Forceythe Willson

  • I.
      O Keeper of the Sacred Key,
      And the Great Seal of Destiny,
      Whose eye is the blue canopy,
    Look down upon the warring world, and tell us what the end will be.

      “Lo, through the wintry atmosphere,
      On the white bosom of the sphere,...

  •   o keeper of the Sacred Key,
      And the Great Seal of Destiny,
      Whose eye is the blue canopy,
    Look down upon the warring world, and tell us what the end will be.

      “Lo, through the wintry atmosphere,
      On the white bosom of the sphere,
      A...

  • “come a little nearer, Doctor,—thank you,—let me take the cup:
    Draw your chair up,—draw it closer,—just another little sup!
    May be you may think I ’m better; but I ’m pretty well used up:—
      Doctor, you’ve done all you could do, but I ’m just a going up!

    “Feel...