Poems

The Angel’s Whisper A baby was sleeping, It’s mother was weeping, For her husband was far on the wild raging sea; And the tempest was swelling […]

The Beggar ‘Twas sunset when Adown the glen, A beggar came with glee; His eye was bright, His heart was light, His step was bold and […]

The Blacksmith Faintly glitters the last red ray, Tinting the flickering leaves that play On the swaying boughs of the old gray trees, That groan as […]

The Blarney Oh! did you ne’er hear of “the Blarney,” That’s found near the banks of Killarney? Believe it from me, No girl’s heart is free, […]

The Bowld Sojer Boy Othere’s not a thrade that’s going Worth showing, Or knowing, Like that from glory growing, For a Bowld Sojer Boy! When right […]

The Chain of Gold Oh, Moina, I’ve a tale to tell Will glad thy soul, my girl; The King hath giv’n a chain of gold To […]

The Charm They say there’s a secret charm which lies In some wild flow’rets bell, That grows in a vale where the west wind sighs, And […]

The Crooked Stick Julia was lovely and winning– And Julia had lovers in plenty, They outnumber’d her years More than twice, it appears– She killed fifty […]

The Dew-Drop: A Metrical Fantasy Part I A dew-drop, once, In a summer’s night, Was touched by the wand Of a faithless sprite, As the moon, […]

The Fairy Boy A mother came when stars were paling, Wailing round a lonely spring, Thus she cried, while tears were falling Calling on the Fairy […]