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Father Ryan's Poems (29)
2023-12-06The Land We Love Land of the gentle and brave! Our love is as wide as thy woe; It deepens beside every grave Where the heart of a hero lies low. Land ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (30)
2023-12-06In Memoriam Go! heart of mine! the way is long —— The night is dark —— the place is far; Go! kneel and pray, or chant a song, ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (31)
2023-12-06I Often Wonder Why 'Tis SoSome find work where some find rest, And so the weary world goes on: I sometimes wonder which is best; The answer comes ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (32)
2023-12-06A Blessing Be you near, or be you far, Let my blessing, like a star, Shine upon you everywhere! And in each lone evening hour, When the twilight folds...
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Father Ryan's Poems (33)
2023-12-06July Between two pillared clouds of gold The beautiful gates of evening swung —— And far and wide from flashing fold The half-furled banne...
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Father Ryan's Poems (34)
2023-12-06Wake Me a Song Out of the silences wake me a song, Beautiful, sad, and soft, and low; Let the loveliest music sound along, And wing each note with a w...
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Father Ryan's Poems (35)
2023-12-06What? (To Ethel) At the golden gates of the visions I knelt me adown one day; But sudden my prayer was a silence, For I heard from the "Far away&...
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Father Ryan's Poems (36)
2023-12-06The Master's Voice The waves were weary, and they went to sleep; The winds were hushed; The starlight flushed The furrowed face of all the mighty ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (37)
2023-12-06A "Thought-Flower" Silently —— shadowly —— some lives go, And the sound of their voices is all unheard; Or, if heard...
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Father Ryan's Poems (38)
2023-12-06A Death Crushed with a burden of woe, Wrecked in the tempest of sin: Death came, and two lips murmured low, "Ah! once I was white as the snow, In...