The Project Gutenberg eBook of Poems of Peace and war, by Elizabeth H. Connor

THE RECORD PRESS
HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS
1917 {2}

Copyright, 1917, by
ELIZABETH H. CONNOR

POEMS OF PEACE AND WAR

SIMPLICITY.

A WORLD REPUBLIC IS ARISING.

THE BIRTH OF THE FLOWERS.
(A Reverie On Creation.)

The sun’s bright rays through breaking clouds,
On tiny beads of crystal fell,
While o’er the earth in mantle green
A rainbow circled hill and dell;
Brilliant, majestic it appeared,
In many colors to be seen,
Neath misty heav’ns and setting sun
O’er man’s first paradise serene.

The angels winged their flight from heav’n,
Towards the many colored bow,
Like seagulls sweeping o’er the sea,
Then lighting on the waves below;
Down through the clouds they beat their wings,
From the depths of heavenly blue
So perched on this celestial arch,
They gazed in wonderment anew.

Far below on a field of green,
Stood Eve so beautiful and fair,
Adam her spouse gallant and true,
With fiery glance and flowing hair;
Angels and seraphims above
With golden heads and wings so white,
From this frail arch of varied hues,
Dropped to the earth in sudden plight.

Lo! o’er the earth mid verdure clad,
Flow’rs grew in colors sweet and true,
Just like the rainbow over head,
Softly nurtured with heavenly dew.
Then back they flew through mist and clouds,
From flow’ry meads far, far away
To the depths of eternal love
Chanting to earth their sweetest lay.

THE GUARD AND GLORY OF THE WORLD.
(Fair Columbia.)

The guard and glory of the world,
Columbia is thee,
To your fair shores the pilgrims came,
From o’er the briny sea;
Like beacon lights from shore to shore,
The stars of freedom shine,
Brilliant, majestic they appear,
As viewed from ev’ry clime.

Of fair Columbia we will sing,
Her forests mounting high,
Her lakes and rills with music thrills
Our hearts as we draw nigh;
We hear the glad notes of the birds,
Winging their merry flight,
O’er shrub and tree, o’er hill and dale,
Through sunshine warm and bright.

Here the oppressed have found a home,
Here equal rights for all,
Emblazoned forth on ev’ry page
In justice loudly call,
That despotism has had its day,
Democracy must rule
This universe from zone to zone
In fair Columbia’s school.

IN THE FIRELIGHT.

THE BUGLE CALL.

Oh hark! we hear the bugle call,
Resounding o’er the land,
To arms, to arms, yes one and all,
Now by our country stand;
The flag our fathers died to save,
Unfurled for ever more
In ev’ry clime, long may it wave,
The wide world o’er and o’er.

Of justice, freedom, honor sing,
Of peace for all mankind,
With love let glad hozannas ring,
From ev’ry heart and mind;
Our country’s flag, our emblem fair,
Inspires us with zeal
To love and cherish, do and dare,
All for our country’s weal.

Her famous banner raised on high,
Sweet liberty proclaim,
For all beneath God’s arching sky,
All o’er earth’s vast domain,
Now we see her arm extending,
Far o’er the briny deep,
Hopes of freedom she is bringing,
To hearts that ache and weep.

LIFE’S FLOWERS.

OH POWERFUL BUT PEACEFUL WEAPON.
PRAYER.

AMERICA’S STANDARDS.
(To the Flag and Cross We Cling.)

MORNING OF LIFE.

Sweet morning of life, like the dawning day,
Like the sparkling waves on a sunkissed shore,
That ripple and dance in the sun’s warm ray,
Breathing love, joy and gladness ever more;
Now dreaming of castles so grand and high,
On bays o’er looking a wonderful sea,
Where bright groves of orange and myrtle lie,
On wooded heights filled with sweet melody.

For there the full voiced songsters as they fly,
Sing and warble their love from tree to tree,
While sparkling fountains splash, glisten, then sigh,
In huge basins of stone carved daintily;
The cool murm’ring wind and the bird’s soft trill,
The babbling brook on its way to the sea,
Oh, sweet morning of life stay with us still,
Through the sterner hours keep us good and free.

THOUGHTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OR EVIL: WHICH
SHALL IT BE?

THE SUPPLICATION.

THE SONG OF THE NIGHT.

From crimson to a sombre gray,
Now softly shades of night draw nigh,
The birds are twit’ring on the boughs,
As flowers droop their heads and sigh;
We hear low murm’rings of the sea
In grand harmony rise and fall,
Ev’ry ripple a cadence sweet,
And ev’ry wave a distant call.

Oh music so wistful, sublime,
Entangled in joy and in tears,
Sweet mem’ries of old you recall,
Yes dim visions of by-gone years;
Oh ling’ring breath of darkness dense
Seeming lost in cavernous hill,
Little murmuring, hidden streams,
Low chanting the spirits’ sweet will.

