THE FLAG WILL LEAD. The spoilsmen are fretful and gloomy as night, Their “Denmark is rotten” about; The party’s perplexed and in horrible plight, For Grover, they know, must go out. Our flag, like the sign to the Roman, I ween, Will lead us to glory — and who Wouldn’t stick to that flag whileContinue reading “Draft Dodger Blues”
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A Recitation
LET FAME PUT HER TRUMP. Let fame put her trump to the lip of the morn And rouse up the slumbering day; On the wings of the wind be the blast onward borne Till it dies in the ether away. But on the broad hills let it lay And echo the green valley o’er, ThatContinue reading “A Recitation”
A Dirge
REPORT Of the Committee Appointed by the People to Invite Mr. Cleveland into a “State of Retiracy.” Dirge — “Burial of Sir John Moore.” Not a sigh was heard, not a farewell groan, Though he looked confoundedly flurried; No patriot’s breast was heard to moan, As from the White House he was hurried; He streakedContinue reading “A Dirge”
A Movie For The Rest of Us
Originally posted on Dr. Doyle's Blog:
The other day, for reasons having more to do with a desire to get out of town than anything else, I found myself watching Bad Moms at the Rialto Theatre in Lancaster, New Hampshire.? And I am here to tell you that this is a movie that is…
Doing the Time Warp Again
THE HERO STATESMAN. Air — “The Campbells are Coming.” He comes from the West in the strength of his name, The favored of song and a hero in fame; He’s the people’s own choice and his resting shall be At the side of the brave in the hearts of the free; No more in theContinue reading “Doing the Time Warp Again”
JAMES D. MACDONALD 