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Abram Joseph Ryan August 15, 1839 - April 22, 1886 Poetry Listing Read More About Abram Joseph Ryan below poetry list Poem Title First Lines Period # Lines # Reads 1: A "Thought-Flower" Silently -- shadowly -- some lives go, 32 1165 2: A Blessing Be you near, or be you far, 54 446 3: A Child's Wish I wish I were the little key 24 457 4: A Christmas Chant They ask me to sing them a Christmas song 613 389 5: A Death Crushed with a burden of woe, 50 378 6: A Flower's Song Star! Star, why dost thou shine 20 452 7: A Land without Ruins A land without ruins is a land without memories 30 378 8: A Laugh -- and A Moan The brook that down the valley 52 403 9: A Legend He walked alone beside the lonely sea, 52 417 10: A Memory One bright memory shines like a star 24 384 11: A Memory Adown the valley dripped a stream, 136 393 12: A Mystery His face was sad; some shadow must have hung 100 378 13: A Reverie ["Did I dream of a song? or sing in a dream?"] Did I dream of a song? or sing in a dream? 27 383 14: A Reverie ["Those hearts of ours -- how strange! how strange!"] Those hearts of ours -- how strange! how strange! 68 357 15: A Reverie [`"O Songs!" I said:'] O Songs!" I said: 25 365 16: A Song. Written in an Album. Pure faced page! waiting so long 44 369 17: A Thought The summer rose the sun has flushed 20 361 18: A Thought There never was a valley without a faded flower, 43 410 19: A Thought Hearts that are great beat never loud, 12 392 20: After Seeing Pius IX I saw his face to-day; he looks a chief 14 375 21: After Sickness I nearly died, I almost touched the door 1873 50 316 22: At Last Into a temple vast and dim, 48 378 23: At Night Dreary! weary! 72 436 24: Better than Gold Better than grandeur, better than gold, 39 397 25: C.S.A. Do we weep for the heroes who died for us, 36 379 26: De Profundis Ah! days so dark with death's eclipse! 81 363 27: Death Out of the shadows of sadness, 36 396 28: Death of the Flower I love my mother, the wildwood, 32 399 29: Death of the Prince Imperial Waileth a woman, "O my God!" 72 381 30: Dreaming The moan of a wintry soul 24 368 31: Dreamland Over the silent sea of sleep, 27 406 32: Epilogue Go, words of mine! and if you live 7 359 33: Erin's Flag Unroll Erin's flag! fling its folds to the breeze! 61 352 34: Far Away Far Away!" what does it mean? 45 373 35: Farewells They are so sad to say: no poem tells 15 411 36: Feast of the Assumption. - "A Night Prayer" Dark! Dark! Dark! 99 366 37: Feast of the Presentation of Mary in the Temple The priests stood waiting in the holy place, 96 341 38: Feast of the Sacred Heart Two lights on a lowly altar; 54 395 39: Fifty Years at the Altar To-day -- fifty years at the altar 136 421 40: Follow Me The Master's voice was sweet: 59 418 41: God in the Night Deep in the dark I hear the feet of God: 51 356 42: Gone Gone! and there's not a gleam of you, 24 432 43: Good Friday O Heart of Three-in-the evening, 20 378 44: Hope Thine eyes are dim: 25 397 45: I Often Wonder Why 'Tis So Some find work where some find rest, 28 427 46: In Memoriam Go! heart of mine! the way is long 24 363 47: In Memoriam (David J. Ryan, C.S.A.) Thou art sleeping, brother, sleeping 119 546 48: In Memoriam (Father Keeler) Sweet Christ! let him live, ah! we need his life, 138 366 49: In Memory of My Brother Young as the youngest who donned the Gray, 31 374 50: In Memory of Very Rev. J. B. Etienne A shadow slept folded in vestments, 42 385 51: In Remembrance In the eclipses of your soul, and when you cry 11 391 52: In Rome At last the dream of youth 1872 52 370 53: Inevitable What has been will be, 48 384 54: July 9th, 1872 Between two pillared clouds of gold 67 370 55: Lake Como Winter on the mountains 1873 128 395 56: Last of May In the mystical dim of the temple 96 393 57: Life A baby played with the surplice sleeve 60 989 58: Lines (Two Loves) Two loves came up a long, wide aisle, 20 347 59: Lines -- 1875 Go down where the wavelets are kissing the shore, 1875 54 393 60: Lines ["Sometimes, from the far-away,"] Sometimes, from the far-away, 16 354 61: Lines ["The death of men is not the death"] The death of men is not the death 31 356 62: Lines ["The world is sweet, and fair, and bright,"] The world is sweet, and fair, and bright, 25 370 63: Listen We borrow, 16 372 64: M * * * When I am dead, and all will soon forget 68 422 65: March of the Deathless Dead Gather the sacred dust 45 441 66: Memories They come, as the breeze comes over the foam, 24 393 67: Mobile Mystic Societies The olden golden stories of the world, 52 347 68: Mother's Way Oft within our little cottage, 34 464 69: My Beads Sweet, blessed beads! I would not part 24 385 70: New Year Each year cometh with all his days, 72 368 71: Night After the Picnic And "Happy! Happy! Happy!" 