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George Pope Morris 1802 - 1864 Poetry Listing Read More About George Pope Morris below poetry list Poem Title First Lines Period # Lines # Reads 1: A Hero of the Revolution. Let not a tear be shed! 24 352 2: A Legend of the Mohawk. In the days that are gone, by this sweet-flowing water, 14 377 3: A Parody. On old Long Island's sea-girt shore 39 342 4: A Wall-Street Lyric. John was thought both rich and great 24 341 5: Address. For the Benefit of Henry Placide. The music's done. Be quiet, Mr. Durie! 73 309 6: Address. For the benefit of James Sheridan Knowles. Nay, Mr. Simpson!--'Tis not kind--polite 63 322 7: Address. For the benefit of William Dunlap. What gay assemblage greets my wondering sight! 56 370 8: Au Revoir. Love left one day his leafy bower, 16 319 9: Bessy Bell. When life looks drear and lonely, love, 27 325 10: Boat-Song. Pull away merrily--over the waters! 21 317 11: Champions of Liberty. The pride of all our chivalry, 36 334 12: Come to Me in Cherry-time. Come to me in cherry-time, 16 323 13: Deliver Us From Evil. Deliver us from evil, Heavenly Father! 16 373 14: Epigram. On Hearing that Morse Did Not "Invent" the Telegraph First they said it would not do; 6 286 15: Epigram. On Reading Grim's Attack Upon Clinton. Tis the opinion of the town 4 334 16: Epitaph. All that's beautiful in woman, 4 391 17: Fare The Well, Love. Fare thee well, love!--We must sever! 15 308 18: Fragment of an Indian Poem. They come!--Be firm--in silence rally! 72 343 19: Funeral Hymn. Man dieth and wasteth away, 32 360 20: Grounds for Divorce. What can a man do when a woman's perverse, 32 318 21: I Love the Night. I love the night when the moon streams bright 16 417 22: I Love Thee Still. I never have been false to thee! 24 333 23: I'm With You Once Again. I'm with you once again, my friends, 32 301 24: In Memory of Charles H. Sandford. He died, as he had lived, beloved, 16 335 25: In Memory of John W. Francis, Jr. He was the pulse-beat of true hearts, 4 381 26: Janet McRea. She heard the fight was over, 22 352 27: Jeannie Marsh. Jeannie Marsh of Cherry Valley, 16 371 28: King Cotton. Old Cotton is king, boys--aha! 30 332 29: Lady of England. Lady of England--o'er the seas 16 332 30: Land-Ho! UP, UP WITH THE SIGNAL!--The land is in sight! 24 334 31: Life in the West. Ho! brothers--come hither and list to my story 33 349 32: Lines On A Poet. How sweet the cadence of his lyre! 30 313 33: Lines On the Burial of Mrs. Mary L. Ward, at Dale Cemetery, Sing-Sing, May 3, 1853. The knell was tolled--the requiem sung 24 325 34: Lines. After the Manner of the Olden Time. O Love! the mischief thou hast done! 42 338 35: Lisette. When Love in myrtle shades reposed, 24 293 36: Look From Thy Lattice, Love. Look from thy lattice, love 32 291 37: Lord of the Castle. Lord of the castle! oh, where goest thou? 12 334 38: Love in Exile. My heart I gave you with my hand, 21 345 39: Love Thee, Dearest! Love thee, dearest?--Hear me.--Never 16 325 40: Lucy. Thanks for your stanzas, Lucy, 30 323 41: Margaretta. When I was in my teens, 36 325 42: Mary. One balmy summer night, Mary, 36 310 43: Masonic Hymn. Our Order, like the ark of yore, 16 316 44: Music. The wind-harp has music it moans to the tree, 16 355 45: My Bark is Out Upon the Sea. My bark is out upon the sea 24 286 46: My Lady Waits for Me. My lady waits!