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Father Ryan's Poems (19)
2023-12-06Memories They come, as the breeze comes over the foam, Waking the waves that are sinking to sleep —— The fairest of memories from far-away...
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Father Ryan's Poems (20)
2023-12-06The Prayer of the South My brow is bent beneath a heavy rod! My face is wan and white with many woes! But I will lift my poor chained hands to God, An...
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Father Ryan's Poems (21)
2023-12-06"A Night Prayer" Dark! Dark! Dark! The sun is set; the day is dead: Thy Feast has fled; My eyes are wet with tears unshed; I bow my head; Wh...
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Father Ryan's Poems (22)
2023-12-06Sursum Corda Weary hearts! weary hearts! by the cares of life oppressed, Ye are wand'ring in the shadows —— ye are sighing for a rest:...
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Father Ryan's Poems (23)
2023-12-06Before an Altar I wish I were the little key That locks Love's Captive in, And lets Him out to go and free A sinful heart from sin. I wish I were ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (24)
2023-12-06"My Sister" Cometh a voice from a far-land! Beautiful, sad, and low; Shineth a light from the star-land! Down on the night of my woe; And a ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (25)
2023-12-06To the Children of Mary of the Cathedral of Mobile In the mystical dim of the temple, In the dream-haunted dim of the day, The sunlight spoke soft to ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (26)
2023-12-06Feast of the Sacred Heart Two lights on a lowly altar; Two snowy cloths for a Feast; Two vases of dying roses; The morning comes from the east, With a...
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Father Ryan's Poems (27)
2023-12-06Tears The tears that trickled down our eyes, They do not touch the earth today; But soar like angels to the skies, And, like the angels, may not die; ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (28)
2023-12-06Lines (Two Loves) Two loves came up a long, wide aisle, And knelt at a low, white gate; One —— tender and true, with the shyest smile, One...