Demos I All you that are enamored of my name And least intent on what most I require, Beware; for my design and your desire, Deplorably, are not as ye...
Demos II So little have you seen of what awaits Your fevered glimpse of a democracy Confused and foiled with an equality Not equal to the envy it crea...
The Flying Dutchman Unyielding in the pride of his defiance, Afloat with none to serve or to command, Lord of himself at last, and all by Science, He ...
Tact Observant of the way she told So much of what was true, No vanity could long withhold Regard that was her due: She spared him the familiar guile,...
On the Way (Philadelphia, ) Note. —— The following imaginary dialogue between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, which is not based upon a...
BURR Hamilton, if he rides you down, remember That I was here to speak, and so to save Your fabric from catastrophe. That's good; For I perceive t...
HAMILTON There's always in some pocket of your brain A care for me; wherefore my gratitude For your attention is commensurate With your concern. Y...
The False Gods "We are false and evanescent, and aware of our deceit, From the straw that is our vitals to the clay that is our feet. You may ser...
Archibald's Example Old Archibald, in his eternal chair, Where trespassers, whatever their degree, Were soon frowned out again, was looking off Ac...
A Song at Shannon's Two men came out of Shannon's having known The faces of each other for as long As they had listened there to an old song, ...