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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: OHIO Matches Found: 175 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ACROSTIC, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Amiable you should be ever Last Line: Safely follow this advice Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ALONE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: O what a bitter word alone! Last Line: No earthly cares can o'er us hover Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ALONG THE OHIO, by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Athwart a sky of brass long welts of gold Last Line: Beheld it flowing fair. Subject(s): Ohio River ALONG THE OHIO - NOVEMBER, by MARY PRUDENCE MORTON Poem Text First Line: Let there be wind over this place forever Last Line: The last horseman, reining in his steed. Subject(s): Autumn; Ohio River; Seasons; Fall ANOTHER CHANGE AND WE'RE UPON, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source Last Line: Upon the banks of lake champlain Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ANSWER TO YES WE MISS THEE AT HOME?, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Yes we miss thee at home yes we miss thee Last Line: Twixt home and the brave volunteer Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio APPEAL, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: My bark is on the bounding billow Last Line: If only just once in a while Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio AS THE SHADES OF TWILIGHT GATHER, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source Last Line: A nation's blood shall cease to flow Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio AS YE SOW SO SHALL YE REAP, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source Last Line: And you have reapt just what you've sown Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ASK ME NOT, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Ask me not why tis I love thee Last Line: Around the sun? - it could not be Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio AT LAST, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: At last - at last the heavy cloud Last Line: Again has risen our star Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio BATTLE CRY OF TEMPERANCE; AIR: 'RALLY ROUND THE FLAG', by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: We will rally now for temperance Last Line: Shouting the battle cry of temperance Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio BEAUTIFUL OHIO, by JAMES WRIGHT Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Those old winnebago men Last Line: I call it beauty Alternate Author Name(s): Wright, James A. Subject(s): Industry; Labor & Laborers; Ohio; Work; Workers BLIGHTED HOPES, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: We met - o it was long ago Last Line: Out beaming radiant hope of heaven? Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED, by ROBERT HILL LONG Poem Source First Line: The minor devil wears a leather bomber Last Line: He says. Cleveland, he says, and opens the door Subject(s): Change; Cleveland, Ohio BY GONE DAYS, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: O by gone days! Sweet by gone days! Last Line: Longer upon this gloomy scene Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio CATCH THE SUNSHIME, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Catch the sunshine! Miss the showers! Last Line: And you'll gain the pearl at last! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I'm thinking of my childhood Last Line: My fancy makes it true Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio CHILDREN WE KEEP, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: There were five of the children who came to their home Last Line: And await there her coming - they're all she has now Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio CHRISTMAS, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: The shadows of the leafless trees Last Line: That thou hast thus this blessing given %at last to me Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio CLEVELAND, by SCOTT MINAR Poem Source First Line: How could you know about Last Line: Because I was small and I needed %to be saved Subject(s): Children; Cleveland, Ohio; Driving And Drivers; Fathers; Memory COME TO ME IN DREAMS, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: O come to me in dreams love! Last Line: In dreams love, come to me! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio CROSSING OHIO WHEN POPPIES BLOOM IN ASHTABULA, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go away. Leave the high winds of may Subject(s): Ohio CROSSING OHIO WHEN POPPIES BLOOM IN ASHTABULA, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Pick me poppies in ohio Last Line: Bula, shoot it up, give us a daylight fire- %works in ohio, burn it up with tawny red gold Subject(s): Ohio CUPID'S EXPERIMENT, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Cupid planted a bulb in my 'garden of fate' Last Line: For the dead past that's faded away Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DAY DREAMS - OUR STAR, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Thou said 'twas 'our star', where in future we'd dwell Last Line: That land so celestial - sirius - our star! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DAYS OF ABSENCE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: These dark days of absence how bitter they are Last Line: I too will soon be lying beneath the gray stone Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DESTINY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I knew we must be parted Last Line: It is our destiny Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DIAMOND MORNING, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Away off, up the road, and over Last Line: None but a god could have done this Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DO THEY MISS ME AT HOME?, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Do they miss me at home - do theee miss me? Last Line: The loved ones so dear at sweet home! