InformationalPrivacy
| A naval officer visited a friend in the country. Several men were sitting round the smoking-room fire when he arrived, and a fox-terrier was with them. Presently the heavy, shambling footsteps of an old dog, and the metallic shaking sound of ... Read more of Peter's Ghost at Scary Stories.ca | Informational Privacy |
| Home - Collection of Stories - Famous Stories - Short Stories - Wales Poetry - Yiddish Tales |
Famous StoriesCornelia's JewelsIt was a bright morning in the old city of Rome many hundre... Sir Humphrey Gilbert More than three hundred years ago there lived in England a ... The King And His Hawk Gen'ghis Khan was a great king and war-rior. He led his ... The White Ship King Henry, the Handsome Scholar, had one son, named Willia... Whittington And His Cat The City There was once a little boy whose name was Rich... The Sword Of Damocles There was once a king whose name was Di-o-nys'i-us. He was ... The Endless Tale In the Far East there was a great king who had no work to d... King Alfred And The Beggar At one time the Danes drove King Alfred from his kingdom, a... The Sons Of William The Conqueror There was once a great king of England who was called Wil-l... Casabianca There was a great battle at sea. One could hear nothing but... How Napoleon Crossed The Alps About a hundred years ago there lived a great gen-er-al who... Androclus And The Lion In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was An'dro-c... Horatius At The Bridge Once there was a war between the Roman people and the E-tru... Maximilian And The Goose Boy One summer day King Max-i-mil'ian of Ba-va'ri-a was walking... Diogenes The Wise Man At Cor-inth, in Greece, there lived a very wise man whose n... The Miller Of The Dee Once upon a time there lived on the banks of the River Dee ... A Laconic Answer Many miles beyond Rome there was a famous country which we ... Alexander And Bucephalus One day King Philip bought a fine horse called Bu-ceph'a-lu... The Blind Men And The Elephant There were once six blind men who stood by the road-side ev... The Inchcape Rock In the North Sea there is a great rock called the Inch-cape... |
HE NEVER SMILED AGAINThe bark that held the prince went down, The sweeping waves rolled on; And what was England's glorious crown To him that wept a son? He lived, for life may long be borne Ere sorrow breaks its chain: Why comes not death to those who mourn? He never smiled again. There stood proud forms before his throne, The stately and the brave; But who could fill the place of one,-- That one beneath the wave? Before him passed the young and fair, In pleasure's reckless train; But seas dashed o'er his son's bright hair-- He never smiled again. He sat where festal bowls went round; He heard the minstrel sing; He saw the tour-ney's victor crowned Amid the knightly ring. A murmur of the restless deep Was blent with every strain, A voice of winds that would not sleep-- He never smiled again. Hearts, in that time, closed o'er the trace Of vows once fondly poured, And strangers took the kins-man's place At many a joyous board; Graves which true love had bathed with tears Were left to heaven's bright rain; Fresh hopes were born for other years-- _He_ never smiled again! Next: KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT Previous: THE WHITE SHIP
Viewed 4964 |
||||||||||||||||||||