Beautiful is thy mute appeal;
Majestic the grandeur of night,
As dawn is stealing from afar
’Mid shimmering darkness and light;
So on shadowy wings of love,
Waft us thy song across the foam,
Over the bounding billows free,
Singing softly of home sweet home.

THOUGHTS FOR ALL CONTEMPLATING MATRIMONY.
(The Building of a Home.)

The strongest joy of all instinctive human joys
Is embodied in the building of a home
Where every thought of the inner soul employs,
Animates the intellects beneath its dome;
Where the child life gardens are sheltered from the winds,
And storms of life by loving unselfish care,
Blooming forth in beauty, bright symbols of the minds,
United devoted to their treasures there.

Like the crimson sunset or burning rubies red,
Blending together into one perfect light,
When the sun of past strength, and cherished youth are dead
And the silv’ry moon of beauty shines far less bright,
Like the valiant stars our treasures will remain
Sparkling and bright with love’s most radiant hue,
Guiding us on and on o’er the watery main,
Through the twilight shadows tender and true.

OUR FLAG AND OUR CHIEF.
(The Spirit of America.)

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD.

AT DAWN.

Behold a rose of crimson hue,
Just opening to the light of day,
Velvet petals, all wet with dew,
Bearing a message on its way;
A message of love pure and bright,
God’s holy tribute to the dawn
Ere we greet the gathering light,
Ere we meet the day new born.

A joyful chorus fills the air,
Before the mists have rolled away,
From mountain side, and valley fair,
In wooded glen they seem to say,
Awake, awake ’tis early dawn,
The night has passed, and day is here,
Behold the glories of the morn,
For lo! the rising sun appear.

Just o’er the summit of the hill,
In all its splendor to be seen,
Our hearts and fancies it doth thrill
With homage to the morning’s queen,
For colors like the purest gold,
And royal purple circle round
On crimson waves of light, and fold
The shades of night beneath a mound.

THE NEW STAR OF MANKIND.

LEAD THOU ME ON.

WOMANHOOD.

To the pagan mind, years ago,
O woman, what were you?
A slave, subject to brutal strength,
Not mental prowess true;
As woman was by nature raised,
To motherhood of race,
Should she below man’s level stand?
Nay, rather face to face.

But through Christ’s cross and legacy,
E’en higher she is raised,
And on a pedestal enthroned,
Sweet reverence is paid;
Yes, behold Christ’s blessed mother,
Ideal of womanhood,
Inspiring theme for poets’ dreams,
All graciousness and good.

So woman in thy sphere as queen,
And mother of the race,
God gave to you of all on earth,
The highly honored place
Of teacher, sculptor of mankind,
For with your hands you mould
The plastic mind of youth and child,
More precious far than gold.

CHRISTMAS LYRIC.
(Mystery of Love.)

A CHAPLET OF FLOWERS.

THIS WORLD WAR.

Why this tragedy and blood shed,
For pow’r to hold full sway
O’er the lives of men and nations?
Lives, nations, what care they?
Sown broadcast over this fair earth
Pride and greed caused it all,
But right, not might, will conquer yet,
For pride and greed must fall.

What blasphemy to say that God
Is with such sinful deeds,
No, God is love, and all that’s just,
From him all good proceeds;
Peace he proclaimed, good will to men,
Is that what we see now?
Nay, rather hatred and ill will,
To gold and pow’r they bow.

Stop, despot in your carnage bold,
Pause, think, ere ’tis too late;
For what are you but dust and clay,
Stop, think, of your sad fate;
Where is the soul God gave to you?
With avarice consumed,
Just for today; but tomorrow
What awaits thee, when doomed?

PERILS OF THE SEA.

Cold and cheerless dawned the morning,
Dark frowning clouds swept o’er the deep,
Tinging the rough foaming waters
While anxious hearts sad vigils keep.

All night long the storm was raging,
The angry waves dashed on the shore,
As the tempest with fury howled
And moaned around each cabin door.

All night long a light shone brightly,
A beacon light flashed through the storm,
From the light house rays of guidance
Pierced the darkness to hearts forlorn.

Far, far out where sky and ocean
Seemed to meet on the crested wave,
Lo! a boat with sails all shattered,
Bearing the fishermen so brave.

Nearer, nearer o’er the billows,
Seemingly clutched in their embrace,
They have weathered storm and tempest,
Now meet their loved ones face to face.

SOLDIERS OF THE REPUBLIC.

WHISPERING SHADOWS.

THE THISTLE AND THE SHAMROCK.

THE WORLD’S CATHEDRAL.

FAIR COLUMBIA OR PICTURESQUE AMERICA.

Fair Columbia, freedom’s land,
Rising ’mid oceans vast and grand,
Signal tower of flashing light,
Beckoning all in freedom’s might,
O’er mountain peaks and woodland dells,
Where Nature in all beauty dwells.