--'Tis now the hour 21 320 47: My Mother's Bible. This book is all that's left me now! 32 384 48: My Woodland Bride. Here upon the mountain-side 16 291 49: National Anthem. Freedom spreads her downy wings 24 366 50: Nature's Nobleman. A Fragment. When winter's cold and summer's heat 18 299 51: Near the Lake. Near the lake where drooped the willow, 24 365 52: New-York in 1826. Two years have elapsed since the verse of S. W. 122 312 53: Not Married Yet! I'm single yet--I'm single yet! 24 366 54: O'er the Mountains. Some spirit wafts our mountain lay 24 325 55: Oh, Boatman, Haste! Oh, boatman, haste!--The twilight hour 33 337 56: Oh, Think of Me! Oh, think of me, my own beloved, 16 401 57: Oh, This Love! Oh, this love--this love! 20 345 58: Oh, Would that She were Here! Oh, would that she were here, 36 301 59: On the Death of Mrs. Jessie Willis. After life's eventful mission, 16 318 60: Only Thine. I know that thou art mine, my love, 22 344 61: Poetry. To me the world's an open book 16 336 62: Rhyme and Reason. An Apologue. Two children of the olden time 30 304 63: Rosabel. I miss thee from my side, beloved, 48 340 64: Seventy-Six. The clarion call of liberty 18 326 65: She Loved Him. She loved him--but she heeded not 24 341 66: Silent Grief. Where is now my peace of mind? 16 294 67: Song of Marion's Men. In the ranks of Marion's band, 27 369 68: Song of the Reapers. Joyous the carol that rings in the mountains, 10 322 69: Song of the Sewing-Machine I'm the Iron Needle-Woman! 40 354 70: Song of the Troubadour. Come, list to the lay of the olden time, 24 313 71: St. Agnes' Shrine. While before St. Agnes' shrine 24 333 72: Starlight Recollections. Twas night. Near the murmuring Saone, 24 317 73: Temperance Song. Some love to stroll where the wassail-bowl 20 337 74: Thank God for Pleasant Weather. Thank God for pleasant weather! 24 327 75: The Bacchanal Beside a cottage-door, 56 353 76: The Ball-Room Belle. (Music by horn.) The moon and all her starry train 20 359 77: The Beam of Devotion. I never could find a good reason 16 312 78: The Chieftain's Daughter Upon the barren sand 24 373 79: The Colonel. The Colonel!--Such a creature! 32 367 80: The Cottager's Welcome. Hard by I've a cottage that stands near the wood 24 333 81: The Croton Ode. Gushing from this living fountain, 56 440 82: The Day is Now Dawning. The day is now dawning, love, 32 422 83: The Deserted Bride. Love me!--No.--He never loved me! 60 318 84: The Dismissed. The wing of my spirit is broken, 48 298 85: The Dog-Star Rages. Unseal the city fountains, 96 336 86: The Dream of Love. I've had the heart-ache many times, 48 299 87: The Evergreen. Love can not be the aloe-tree, 16 352 88: The Exile to his Sister. As streams at morn, from seas that glide, 16 342 89: The Fallen Brave. From Cypress and from laurel boughs 24 329 90: The Flag of our Union. A song for our banner?"--The watchword recall 30 361 91: The Hero's Legacy. Upon the couch of death, 16 322 92: The Hunter's Carol. A merry life does the hunter lead! 16 362 93: The Land of Washington. I glory in the sages 18 341 94: The Maid of Saxony; or, Who's the Traitor? Ho! Hans!--Why, Hans!--You Hans, I say! 2127 354 95: The Main-Truck; Or, A Leap for Life A Nautical Ballad. Old Ironsides at anchor lay, 40 315 96: The Master's Song. Members of an order 37 330 97: The May-Queen. Like flights of singing-birds went by 20 317 98: The Millionaire. In the upper circles 115 354 99: The Miniature. William was holding in his hand 16 343 100: The Missing Ship. She left the port in gallant style, 24 376 101: The Origin of Yankee Doodle. Once in a time old Johnny Bull 64 311 102: The Pastor's Daughter. An ivy-mantled cottage smiled, 32 436 103: The Prairie on Fire The shades of evening closed around 40 363 104: The Retort. Old Nick, who taught the village-school, 16 343 105: The Rock of the Pilgrims. A rock in the wilderness welcomed our sires, 16 332 106: The Seasons of Love. The spring-time of love 