Panama Songs

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...din of storm is lulled, thy goal is won; In thy haven fair our shattered barks may meet To swell the countless host of Heaven, Sweet; If such be sooth--a Doctrine Sages urge--Speed--speed, my craft across, the boundless surge. August, 1891. NEW YEAR. (1892.) This is the glad New Year! May it bring us all good cheer-May every home 'Neath Heaven's dome, Upon this New Year da, Be blessed for aye! This is the New Year tide--Let Passion's flame subside!--Old wounds take flight, Friends reunite, As in the days of yore, In peace once more. This is the Season blest By lofty prayer and rest--Let Charity, Humanity, Unfold their portals wide This New Year tide. Upon this New Year tide Away with Folly's pride! For Proud, Opulent, 6 Meek, Indigent, Alike shall pass to dwell Within one common cell January, 1892. OUR LITTLE LIVES ARE MYSTERIES. Our little lives are mysteries--Around us lie the boundless seas Of Time, wherein by pain, disease, We fall and sink by slow degrees. Our days are spent 'midst fears and aches Till, like the placid rills and lakes The mightier torrent overtakes, We're swept beyond all earthly wakes! Our days are numbered--silently We pass from this deep mystery--From out this turmoil--drudgery, To sleep--to dream eternally! We grope forever in the dark, Till, like the tempest-ridden bark, We're shattered ere one glimmering spark Doth warn us of the danger mark. So little Spring throughout the year!-The chiliad winters blight and sear The tender roots of our career Ere we are aware. March, 1892. DISTINCTIONS. When shall this world, this strange, cold world resign Her haughty purple, and her pompous line? And men, who walk through life their several ways To suit proud stations and their golden days, Pursue the self-same road the meek abound, And meet ...