Horatio Alger, Jr. Young Poems
- 1. Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of The Necessity Of Good Wine And Other Matters
So while we are eating the fruits of the vine,
Don't let us forget such a health giving juice,
As Champagne, or Sherbet, or other good wine,
Nor sin by neglecting its 'temperate use.'
... - 2. Last Words
"Dear Charlie," breathed a soldier,
"O comrade true and tried,
Who in the heat of battle
Pressed closely to my side;
... - 3. Rose In The Garden
Thirty years have come and gone,
Melting away like Southern Snows,
Since, in the light of a summer's night,
I went to the garden to seek my Rose.
... - 4. The Whippoorwill And I
In the hushed hours of night, when the air quite still,
I hear the strange cry of the lone whippoorwill,
Who Chants, without ceasing, that wonderful trill,
Of which the sole burden is still, "Whip-poor-Will."
... - 5. The Price Of Victory.
"A Victory! --a victory!"
Is flashed across the wires;
Speed, speed the news from State to State,
Light up the signal fires!
... - 6. The Lost Heart.
One golden summer day,
Along the forest-way,
Young Colin passed with blithesome steps alert.
... - 7. Phoebe's Wooing.
"Phoebe! Phoebe! Where is the chit?
When I want her most she's out of the way.
Child, you're running a long account
Up, to be squared on Judgment-day.
... - 8. St. Nicholas.
In the far-off Polar seas,
Far beyond the Hebrides,
Where the icebergs, towering high,
Seem to pierce the wintry sky,
... - 9. Barbara's Courtship.
'Tis just three months and eke a day,
Since in the meadows, raking hay,
On looking up I chanced to see
The manor's lord, young Arnold Lee,
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