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Poems by George P. Morris

with a memoir of the author

Morris, George Pope (1802-1864)

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THE DESERTED BRIDE.

THE MAIN-TRUCK; OR, A LEAP FOR LIFE.

THE CROTON ODE.

FRAGMENT OF AN INDIAN POEM.

WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE!

THE COTTAGER'S WELCOME.

THE LAND OF WASHINGTON.

THE FLAG OF OUR UNION.

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.

MY MOTHER'S BIBLE.

“THE DOG-STAR RAGES.”

A LEGEND OF THE MOHAWK.

THE BALL-ROOM BELLE.

WE WERE BOYS TOGETHER.

OH, BOATMAN, HASTE!

O'ER THE MOUNTAINS.

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.

THE DAY IS NOW DAWNING.

WHEN OTHER FRIENDS.

LOVE THEE, DEAREST?

I LOVE THE NIGHT.

LINES ON A POET.

TWENTY YEARS AGO

NATIONAL ANTHEM.

I LOVE THEE STILL.

LOOK FROM THY LATTICE, LOVE.

THE SUITORS.

ST. AGNES' SHRINE.

WESTERN REFRAIN

THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE.

VENETIAN SERENADE.

THE WHIP-POOR-WILL.

THE EXILE TO HIS SISTER.

THE PASTOR'S DAUGHTER.

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.

NOT MARRIED YET!

LADY OF ENGLAND.

THE BEAM OF DEVOTION.

THE WELCOME AND FAREWELL.

'TIS NOW THE PROMISED HOUR.

THE SONGS OF HOME.

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.

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE.

TEMPERANCE SONG.

THE ROCK OF THE PILGRIMS.

THE SOLDIER'S WELCOME HOME.

THE ORIGIN OF YANKEE DOODLE.

NEW-YORK IN 1826.

THE HERO'S LEGACY.

WHAT CAN IT MEAN?

WHERE HUDSON'S WAVE.

TO MY ABSENT DAUGHTER.

SONG OF THE SEWING-MACHINE.

MY LADY WAITS FOR ME.

THE MILLIONAIRE.

IN MEMORY OF CHARLES H. SANDFORD.

DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

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.

IN MEMORY OF JOHN W. FRANCIS, JR.

NATURE'S NOBLEMEN.

A WALL-STREET LYRIC.

TO THE EVENING STAR.

THE SYCAMORE SHADE.

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ON READING GRIM'S ATTACK UPON CLINTON.

ON HEARING THAT MORSE DID NOT “INVENT” THE TELEGRAPH

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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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THE SUITORS.

Wealth sought the bower of Beauty,
Dressed like a modern beau:
Just then Love, Health, and Duty
Took up their hats to go.
Wealth such a cordial welcome met,
As made the others grieve;

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So Duty shunned the gay coquette,
Love, pouting, took French leave—
He did!
Love, pouting, took French leave!

Old Time, the friend of Duty,
Next called to see the fair;
He laid his hand on Beauty,
And left her in despair.
Wealth vanished!—Last went rosy Health—
And she was doomed to prove
That those who Duty slight for Wealth,
Can never hope for Love!
Ah, no!
Can never hope for Love!