For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.
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 HoveyI do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great.
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 Hovey