Category Archives: Poetry

“The toast is, “Freedom’s favorite son,
Health, peace, and joy to Washington!”

“Flowers to their memory, / This fair spring day!”

An 1842 poem wherein a woman waxes poetic (literally, it’s a poem) about her very handsome horse.

A poem wherein a lonely man laments that he cannot find a woman who would marry him and stay at home with him.

A poem about noses out of joint.

Wherein we learn that the secret to making the best quince jelly is in the attire.

Be led by truth, / And in your youth / Be sure how you begin.

A poem on the “charm in wedded bliss.”

“Thirty days hath September, / April, June, and November…”

A poem by Margaret E. Sangster about robins and unfinished food.

“Without a sordid thought of fame / he to his Country gave his best.”

“We bring you the red and the white and the blue / To welcome Memorial-day”