Bear Poems

Bear Poems

Against the Fear of Death, by Lucretius

What has this bugbear Death to frighten man,
...

Atomic Motions, by Lucretius

Now come: I will untangle for thy steps
Now by...

Character of the Atoms, by Lucretius

Bodies, again,
Are partly primal germs of th...

Confutation of Other Philosophers, by Lucretius

And on such grounds it is that those who held
...

Nature and Composition of the Mind, by Lucretius

First, then, I say, the mind which oft we ca...

The Soul Is Mortal, by Lucretius

Now come: that thou mayst able be to know
That...

Substance Is Eternal, by Lucretius

This terror, then, this darkness of the mind,...

Alone, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Think'st thou the criminal in some dark retreat...

Angelus, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Angels are singing, angels of light!
Angels a...

The Cry of the Soul, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

I have done the best I could, O Lord!
Yet my ...

The Depths, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Sublime and wonderful art thou, O deep,
Illu...

Easter Day, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

The happiest day of all the year is this
By so...

Easter Hymn, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

'Tis morn in Joseph's garden now
Where death a...

Flowers and Weeds, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

This fragile hothouse plant of mine
In perfect...

O, Can I Be Happy in Heaven?, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

O, can I be happy in Heaven,
Though free fro...

The Redeemer, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Down through the ancient corridors of Time
Isa...

Slavery, by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

Where the palm groves and bananas in the sunny ...

The Barren Tree, by Mary Dow Brine

Dear Saviour, I am as the "barren tree, "
Unw...

Saved!, by Mary Dow Brine

Found, far out on the snow-mapped moor,
The ...

The Ship at Sea, by Mary Dow Brine

When my ship comes home from sea,
The ship th...

Dreams, by Mary T. Lathrap

Bright are my dreams.
Not brighter are the bea...

Evening, by Mary T. Lathrap

Marshall, May 31, 1859 The meek stars are br...

Absence, by Matthew Arnold

In this fair stranger's eyes of grey
Thine eye...

The Mountain in the West, by M.H. Cobb

Last eve the sunset winds upheaved
A mountain ...

Megara, by Moschus

'Why dost thou vex thy spirit, mother mine?
W...