These thoughts of home still charm my mind,
Still sound so pleasant to my ear;
Still bring me back my childhood scenes,
Reminding me of friends most dear.
As through the world's wher'er we roam,
Though friends are dear and strangers kind,
Fond…
A traveler through a dusty road
Strewed acorns on the lea;
And one took root and sprouted up,
And grew into a tree.
Love sought its shade at evening time,
To breathe its early vows,
And Age was pleased, in heats of noon,
To bask beneath its…
Via Cursis, Via Lucis It goes in and it comes out, now it fades, now is bright, And it guides by its darkness as well as its light. So a word fitly spoken is potent to teach, But silence sometimes talketh better than speech. Force winneth the battle,…
We gather them in, the bright green leaves,
With our scythes and rakes to-day,
And the mow grows big, as the pitcher heaves
His lift in the swelt'ring hay.
Oh, ho! a-field! for the mower's sythe
Has a ring as of destiny,
Sweeping the earth of…
I come to Thee to-night
In my lone closet, where no eye can see, And dare to crave and interview with Thee,
Father of love and light!
Softly the moonbeams shine
On the still branches of the shadowy trees, While all sweet sounds of evening on the…
We stand here together, with courage and will,
Resolved the right cause to maintain;
With hearts true and constant, whatever may come,
We firm as the rocks will remain.
For the fight! for the right! here unflinching we stand; I pledge you the…
If all my path through life should be
Without a thorn, without a care:
If flowers ever strewed the way.
If sorrw never entered there;
If all was quiet, tranquil, smoth;
If happiness reigned without alloy,
If strife and discord never came;
If…
Who shall judge a man from manners?
Who shall know him by his dress?
Paupers may be fit for princes,
Princes fit for something less.
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket
May beclothe the golden ore
Of the deepest thoughts and feeling—
Satin vests…
"I will be good, dear mother,"
I heard a sweet child say;
"I will be good, now watch me!—
I will be good all day."
She lifted up her bright young eyes,
With a soft and pleasing smile;
Then a mother's kiss was on her lips,
So free and pure from…
If all our hopes and all our fears
Were prisoned in life's narrow bound;
If travelers through this vale of tears,
We saw no better world beyond;
Oh! what could check the rising sigh?
What earthly thing could pleasure give?
Oh! who would venture…