’Round mossy banks in shady nooks,
In ripples flow thy babbling brooks,
Sweet music there in echo dwells,
As the bird-voiced chorus swells
Through leafy bow’rs and forest glade
’Neath spreading oak and maple shade.

Thy winding bays, thy lakes and rills,
Chant gladsome psalms, like sweetest trills
Of music singing through the trees,
Then dying as the wavering breeze,
Sighs where the monarchs of our land
In forests primeval stand.

’Mid verdure green the wild flow’rs grow,
In brightest colors, all aglow,
Sweet violets, roses, daisies meek,
Fair lilies floating in the creek
That curves the woodland path below,
The mountainside where laurels grow.

Fair Columbia, poets sing,
While laurel for thy brow we bring,
And place thereon a wreath so fair,
That nothing with it can compare,
Studded with virtues pure and bright,
Most precious gems in freedom’s light.

A WORLD STATESMAN.

SPRING IS HERE.

MEMORIES.

The aged sire in thoughtful mood,
Sits by the hearth stone bright,
And seems to see with pensive glance,
In soaring flames of light
The old camp ground with tents outspread,
Where comrades good and true,
Are waiting for the bugle call,
The call they all well knew.

Ere the notes die o’er the valley,
And smould’ring fires grow dim,
To arms, to arms, attention all,
He hears with strength and vim,
Then forward march, away they go,
The enemy to meet,
Through fire and smoke he sees them fall,
Aye, dying at his feet.

The old man wakes as from a dream,
His eyes are wet with tears,
Then his dauntless spirit rises
As in the by gone years,
And a smile lights up his visage,
Old and wan though it be,
For visions of the old camp ground,
In the firelight he sees.

A LULLABY.
(Go to Sleep.)

THE SEASONS.

LOVED MINSTREL OF ERIN.

Oh loved minstrel of Erin chant forth thy sweet lay,
All down through the ages you’ve sang,
From the first breath of dawn ere the mists rolled away,
Through Erin thy melodies rang;
For thy soul stirring themes of joy and of sorrow,
Inspire us with love and with zeal,
With hope in our hearts that the dawning tomorrow,
The sunburst of freedom reveal.

Of her glories, her triumphs, and her vict’ries sing,
Her art, learning, culture and songs,
Of brave hearts ever loyal to country and king,
On battle fields fighting her wrongs,
Yes, the wrongs of a nation down trodden forlorn,
For centuries long they have bled,
For the faith of their fathers, the cross they have borne,
And planted where ever they fled.

THE AVE’S, OR LIGHTS OF HOME.

THE TRUTHS OF OLD, OH HEART OF MAN.

THE MESSAGE OF THE ROSE.

THE TIES THAT BIND.

WHERE SHALL I HIDE?

EASTER MORN.

LOVE’S SECRET.

CHRISTMAS IN THE CLOISTER.

Without the earth was robed in white,
Stars glittered in the wintry sky,
The altar lights shone fair and bright,
Sweet heav’nly music rose on high,
Breathing in the language of the soul,
All that the soul so longs to hear,
While from the sanctu’ry lamp there stole
Soft rays that flickered far and near.

And lo! the scene, the Cloister choir,
The nuns in silent pray’r with God,
The crib of Bethlehem, all inspire,
Uplift our hearts from earth’s cold clod;
All hallowed by God’s holy priest,
Raising the host of sacrifice,
While rays from the star of the east
Seem to guide us away from vice.

Non omnis moriar, they say,
Not dead the flow’rs beneath the snow,
They’ll come forth from the earth so gray,
Live and bloom in the sun’s warm glow;
Above the snow beyond the stars
They who have gone in soft tones sing,
Non omnis moriar, afar,
We dwell in peace with Christ our King.

THE MUSICIAN’S LOVE-SONG.

A VISION.

FOOTPRINTS OF GOD.

IN MEMORIAM, A BEAUTIFUL ROSE FROM ASHES BORN.

EVENTIDE BY THE SEA.

Far, far out as the foaming waves,
Dance and glisten in caps of white,
See the setting sun’s crimson rays,
Reflected in the waters bright.

The crested billows rise and fall,
The mermaids chant their evening song,
In murmurs low the sea doth call,
The evening bell its tones prolong.

Echoing softly o’er the sea,
Then resounding along the shore,
As ebbing tides flow glad and free,
Forever sighing evermore.

The waters in green, blue and gold,
As the mist arises from the sea
In weird fantastic shadows bold,
Seem gently calling you and me.

Behold, oh great Creator blest,
Oh! Sovereign King of earth and heav’n,
Thy myst’ries sooth our souls to rest,
Faith and hope to us are given.

BEAUTY.

FAREWELL, SWEET SONGSTER.

THE LIGHT OF PRAYER.

VISIONS OF ETERNITY.

LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT.

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