The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blend / As a man and a woman that plight / Their troth in the warm spring night.
Richard HoveyEXPRESSIONS Look without! Behold the beauty of the day, The shout of color to glad color, rocks and trees, and sun and seas, and wind and sky: All these are God's expression, art work of His hand, which men must love ere they can understand.
Richard HoveyAnd you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.
Richard HoveyOur cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead! Laurels and roses on their graves to-day, lilies and laurels over them we lay, and violets o'er each unforgotten head.
Richard HoveyFor 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.
Richard Hovey