Poems by August Wilhelm Wern

Many a youth left home and friend
To pioneer a distant land,
With fortitude and buoyant hope, ...

A wondrous sight that greets our eye
Beyond mortal mind's conception,
Immensities 'neath turqu...

O life, thou deepest mystery,
Thou fathomless abyss,
Who knows thy law and secrecy,
Thy jo...

Welcome, sweet and lovely rangers,
Though to me you are most strangers,
But secure and fear ...

Welcome, sweet songster; thy return
Brings gladness to my soul.
And now my heart will cease to...

A dream, and yet--was it a dream?
It vanished not like vapored steam,
Nor like a bubble quick...

There is no winter here!
With joy we hail October showers,
That bring us bright and fragrant f...

The wedding day of long ago
Is ever new to hearts like thine,
That Cupid's arrow with one thro...

Of many gods thus gone before,
That man did worship and adore
For all the good that they had d...

What means this scampering bustling move?
Why are the tents brought low and folded?
Why have th...