On such a day as this I think, On such as day as this, When earth and sky and nature’s whole Are clad in April’s bliss;…
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr. was born on September 2, 1895, in Louisville, Kentucky. The author of The Band of Gideon (Cornhill Publishing Company, 1918), he worked as an editor and writer for the Louisville Leader. He died on February 3, 1919.
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Brother, come! And let us go unto our God. And when we stand before Him I shall say—…
As I lie in bed, Flat on my back; There passes across my ceiling An endless panorama of things—…
Why do men smile when I speak, And call my speech The whimperings of a babe That cries but knows not what it wants?…
On the dusty earth-drum Beats the falling rain; Now a whispered murmur, Now a louder strain.…
I would not tarry if I could be gone Adown the path where calls my eager mind. That fate which knows naught but to grip and bind Holds me within its grasp, a helpless pawn,…
I am so tired and weary, So tired of the endless fight, So weary of waiting the dawn And finding endless night.…
The band of Gideon roam the sky, The howling wind is their war-cry, The thunder’s roll is their trump’s peal, And the lightning’s flash their vengeful steel.…
I know not why or whence he came Or how he chanced to go; I only know he brought me love And going, left me woe.…