Poems by Ardelia Cotton Barton

If a little beam of sunshine
E'er comes in at casement small
And doth light up all the crannies...

Oh, take this pansy blossom,
And study well its face;
Dost thou not feel its power?
Canst t...

To Mother Earth was given seed,
In bosom dark it lay;
A rain-drop fell, the earth it drank, ...

A perfect home is heaven's door,
It's built of loving deeds,
No angry frown nor biting word
...

A furtive glance from downcast eye,
A rosy blush, a deep-drawn sigh;
A tender pressure of th...

With joy we greet the bright "New Year"--
Shed tears for year now gone.
Shed tears for all its ...

By the fireside sat my mother
With her knitting-work in hands.
In and out the needles dancing, ...

How strangely familiar all that I see,
The swift-running brook, the wide-spreading tree;
The...

We're tossed upon the Sea of Life,
And stranded on its shore,
We're shipwrecked by the winds ...

O Sun! Our father, mother, friend!
Creator of the universe.
In thee all life hath had its bir...

Tahiti fair is Heaven's own land--
A paradise on earth.
No poisonous flower there ever grows,
...

Time's finger, with relentless power,
Doth furrow lines of care on brow;
With seeming malice...

Fit emblem thou of our loved State,
With satin gown of golden sheen,
Thy glorious face reflec...

A blaze of glory, or a demon wild,
A phantom dark, or angel child,
A blessing sweet, or cu...