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Poems by George P. Morris

with a memoir of the author
Morris, George Pope (1802-1864)

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[dedication]
 
THE DESERTED BRIDE.
 
THE MAIN-TRUCK; OR, A LEAP FOR LIFE.
 
POETRY.
 
THE CROTON ODE.
 
FRAGMENT OF AN INDIAN POEM.
 
LAND-HO!
 
WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE!
 
THE COTTAGER'S WELCOME.
 
THE LAND OF WASHINGTON.
 
THE FLAG OF OUR UNION.
 
LINES
 
THE DREAM OF LOVE.
 
I'M WITH YOU ONCE AGAIN.
 
OH, WOULD THAT SHE WERE HERE!
 
THE SWORD AND THE STAFF
 
THE CHIEFTAIN'S DAUGHTER.
 
THY WILL BE DONE.
 
LIFE IN THE WEST.
 
SONG OF MARION'S MEN.
 
JANET McREA.
 
LISETTE.
 
MY MOTHER'S BIBLE.
 
“THE DOG-STAR RAGES.”
 
A LEGEND OF THE MOHAWK.
 
THE BALL-ROOM BELLE.
 
WE WERE BOYS TOGETHER.
 
OH, BOATMAN, HASTE!
 
FUNERAL HYMN.
 
O'ER THE MOUNTAINS.
 
WOMAN.
 
ROSABEL.
 
THY TYRANT SWAY.
 
A HERO OF THE REVOLUTION.
 
RHYME AND REASON.
 
STARLIGHT RECOLLECTIONS.
 
WEARIES MY LOVE?
 
FARE THEE WELL, LOVE.
 
THOU HAST WOVEN THE SPELL.
 
BESSY BELL.
 
THE DAY IS NOW DAWNING.
 
WHEN OTHER FRIENDS.
 
SILENT GRIEF.
 
LOVE THEE, DEAREST?
 
I LOVE THE NIGHT.
 
THE MINIATURE.
 
THE RETORT.
 
LINES ON A POET.
 
THE BACCHANAL
 
TWENTY YEARS AGO
 
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
 
I LOVE THEE STILL.
 
LOOK FROM THY LATTICE, LOVE.
 
SHE LOVED HIM.
 
THE SUITORS.
 
ST. AGNES' SHRINE.
 
WESTERN REFRAIN
 
THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE.
 
THE EVERGREEN.
 
THE MAY-QUEEN.
 
VENETIAN SERENADE.
 
THE WHIP-POOR-WILL.
 
THE EXILE TO HIS SISTER.
 
NEAR THE LAKE.
 
THE PASTOR'S DAUGHTER.
 
MARGARETTA.
 
THE COLONEL.
 
THE SWEEP'S CAROL.
 
THE SEASONS OF LOVE.
 
MY WOODLAND BRIDE.
 
OH, THINK OF ME!
 
MY BARK IS OUT UPON THE SEA.
 
WILL NOBODY MARRY ME?
 
THE STAR OF LOVE.
 
WELL-A-DAY!
 
NOT MARRIED YET!
 
LADY OF ENGLAND.
 
OH, THIS LOVE!
 
MARY.
 
THE BEAM OF DEVOTION.
 
THE WELCOME AND FAREWELL.
 
'TIS NOW THE PROMISED HOUR.
 
THE SONGS OF HOME.
 
MASONIC HYMN.
 
THE DISMISSED.
 
LORD OF THE CASTLE.
 
THE FALLEN BRAVE.
 
SONG OF THE TROUBADOUR.
 
CHAMPIONS OF LIBERTY.
 
THE HUNTER'S CAROL.
 
WASHINGTON'S MONUMENT.
 
THE SISTER'S APPEAL.
 
SONG OF THE REAPERS.
 
WALTER GAY.
 
GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE.
 
TEMPERANCE SONG.
 
BOAT-SONG.
 
WILLIE.
 
THE ROCK OF THE PILGRIMS.
 
YEARS AGO.
 
THE SOLDIER'S WELCOME HOME.
 
THE ORIGIN OF YANKEE DOODLE.
 
LINES
 
NEW-YORK IN 1826.
 
THE HERO'S LEGACY.
 
WHAT CAN IT MEAN?
 
WHERE HUDSON'S WAVE.
 
AU REVOIR.
 
TO MY ABSENT DAUGHTER.
 
SONG OF THE SEWING-MACHINE.
 
MY LADY WAITS FOR ME.
 
MUSIC.
 
THE MILLIONAIRE.
 
IN MEMORY OF CHARLES H. SANDFORD.
 
SEVENTY-SIX.
 
A PARODY.
 
THE STAG-HUNT.
 
DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
 
UNION.
 
WE PART FOR EVER.
 
COME TO ME IN CHERRY-TIME.
 
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. JESSIE WILLIS.
 
THANK GOD FOR PLEASANT WEATHER.
 
THE MASTER'S SONG.
 
THE MISSING SHIP.
 
JEANNIE MARSH.
 
LUCY.
 
EPITAPH.
 
IN MEMORY OF JOHN W. FRANCIS, JR.
 
NATURE'S NOBLEMEN.
 
A WALL-STREET LYRIC.
 
KING COTTON.
 
WORDS
 
LOVE IN EXILE.
 
TO THE EVENING STAR.
 
WELCOME HOME.
 
THE SYCAMORE SHADE.
 
UP THE HUDSON.
 
ONLY THINE.
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EPIGRAMS.
 
ON READING GRIM'S ATTACK UPON CLINTON.
 
ON HEARING THAT MORSE DID NOT “INVENT” THE TELEGRAPH
 
ADDRESS
 
ADDRESS
 
ADDRESS
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The Maid of Saxony; or, Who's the Traitor?
 
[Ho! Hans!—Why, Hans!—You Hans, I say]
 
[Rejoice! rejoice! we're safe and sound]
 
[The life for me is a soldier's life ]
 
[Confusion!—Again rejected ]
 
[When I behold that lowering brow]
 
['T is a soldier's rigid duty]
 
[The spring-time of love is both happy and gay ]
 
[From my fate there's no retreating— ]
 
[Lads and lasses, trip away]
 
[All hail the king!—Long live the king]
 
[Home, home, home—]
 
[Sky, stream, moorland, and mountain ]
 
[Dared these lips my sad story impart]
 
[Fiery Mars, thy votary hear ]
 
[Ah! Love is not a garden-flower ]
 
[The King, the princes of the court ]
 
[Victoria! victoria ]
 
[This gloomy cell is my abode at last ]
 
[Hark! 'tis the deep-toned midnight bell ]
 
[Once, mild and gentle was my heart ]
 
[The gentle bird on yonder spray ]
 
[That law's the perfection of reason ]
 
[With mercy let justice]
 
[What outrage more, at whose command ]
 
[The javelin from an unseen hand ]
 
[Rejoice! our loyal hearts we bring]
 
[Our hearts are bounding with delight ]

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[Once, mild and gentle was my heart ]

SONG—KARL.

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(German air.)

Once, mild and gentle was my heart!
My youth from guile was free!
But when love's bonds were torn apart,
What joy had life for me?
No words, no threats could daunt my soul,
My reckless spirit spurned control
Till swayed by smiles from thee!
A wanderer o'er the desert sand,
An outcast on the sea,
An exile from my native land—
What 's all the world to me?
Each friend misfortune proved a foe:
I scorned the high—despised the low—
Till swayed by smiles from thee!
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