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DORIS, YOU SAID, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source Last Line: And as you wish so let it be Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DOWNTOWN DINER, by JEREDITH MERRIN Poem Source First Line: Scuzzy michael's diner. Briefcase Last Line: For labor or love without small %consolations? Who can live? Variant Title(s): Downtown Diner: Columbus, Ohi Subject(s): Ohio; Restaurants DREAM, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: You came to me when starry night Last Line: Twas only nothing but a dream! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DREAMING, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Dreaming - dreaming, ever dreaming Last Line: To meet thee on some future day Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DRIFTING, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: My barque is on a stormy sea Last Line: When we cross o'er the river Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DRIFTING APART, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I know not how it is or why Last Line: I shall find truth so shall not care Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DROP BY DROP, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: The dew heavily lay on the cedars so green Last Line: He works with a purpose - so mysteriously Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio DUST AND ASHES, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Only dust and ashes left Last Line: Fate only sure - remains the same! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio EDGES, by DAVID LEIGHTTY Poem Source First Line: Design and skill slipped us on evening's breeze Last Line: In civil hands; human vintage of earth Subject(s): Night; Ohio River ELEGY; FOR JAMES WRIGHT, by GREGORY ORR Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not only doesn't the ohio Last Line: In rags, half in radiance. Subject(s): Chestnut Trees; Death; Grief; Hudson River; Nature; Ohio River; Plane Trees; Rivers; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness; Sycamores END OF AUTUMN, by JULIO ORTEGA Poem Source First Line: The night falls between the hills as if they were real Last Line: And docility of another day -- always this fictitious moment Subject(s): Ohio; U.s. - Immigration And Emigration; Winter FALL IN WOOSTER, OHIO, by JOHN KOOISTRA Poem Source First Line: Leaves on the roof next door Last Line: When the chair %comes down Subject(s): Autumn; Ohio; Seasons FATE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I've had my romance it would thrill you Last Line: Bring us together evermore Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio FICKLE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: You've forgotten the hour - forgotten the day Last Line: They will not love as I do, it could not be so Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio FIRST GRAY HAIR, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I found a gray hair on my bonny brown head Last Line: With christ in the city of gold Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio FORGIVE ME!, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: O my darling - forgive me! Last Line: Through a long eternity Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio FORGOTTEN, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Forgotten! Yes that is the word Last Line: To drop a tear, or give a sigh Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio FOUR YEARS AGO, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Four years ago! Four years ago! Last Line: Those blissful hours - four years ago Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio GILDED CHAINS, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I knew that you loved me and yet Last Line: But it will be too late - too late! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio HAROLD, A POEM; SUGGESTED BY READING BULWER'S LAST OF THE SAXON KINGS, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Alone by luna's silver beams Last Line: Doth rule o'er england well Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio HELPLESS, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: O my household goods, and treasures! Last Line: And even hope will slip away Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio HIDDEN, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Our star but rose, again to hide Last Line: We may find perfect day Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio HOMELAND, by MONNA MERLE RAY Poem Text First Line: Who would forget ohio? Last Line: Who could forget ohio? Subject(s): Ohio HOPE 'LEFT OR LEFT OUT', by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Hope: brightest star, gleams out afar Last Line: If hope be left - - or is left out Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio HOWELLS'S HOMES, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hills of ohio, woods and shining plains Last Line: And seeks for better yet. Subject(s): Home; Howells, William Dean (1837-1920); Ohio I COULD NOT DREAM, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source Last Line: And drop this memory Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio I KNEW YES I KNEW, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I knew we must be parted - the future would bring Last Line: Just over the stream, on that beautiful shore! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio I MISS THEE AT HOME, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I miss thee at home - yes I miss thee Last Line: Till thou art again by my side Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio I WONDER, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I wonder why you stay away! Last Line: We'll ever place your hand in mine! