All that’s not love is the dearth of my days,     The leaves of the volume with rubric unwrit,    The temple in times without prayer, without praise,    …

    The lad I was I longer now    Nor am nor shall be evermore.    Spring’s lovely blossoms from my brow    Have shed their petals on the floor.    Thou, Love, hast…

     You have the grit and the guts, I know;    You are ready to answer blow for blow    You are virile, combative, stubborn, hard,    But your honor ends…

    A BIRTHDAY WISH.             I’m wishing a happy birthday,            To you my dear sweet friend;            And may every day be a happy day            Is the wish I will always…

          This little book’s a letter,                I send direct to you;            I hope that you will like it,                And read it thru and thru.            And after you have read it,                Just…

            The rough old Mr. Storm                Is whirling, swirling past            He makes the treetops bow their heads                And trembles at his blast.             He never stops to think                Of the damage…

   SPRING             Spring time is here with its sunshine and showers,            All nature is waking from its long winter sleep.            The gardens are blooming with beautiful flowers,            The song-birds…

            I have roses in my garden,            And their fragrance fills the air.            How I love to watch them blooming;            For they all are very fair.             Some have deep…

            I’ve a lily of the Valley            That I’m keeping here for you;            I care for and protect it,            And water it with dew.            It is a living emblem            Of the…

             Written as a tribute to my brother, W. M. Strang, with the Engineers.             He said, “I’m Daddy’s soldier boy,”                When he was five years old;            And…