Poems

Solon Stiles To town one day rode Solon Stiles, O’er weary roads and rocky miles, And thro’ long lanes, whose dusty breath, Did nearly smother him […]

Sonnet — The Montenegrin Undaunted watcher of the mountain track, Tho’ surging cohorts like a sea below, Against thy cliff-walled homes their thunders throw; Proud, whilst […]

Stonewall Jackson Defiant in the cannon’s mouth, I see a hero of the South, Serene and tall; So like a stonewall in the fray He stands, […]

Sussex Vale, Canada Sweet vale of the Sussex! the pride of the Queen, Whose life has a reign of beneficence been; The flow’r of Britana’s possessions […]

The Deserted Road Away thro’ the blue distant hills, Thou windest, deserted old Road; By farm houses brown and gray mills And log huts, the woodman’s […]

The End of The Whole Matter A tall brave man of gray three score, The sable columns rode before, The knightliest of the knightly throng, The […]

The Fair Captive The idle winds at dawn that strayed Thro’ wavy depths of joyous shade, The early chirp of breeze-swung boughs, The carol of the […]

The Freedman’s Triumphant Song Columbia! O, happy State! And truly great Exemplar of the free! Thou first-born light of Western Skies And cynosure of wond’ring eyes, […]

The Great Strike “Strike! Strike! Stop! Stop!” What mean these shouts that rise — This great commotion throughout all the land, That chills the circling life […]

The Little Green Cottage Canadian farmers came oft to the little green cottage, To see their new neighbors and hear them tell over their troubles. The […]