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio IMPROMPTU, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: On the heights of cumberland Last Line: Must wed the forest too Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio IMPROMPTU, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I'm sad to night, for I remember Last Line: The wise have said before today Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio IMPROMPTU TO OWEN MERIDITH, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I gaze upon thy picture here Last Line: As brightest star - I would hail thee Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio IN MEMORY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: The brown eyes are closd and the sweet dewy breath Last Line: Then he will receive us in mansions at home Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio IN MEMORY OF FRANKIE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: They tell me that our boy is dead Last Line: In robes that angels wear Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio IN MY HEART, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: In my heart o how I've mourned thee Last Line: O'er flowing still my heart with thee Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio INFATUATION WRITTEN FOR A FRIEND, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: If it sin to love thee Last Line: And daring to be free Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio INTEMPERANCE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: There is a monster in the land Last Line: Of endless death and woe Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: It might have been! We might have met Last Line: Through life - to dream what might have been Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio JOHN FILSON, by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: John filson was a pedagogue - / a pioneer was he Last Line: Who never had a grave. Subject(s): Filson, John (1747-1788); Ohio; Pioneers LAST PASSENGER PIGEON IN THE CINCINNATI ZOO, by LUCIE BROCK-BROIDO Poem Source First Line: An annulment of a species is as keen Last Line: Case of an unfolding species unwinding, beautifully Subject(s): Cincinnati, Ohio; Cities; Zoos LEAVING, by KATHLEEN LYNCH Poem Source First Line: He sat at his grown sun's window Last Line: Who knew him so well Subject(s): Ohio LEAVING LORAINE, OH, by DONNA J. LONG Poem Source First Line: I stop just outside loraine Last Line: Lose themselves in the maze of mangroves Subject(s): Ohio; Travel LETTER TO A FATHER, LETTER FROM A SON, by LYNN SHOEMAKER Poem Source First Line: Cincinnati. Aprill 11th Last Line: And my anger shakes in the lilies Subject(s): Cincinnati, Ohio; Fathers And Sons; Letters LIFE'S WEB, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Yes gather up the broken threads Last Line: And yet - we can't forget Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio LONELY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Tis always thus within a crowd Last Line: As time has passed away Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio LOVE PLATONIC, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Platonic love 'twixt you and me Last Line: Tis better then not love to know Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio LOVE'S GARLAND, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Love, wove me a garland of roses so sweet Last Line: Will I trust him, for even a day Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio MEMORY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I always, always, always knew Last Line: Nought but the dream of long ago Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio MIDWEST: ODE; IN MEMORIAM WILLIAM MATTHEWS, by DAVID BAKER Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You could believe a life so plain it means Last Line: Business end of a dollar in their hands Subject(s): Ohio MIDWEST: ODE; IN MEMORIAM WILLIAM MATTHEWS, by DAVID BAKER Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You could believe a life so plain it means Last Line: Business end of a dollar in our hands Subject(s): Ohio MON CHERE AIME, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: My song now is hushed, and I can sing no longer Last Line: We're parted forever - mon chere aime Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio MOTEL, EAST OHIO, by DON COLBURN Poem Source First Line: The woman behind the makeshift front desk Last Line: But a daughter's need to hear them again %above the traffic Subject(s): Hotels; Ohio; Poetry And Poets MY CASTLE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: These changes how our lives they mar Last Line: When I too shall go home Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio MY HEART IS EVER WEARY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: My heart is weary, weary Last Line: Be as wretched as I to day Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio MY MARY; AIR: BROKEN VOW, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I have learned to love thee, mary Last Line: I shall love thee just the same Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio MY MUSE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: My muse like a harp that is stringless & broken Last Line: One up in heaven, we fully can trust Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio MY NATIVE HOME, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: My home - o my home by that silvery streamlet Last Line: We'll meet in a brighter forever to dwell Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio MY SHIP, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: My ship is on the ocean Last Line: From seas so far away Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio NEW ENGLAND, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Land of my birth! New england dear Last Line: Yet heart to thee is true Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio OHIO VALLEY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Within this vale I feign would stay Last Line: In blissful memory Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio