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Father Ryan's Poems (59)
2023-12-06The Conquered Banner Furl that Banner, for 'tis weary; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not...
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Father Ryan's Poems (60)
2023-12-06A Christmas Chant They ask me to sing them a Christmas song That with musical mirth shall ring; How know I that the world's great throng Will care...
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Father Ryan's Poems (61)
2023-12-06"Far Away" "Far Away!" what does it mean? A change of heart with a change of place? When footsteps pass from scene to scene, Fades...
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Father Ryan's Poems (62)
2023-12-06Listen We borrow, In our sorrow, From the sun of some to-morrow Half the light that gilds to-day; And the splendor Flashes tender O'er hope's ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (63)
2023-12-06Wrecked The winds are singing a death-knell Out on the main to-night; The sky droops low —— and many a bark That sailed from harbors brigh...
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Father Ryan's Poems (64)
2023-12-06"Yesterdays" Gone! and they return no more, But they leave a light in the heart; The murmur of waves that kiss a shore Will never, I know, d...
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Father Ryan's Poems (65)
2023-12-06"To-Days" Brief while they last, Long when they are gone; They catch from the past A light to still live on. Brief! yet I ween A day may be ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (66)
2023-12-06"To-Morrows" God knows all things —— but we In darkness walk our ways; We wonder what will be, We ask the nights and days. Their...
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Father Ryan's Poems (67)
2023-12-06Inevitable What has been will be, 'Tis the under law of life; 'Tis the song of sky and sea, To the key of calm and strife. For guard we as we ...
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Father Ryan's Poems (68)
2023-12-06Sorrow and the Flowers A garland for a grave! Fair flowers that bloom, And only bloom to fade as fast away, We twine your leaflets 'round our Clau...