122 349 72: Nocturne ["Betimes, I seem to see in dreams"] Betimes, I seem to see in dreams 60 343 73: Nocturne ["I Sit To-Night By The Firelight,"] I sit to-night by the firelight, 84 385 74: Now Sometimes a single hour 49 366 75: Old Trees Old trees, old trees! in your mystic gloom 16 339 76: Only a Dream Only a Dream! 22 346 77: Out of the Depths Lost! Lost! Lost! 34 400 78: Parting Farewell! that word has broken hearts 20 398 79: Passing Away Life's Vesper-bells are ringing 40 388 80: Peace! Be Still Sometimes the Saviour sleeps, and it is dark; 1873 24 350 81: Poets Poets are strange -- not always understood 52 411 82: Presentiment Cometh a voice from a far-land! 30 358 83: Rest My feet are wearied, and my hands are tired, 32 413 84: Reunited Purer than thy own white snow, 54 386 85: Reverie ["Only a few more years!"] Only a few more years! 91 356 86: Reverie ["We laugh when our souls are the saddest,"] We laugh when our souls are the saddest, 64 342 87: Rhyme One idle day 108 468 88: Sea Dreamings To-day a bird on wings as white as foam 36 383 89: Sea Rest Far from "where the roses rest", 72 386 90: Sea Reverie Strange Sea! why is it that you never rest? 45 406 91: Sentinel Songs When falls the soldier brave, 262 340 92: Singing-Bird In the valley of my life 28 391 93: Song of the Deathless Voice Twas the dusky Hallowe'en 94 345 94: Song of the Mystic I walk down the Valley of Silence 66 400 95: Song of the River A river went singing adown to the sea, 1878 41 341 96: Sorrow and the Flowers. - A Memorial Wreath to C. F. A garland for a grave! Fair flowers that bloom, 119 370 97: Spirit Song Thou wert once the purest wave 278 374 98: St. Bridget Sweet heaven's smile 35 367 99: St. Mary's Back to where the roses rest 50 367 100: St. Stephen First champion of the Crucified! 81 395 101: Sunless Days They come to ev'ry life -- sad, sunless days, 20 346 102: Sursum Corda Weary hearts! weary hearts! by the cares of life oppressed, 25 374 103: Tears The tears that trickled down our eyes, 36 429 104: The Child of the Poet The sunshine of thy Father's fame 19 393 105: The Conquered Banner Furl that Banner, for 'tis weary; 51 399 106: The Immaculate Conception Fell the snow on the festival's vigil 1880 188 373 107: The Land We Love Land of the gentle and brave! 20 354 108: The Master's Voice The waves were weary, and they went to sleep; 48 376 109: The Old Year and the New How swift they go, 64 384 110: The Pilgrim (A Christmas Legend for Children) The shades of night were brooding 236 415 111: The Poet The Poet is the loneliest man that lives; 16 408 112: The Poet Priest Not as of one whom multitudes admire, 38 381 113: The Poet's Child Child of the heart of a child of sweetest song! 48 360 114: The Prayer of the South My brow is bent beneath a heavy rod! 88 370 115: The Rosary of My Tears Some reckon their age by years, 36 375 116: The Seen and The Unseen Nature is but the outward vestibule 75 356 117: The Star's Song Flower! Flower, why repine? 24 468 118: The Sword of Robert Lee Forth from its scabbard, pure and bright, 36 439 119: Their Story Runneth Thus Two little children played among the flowers, 776 335 120: Thoughts By sound of name, and touch of hand, 24 376 121: To Mr. and Mrs. A. M. T. Just when the gentle hand of spring 57 366 122: To Virginia (on Her Birthday) Your past is past and never to return, 16 395 123: To-Days Brief while they last, 20 328 124: To-Morrows God knows all things -- but we 64 384 125: Wake Me a Song Out of the silences wake me a song, 24 319 126: What Ails the World? What ails the world?" the poet cried; 55 366 127: What? (To Ethel) At the golden gates of the visions 30 338 128: When? (Death) Some day in Spring, 49 376 129: Wilt Pray for Me? Wilt pray for me? 12 342 130: Wrecked The winds are singing a death-knell 30 381 131: Yesterdays Gone! and they return no more, 12 411 132: Zeila (A Story from a Star) From the mystic sidereal spaces, 142 381 About: Abram Joseph Ryan CM, was an American poet, an active proponent of the Confederate States of America, and a Roman Catholic priest. He has been called the "Poet-Priest of the Confederacy." This page viewed 5223 times.

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