OHIO VITAL STATISTICS, by PETER DESY Poem Source First Line: People are dying in ohio every day Last Line: Situation, under circumstances less appalling Subject(s): Ohio OHIO: 1, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rolling along through ohio Last Line: The stars sit athwart our thoughts / just so Subject(s): Ohio OHIO: 1, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rolling along through ohio Last Line: The stars sit athwart our thoughts %just so Subject(s): Ohio OHIO: 2, by JOHN UPDIKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To be fair, though, about that day Subject(s): Ohio OHIO: 2, by JOHN UPDIKE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To be fair, though, about that day Last Line: Like hammered melody the empty road %soared east and west. No static. Air Subject(s): Ohio OLD HOME, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Once more upon my childhood's home Last Line: Within the buried past! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio OLD JOHN CLEVENGER ON BUCKEYES, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Old john clevenger lets on Last Line: "kin subsist whare buckeyes is!" Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Flowers; Ohio; War OLD KING ALCHOHOL; AIR: THE SEXTON, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: O yes, I am old king alcohol! Last Line: Then millions of souls, I'll gather in! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio OLD MEN ON THE COURTHOUSE LAWN, MURRAY, KENTUCKY, by JAMES GALVIN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You might call this / the far side of the river Subject(s): Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Ohio; Rivers; Smoking; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes ON THE DEATH OF MY MOTHER, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Over the river our mother has gone Last Line: Where mothers watching, and waiting for us Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ON THE DEATH OF RHODERIC DHU GAMBRELL EDITOR OF SWORD AND SHIELD OF JA, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Now drape in black the 'sword and shield' Last Line: Till prohibition's won Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ON THE DEATH OF WILLIE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Put away that empty cradle! Last Line: We'll live upon that blissful shore Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ONLY A MEMORY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Only a memory - and yet 'tis sweeter Last Line: For heaven will last, and god is love %-eternally Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ONLY A SPRIG OF IVY!, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Twas only a sprig - a sprig of ground ivy! Last Line: Which we in youth are so anxious to know Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ONLY IN THE BLUE MORNING GLORY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Deep down in the blue morning glory Last Line: Where fancy brings her back to me Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ORDINARY EVENING IN CLEVELAND, by LEWIS PUTNAM TURCO Poem Source First Line: Just so it goes: the day, the night Last Line: Like a blind man eating fish in an empty room Subject(s): Cleveland, Ohio OUR MURDERED PRESIDENT, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Our noble chief - our president Last Line: Concealed within our land Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio PANORAMA A SMILE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: A rippling lake - a woody shore Last Line: The waves would still, the storm would end Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio PENETRATION, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Thou never said thou loved me yet Last Line: Awhile my lips thou pressed Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio POEM, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Twas on muskingum's flowery bank Last Line: When christ should call me home! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio REMINISCENCES, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I'm watching the bright rosy sunset Last Line: And the romance that never was told Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio RESTING AIR: 'WHISPER SOFTLY, MOTHER'S DYING', by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I am tired dearest mother Last Line: Saved forever from all harm Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio RIFT, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: The sun came breaking through the clouds Last Line: As in the long ago Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio ROSE & THE THORN, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: A rose in the garden grew graceful and fair Last Line: A thorn's not a rose nor never will be Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio SAINCLAIRE'S DEFEAT, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "'twas november the fourth, in the year of 'ninety-one" Last Line: "he fell that day amongst the slain, a valiant man was he" Subject(s): "native Americans;ohio;st. Clair, Arthur (1736-1818);" Indians Of America;american Indians;indians Of South America SHAKER HEIGHTS, by MICHAEL CERAOLO Poem Source First Line: The city is a half-walled castle Last Line: And almost no one sees anything wrong in this Subject(s): Shaker Heights, Ohio; Suburbs SILENT LOVE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Thou never said thou loved me - never Last Line: Deceive the world, and act a part Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio SIN CITY, by DAVID LEHMAN Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cynthia was feeling sinful in cincinnati. Subject(s): Cincinnati, Ohio; Sin; Poetry & Poets SNOW STORM, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Steadily, patiently, persistently came Last Line: He rules all around him - wrapped in mystery Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio SONATA IN THE OHIOAN MANNER, OPUS 2, by SETH ARCHER Poem Source First Line: Viola: when fire fell out of my hands, I felt as though I'd seen the new Last Line: : enough. What I really wanted was milk balls Subject(s): Music And Musicians; Ohio SONG, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Give me one heart that's wholly true Last Line: Tis only just a name Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio SONG; ALTERCATION BETWEEN HEART V CONSCIENCE: GENTLE ANNA, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I had a home of beauty Last Line: For gentle annie sleeps beneath the weeping willow tree! