Poems of Cheer

THIS Volume contains the poems published under the title “Poems of Life,” with the exception of about half a dozen, which appear in my other volumes. I have also added a few new...

’Tis not Ares,—mighty Mars, Who can give success in wars. ’Tis not Morpheus, who doth keep Guard above us while we sleep, ’Tis not Venus, she whose duty ’Tis to give us love and...

Three cheers for the grave commander Of the grand old Tennessee! Who won the first great battle— Gained the first great victory. His motto was always “Conquer,” “Success” was hi...

Up from the South come the birds that were banished, Frightened away by the presence of frost. Back to the vale comes the verdure that vanished, Back to the forest the leaves th...

Life has lost savour since you and I parted; I have been lonely, and you have been sad. Youth is too brief to be sorrowful-hearted— Come! and again let us laugh and be glad. Lip...