Poems

Spring The year has changed his mantle cold Of wind, of rain, of bitter air; And he goes clad in cloth of gold, Of laughing suns […]

Civile Bellum “Rifleman, shoot me a fancy shot Straight at the heart of yon prowling vidette; Ring me a ball in the glittering spot That shines […]

The Fancy Shot “RIFLEMAN, shoot me a fancy shot Straight at the heart of yon prowling vidette; Ring me a ball in the glittering spot That […]

The Walker of the Snow Speed on, speed on, good master! The camp lies far away; We must cross the haunted valley Before the close of […]

For England when with favoring gale For England when with favoring gale Our gallant ship up channel steered, And, scudding under easy sail, The high blue […]

Love’s Secrets Love’s eye should but answer the beam that invites it, The glance that tells secrets true heart never won, The delicate mind veils the […]

The Sailor’s Consolation One night came on a hurricane, The sea was mountains rolling, When Barney Buntline turned his quid, And said to Billy Bowling: “A […]

Little Nell’s Funeral And now the bell, — the bell She had so often heard by night and day And listened to with solemn pleasure, E’en […]

In Hospital We from the sunless, airless trench, The mud, the muddy bread, the stench, Of No Man’s Land, where English, French, And Germans rest, Came […]

Sunrise The lean coyote, prowler of the night, Slips to his rocky fastnesses, Jack-rabbits noiselessly shuttle among the sage-brush, And from the castellated cliffs, Rock-ravens launch […]