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio SONG; ALTERCATION BETWEEN HEART V CONSCIENCE: HEART, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Come conscience let us now converse Last Line: The enemies of temperance Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio SONG; SEQUEL TO THE GYPSY'S WARNING, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: He has promised - I have listened Last Line: I had never been betrayed Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio SONNET; TO A PAIR OF OLD SHOES, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Dear old friends, and must we part Last Line: Soul and body parted - dear old shoe Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio SONNET; TO A THUNDER STORM, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: How like a silver mountain Last Line: A thunderstorm is so sublime Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio STEPPING STONES, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Be kind, be true, be friendly, when Last Line: To jesus: in a better land Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio SWEET LEONORE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Gone has leonore from this weary world away Last Line: Darling sweet leonore! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TEMPERANCE SONG; AIR: 'FELLERS GRAVE', by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: The banner of temperance is now unfurled Last Line: To that bourne that intemperance cannot gain Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TEMPERANCE SONG; AIR: WASHINGTON'S GRAVE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: There's a home to be found for the homeless Last Line: Your country's salvation to crown Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TEMPERANCE SONG; COLD WATER FOR ME, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Ye lovers of bacchus who bow at its shrine Last Line: And pledge in a cup of cold water with me! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TEN YEARS AGO, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Ten years ago! Ten years ago! Last Line: That was my friend - ten years ago! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio THE FOUNDERS OF OHIO, by WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The footsteps of a hundred years Last Line: Immortalize their lives sublime! Subject(s): Ohio; Patriotism; Pioneers THE HUNDRED DAYS' MEN; ILLINOIS, MAY, 1864, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Tis time the corn was planted, the latest wheat was sown Last Line: But joyfully, in busy may, gave up our thousands more! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): American Civil War; Government; Illinois; Indiana; Ohio; Soldiers; U.s. - History THEE, THEE, ONLY THEE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Though friendship has the truant played Last Line: Of thee - thee - only thee! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio THEIR DIVORCE & THE REMAINING LANDSCAPE, by KATE NORTHROP Poem Source First Line: Suddenly it was silent--the snow Last Line: When we walk in the continuing snow. Subject(s): Divorce; Family Life; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Snow THOU ART WEDDED TO ANOTHER, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source Last Line: So that it cometh from thine hands Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TIME'S CHANGES, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Times change oh, time's change! Last Line: In hearts we love and trust Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: You tell I must not forget you Last Line: But we willl hope; and we can wait Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO A FRIEND, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Let envy shoot envenomist darts Last Line: Now clouds obscure thy sun Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO COUSIN CLARE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: O don't you remember the old times clare Last Line: To tell over that old long ago! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO HENRY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I am waiting husband, waiting Last Line: From the curse of tyranny Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO MARGARETTA, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: There swayed the tall poplars the oaks and the maples Last Line: When death shall unite us beyond the dark tomb Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO MISS LIBBIE SMITH, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: O say my dear friend and don't you remember Last Line: Will cling to the old times, youth's sunny day Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO MRS. MAY MORGAREIDGE POWER, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: A checkered sea thou'st launched upon Last Line: But left its silver lining! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO MRS. R. B. LEARN, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: The o'er clouded sun again will shine Last Line: Where 'georgie' waits for you Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO MRS. R. O. CLARK, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: The clouds loom up, the wild winds bluster Last Line: When we shall reach that sunbright shore Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO MY BROTHER ON HIS WEDDING DAY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Thou hast left the home circle my brother Last Line: Be lost, but blended in one! