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Oklahoma and Other Poems - Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller
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Title: Oklahoma and Other Poems
Author: Freeman E. Miller
Release Date: February 7, 2005 [EBook #14953]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK OKLAHOMA AND OTHER POEMS ***
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Proofreading Team.
OKLAHOMA
AND
OTHER POEMS
BY
FREEMAN E. MILLER, A.M.,
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
BUFFALO
CHARLES WELLS MOULTON
1895
COPYRIGHT, 1895,
BY FREEMAN E. MILLER, A.M.
PRINTED BY
CHARLES WELLS MOULTON,
BUFFALO, N.Y.
TO
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY,
IN AFFECTIONATE
MEMORY OF OTHER DAYS.
Our dearest joys forever flow
From fountains of the Long Ago,
That from the heights of pleasures past
Flood all the present valleys vast,
And with eternal glees provide
The future's endless ocean tide.
To ope each cage where a heartless age
Hath chained the birds of singing,
Till Love's own glee that is fond and free
Shall laugh where they are winging,—
Such is my wish. 'Tis true, hold I,
That songs, like birds, in bondage die.
CONTENTS.
OKLAHOMA 9
THE RACE FOR HOMES 15
AT PERRY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1893 19
SING ME A SONG, O WIND.
21
A CHRISTMAS CAROL 24
YEARS THAT ARE TO BE 26
IF WE DON'T OR IF WE DO 28
DEAR SONGS OF MY COUNTRY 30
JULY FOURTH 33
O, GENTLE SHADES OF QUIET WOODS.
35
LOVE 37
WINTERS ON THE FARM 39
O, WEAK AND WEARY WORLD.
41
EX ANIMA 43
LO, ALL THE AGE IS RANK WITH WRONG.
45
LOVE, THOU GAYEST FANCY-WEAVER.
47
THE FARMER 49
NATURE HAS A THOUSAND CHOIRS.
51
THE WORKINGMAN 53
GIVING AND FORGIVING 55
O, SACRED SOULS THAT GRANDLY SING.
57
CHRISTMAS TIME 59
TRUEST HEROES ARE UNKNOWN 61
IF WE BUT KNEW 62
HOPE 64
DESPONDENCY 66
IF LOVE WERE KING 68
SING ME THE OLD SONGS, MOTHER.
69
TWO LIVES 71
AWAY, AWAY, FROM THE SULTRY WAYS.
72
SPINSTERHOOD 74
SWEET FAIRIES FROM THE ISLES OF SONG.
75
STANZAS 77
MAKE THE MOST OF THIS LIFE.
78
THE SONGS THAT MOTHER USED TO SING.
80
QUAFF THE GLASS, THE WINE IS RED.
81
GOOD-NIGHT 83
LIVE LIFE WITH LOVE 84
DISCONTENT 86
STANZAS 87
THE WAY OF THE WORLD 89
MY SHADOW AND I 90
IN THE VALES 91
THE WILLOW 92
AT THE MILL 94
SHADOW AND SHINE 95
THE GROWTH OF SONG 96
SPRING AND MUSIC 97
COMPENSATION 98
MY MOLLIE, O 100
SING NOT OF BEAUTY 101
AT EVENTIDE 102
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES 103
WHEN THOU ART NEAR 104
HE SLEEPS AT LAST 105
WHEN FORTUNES FROWN 106
WHEN WE SHALL MEET 107
SWEET EYES OF BLUE 108
HAD WE NOT MET 109
A SONNET 110
OKLAHOMA.—A SONNET 111
ESTRANGED 112
RECONCILED 113
THE DYING HERO 114
SONNET 115
GREATNESS LIVES APART 116
POEMS 117
SINGER AND SONG 118
TO ONE WHO PLEDGED HER FRIENDSHIP 119
THE BANKS O' TURKEY RUN 119
OKLAHOMA.
Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
Land, O, land of the Fair God,
Land where ancient, savage races
Through barbarian ages trod!
Through thy story fancy traces
Facts above what fictions say,
Where the world with haste advances,—
Born are nations in a day!
Where the wigwam stood so lonely,
Lordly cities rise in might;
Where spread desert wildness only,
Fertile farms and homes delight.
Thou hast summoned to thy bosom
From the ends of all the earth,
All the youngest, strongest, bravest,
Full of will and wondrous worth.
O'er thy valleys grow the blossoms
Culled from earth's remotest sod;
Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
Land, O, Land of the Fair God!
Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
There is music in thy name.
There is gladness in thy glory,
There is fondness in thy fame!
In the wonders of thy story
Shines the sheen of noble deed,
Brighter than the glare of battle
Where the warriors toil and bleed;
Ruling with immortal forces,
There is found the king of might,
Over all thy great resources
By the strength of truth and right.
With thy happy sons and daughters,
Live the virtues fair and pure,
And the better angels guiding
Keep their hearts and souls secure.
There are treasures in thy valleys,
There are treasures in thy hills;
Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
How thy name my bosom thrills!
Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
Child of law and liberty,
Thou art always true and tender,
Thou art ever dear to me!
I will always praises render
To the grandeur of thy worth,
For the fortunes all presided
At the moment of thy birth.
Pleasures in their pure completeness
O'er thy pleasant prairies shine,
And the raptures run with fleetness
Through the happy vales of thine.
Thou art empress of the angels,
Thou art queen of all the gods,
And the happiness of heaven
O'er thy laughing valleys nods.
I will always crown with praises
All thy glories, O, my state;
Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
Thou art greatest of the great!
Oklahoma! Oklahoma!
Bravest are thy noble sons,
In the thunders of the battle,
And the roaring of the guns!
Flash of sword and musket's rattle
Never fearful terror gave
To the staunch and valiant bosoms
Of thy happy hosts and brave.
When the roars of hell grow louder,
And the mountains shake in fright,
In the lurid clouds of
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