy has gone into the world.Nobody thinks it..

Immortal life is something to be earned,By slow, self-conquest, comradeship with pain,And patient seeking after higher truths.We cannot follow our..

Not like a daring, bold, aggressive boy,Is inspiration, eager to pursue,But rather like a maiden, fond, yet coy,Who gives herself to him who best..

Ah yes, I love you, and with all my heart;Just as a weaker woman loves her own,Better than I love my beloved art,Which, until you came, reigned..

Columbia, fair queen in your glory!Columbia, the pride of the earth!We crown you with song- wreath and story;We honour the day of your birth!The..

In the silent midnight watches,When the earth was clothed in gloom,And the grim and awful darknessCrept unbidden to my room-On the solemn, deathly..

In the long run fame finds the deserving man.The lucky wight may prosper for a day,But in good time true merit leads the van,And vain pretense..

One moment alone in the garden,Under the August skies;The moon had gone but the stars shone on, -Shone like your beautiful eyes.Away from the glitter..

There is grief in the cup!I saw a proud mother set wine on the board;The eyes of her son sparkled bright as she pouredThe ruddy stream into the glass..

Looking some papers over,Dusty and dim and old,I found some words that thrilled meWith their ring of genuine goldWords that were better than..

In India's land one listens aghastTo the people who scream and bawl;For each caste yells at a lower caste,And the Britisher yells at them all.

In grandmamma's kitchen, things got in a riotThe cream in a pot on the shelf,Where everything always seemed peaceful and quiet,Got whipped, for I..

In France I saw a hill-a gentle slopeRising above old tombs to greet the gleamFrom soft spring skies. Beyond these skies dwells hope,But those green..

When the soft sweet wind o' the south went by,I dwelt in the light of a dark brown eye;And out where the robin sang his song,We lived and loved..

In England, there are wrongs no doubt,Which should be righted; so men say,Who seek to weed earth's garden out,And give the roses right of way;Yes..

How can I wait until you come to me?The once fleet mornings linger by the way;Their sunny smiles touched with malicious gleeAt my unrest, they seem..

If I should die, how kind you all would grow!In that strange hour I would not have one foe.There are no words too beautiful to sayOf one who goes..

If Christ came questioning His world to-day,(If Christ came questioning,)'What hast thou done to glorify thy God,Since last My feet this lower earth..

If I were a raindrop, and you were a leaf,I would burst from the cloud above youAnd lie on your breast in a rapture of rest,And love you, love you..

Dear love, if you and I could sail away,With snowy pennons to the wind unfurled,Across the waters of some unknown bay,And find some island far from..

I sit in the twilight dimAt the close of an idle day,And I list to the soft sweet hymn,That rises far away,And dies on the evening air.Oh, all day..

I saw fond lovers in that glowThat oft-times fades away too soon:I saw and said, 'Their joy I knowI, too, have had my honeymoon.'A young expectant..

ItI may not reach the heights I seek,My untried strength may fail me;Or, halfway up the mountain peakFierce tempests may assail me.But though that..