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO MY HUSBAND, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I'm thinking of the time - darling Last Line: And angel 'bove the skies Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO MY SISTER, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Say angela dost thou ever Last Line: And we shall find our castle there Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO SARAH, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Farewell dearest friend, and o in thy wanderings Last Line: To part never more in heaven's bright land Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TO THE UNION SAVERS OF CLEVELAND, by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Men of cleveland, had a vulture Last Line: Is the right of every race. Subject(s): Cleveland, Ohio; Slavery; Serfs TOLD BY 'THE NOTED TRAVELLER', by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Coming, clean from the maryland-end Last Line: The old black hide with its heart of gold. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Ohio; Travel; Journeys; Trips TOO LATE, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Twas the same glance 'twas the same voice Last Line: It lay there limp and dead Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio TWO LESSONS FROM THE SKY: 2. OHIO, by DAVID CITINO Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: And the birds at hueston woods roosting in the beech Last Line: The wing, to whisper the truth: turkey vulture Subject(s): Birds; Ohio UNION SONG, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Our country called her sons to save Last Line: The stars and stripes - the free Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio UNION SONG; 'ON TO RICHMOND!', by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: On to richmond! Lead the way! Last Line: And bless with victory Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio UNTITLED; 'LONG AGO GONE', by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Long ago gone now I am alone Last Line: For christ with his blood eternal life bought Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio UNTITLED; 'MY LIFE HAS BEEN', by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: My life has been spent in wandering arouond Last Line: That beat in these bosoms - now cold Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio UNTITLED; 'THESE HILLOCKS', by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: These hillocks are all that is left to me clare Last Line: When I 'neath the grasses am lain Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio UNUTTERED THOUGHTS, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: I love to read the silent thoughts Last Line: Is shrined one little thought for me Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio WE ARE NOT STRANGERS, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: We are not strangers surely Last Line: And be thy sisters friend Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio WE MEET AGAIN, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: We meet again, so many years Last Line: In one eternal rest Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio WHERE ART THOU TO NIGHT?, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Where art thou to night, and why do I miss thee? Last Line: Said good by the last time - to ne'er meet again Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio WHIFFS OF THE OHIO RIVER AT CINCINNATI, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A young thing in spring green slippers, stockings, silk vivd as lilac-time gras Subject(s): Cincinnati, Ohio; Ohio River WHIFFS OF THE OHIO RIVER AT CINCINNATI, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A young thing in spring green slippers, stockings, silk vivd as lilac-time gras Last Line: It la belle riviere meaning a woman easy to look at Subject(s): Cincinnati, Ohio; Ohio River WHO WOULD FORGET?, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Could I see thee once more as in youth's bright morning Last Line: Yet who craves oblivion? - who would forget? Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio WILL YOU LOVE ME, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Will you love me more dear than another? Last Line: Never, can we love but one! Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio WINGED BEAUTY, by VIRGINIA PAULINE SPRIGGS Poem Text First Line: Mad audubon, whom failure could not blight Last Line: And motile beauty, ever on the wing! Subject(s): Audubon, John James (1785-1851); Beauty; Nature; Ohio River WRITTEN AT SUNSET, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Sweet lovely ohio how sad 'tis to gaze Last Line: And like the sun setting we all fad away Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF R. O. CLARK, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Cut off in his manhood - cut down in his bloom Last Line: Only those whom death robs, can know this farewell Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio YEAR AGO, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: Ah! Thou hast changed since first we met Last Line: She clings yet to - a year ago Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio YOU TELL ME TO BE GAY, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source Last Line: The golden bowl is broken.' Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio YOUNG WIDOW CONFRONTS THE GHOST OF HER MACHO HUSBAND, WHO DIED OF, by DAVID LEIGHTTY Poem Source First Line: Why did you swim that cold ohio Last Line: Hope you liked swimming the ohio Subject(s): Death; Ohio; Swimming; Winter YOUR PROMISES, by MARY LACKEY WILLIAMS Poem Source First Line: You would come, you said, you know Last Line: I trust in him - he can't deceive Subject(s): Frontier And Pioneer Life; Ohio |
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