32 432 107: The Sister's Appeal. A Fragment. You remember--don't you, brother 12 286 108: The Soldier's Welcome Home. Victorious the hero returns from the wars, 16 346 109: The Songs of Home. Oh, sing once more those dear, familiar lays, 20 322 110: The Stag-Hunt. The morning is breaking 20 385 111: The Star of Love. The star of love now shines above, 16 380 112: The Suitors. Wealth sought the bower of Beauty, 20 416 113: The Sweep's Carol. Through the streets of New York City, 27 320 114: The Sword and the Staff The sword of the hero! 24 328 115: The Sycamore Shade. I knew a sweet girl, with a bonny blue eye, 21 328 116: The Tyrant Sway. The heart that owns thy tyrant sway, 14 350 117: The Welcome and Farewell. To meet, and part, as we have met and parted, 16 332 118: The Whip-Poor-Will. Why dost thou come at set of sun, 70 340 119: Thou Hast Woven the Spell. Thou hast woven the spell that hath bound me, 16 307 120: Thy Will Be Done. Searcher of Hearts!--from mine erase 16 350 121: Tis Now the Promised Hour. A Serenade. The fountains serenade the flowers, 24 309 122: To My Absent Daughter. Georgie, come home!--Life's tendrils cling about thee, 30 324 123: To The Evening Star. The woods waved welcome in the breeze, 24 363 124: Twenty Years Ago Twas in the flush of summer-time, 16 291 125: Union. This word beyond all others, 24 342 126: Up the Hudson. Up the Hudson!--Fleetly gliding 27 328 127: Venetian Serenade. Come, come to me, love! 24 405 128: Walter Gay. To know a man well, it is said, Walter Gay, 25 358 129: Washington's Monument. A monument to Washington? 24 372 130: We Part For Ever Fare thee well--we part for ever! 26 417 131: We Were Boys Together. We were boys together, 24 318 132: Wearies my Love? Wearies my love of my letters? 24 320 133: Welcome Home. My Mary's voice!--It is the hour 16 310 134: Well-A-Day! Love comes and goes like a spell! 12 332 135: Western Refrain Droop not, brothers! 30 281 136: What Can It Mean? I'm much too young to marry, 25 327 137: When Other Friends. When other friends are round thee, 16 386 138: Where Hudson's Wave. Where Hudson's wave o'er silvery sands 24 334 139: Will Nobody Marry Me? Heigh-ho! for a husband!--Heigh-ho! 24 368 140: Willie. I clasp your hand in mine, Willie, 45 319 141: Woman. Ah, woman!--in this world of ours, 25 362 142: Woodman, Spare that Tree! Woodman, spare that tree! 32 321 143: Words My lady hath as soft a hand 18 299 144: Years Ago. Near the banks of that lone river, 16 398 About: George Pope Morris was one of the founders of The New York Mirror, and for a time its editor. He is best known as the author of the poem, Woodman, Spare That Tree, and other poems and songs. The Little Frenchman and His Water Lots (1839), the first story in the present volume, is selected not because Morris was especially prominent in the field of the short story or humorous prose but because of this single story's representative character. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) follows with The Angel of the Odd (October, 1844, Columbian Magazine), perhaps the best of his humorous stories. The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether (November, 1845, Graham's Magazine) may be rated higher, but it is not essentially a humorous story. Rather it is incisive satire, with too biting an undercurrent to pass muster in the company of the genial in literature. Poe's humorous stories as a whole have tended to belittle rather than increase his fame, many of them verging on the inane. There are some, however, which are at least excellent fooling; few more than that. This page viewed 5079 times.

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