Poetic verses
For other poetic verses see the Chales Wesley hymns page and the Maritime verses page. Contents of this page:
Farming verses
Love and friendship
Masonry
Non-biblical pious verses
Political verses
Farming verses
Love and friendship
Masonry
Non-biblical pious verses
Political verses
Farming verses
Let the Wealthy & Great.
Roll in Splendor & State.
I envy them not I declare it:
I eat my own Lamb.
My Chickens and Ham.
I shear my own Fleece & I wear it.
I have Lawns.I have Bow'rs.
I have Fruits.I have Flow'rs.
The Lark is my morning alarmer:
So jolly Boys now.
Here's God speed the Plough.
Long Life & succefs to
the Farmer.
The above plaques, although unmarked, are attributed to Adams Pottery in Staffordshire, and were made in the first half of the 20th century. Read more here. For other versions of the verse see link below:
http://hillshepherd.blogspot.com/2008/05/god-speed-plow-farmers-arms-or-success.html
Roll in Splendor & State.
I envy them not I declare it:
I eat my own Lamb.
My Chickens and Ham.
I shear my own Fleece & I wear it.
I have Lawns.I have Bow'rs.
I have Fruits.I have Flow'rs.
The Lark is my morning alarmer:
So jolly Boys now.
Here's God speed the Plough.
Long Life & succefs to
the Farmer.
The above plaques, although unmarked, are attributed to Adams Pottery in Staffordshire, and were made in the first half of the 20th century. Read more here. For other versions of the verse see link below:
http://hillshepherd.blogspot.com/2008/05/god-speed-plow-farmers-arms-or-success.html
THE FARMER .
O happy is the farmer and free from all care,
Who rises each morning to breathe fresh air.
And hears the birds singing from every green bough,
No life's like the farmer's that follows the plough
Success e're attend him and plenty and peace,
May the seed that he sows with a blessing encrease
May health still around him it's comforts bestow
Long life to the farmer and God speed
the Plough.
O happy is the farmer and free from all care,
Who rises each morning to breathe fresh air.
And hears the birds singing from every green bough,
No life's like the farmer's that follows the plough
Success e're attend him and plenty and peace,
May the seed that he sows with a blessing encrease
May health still around him it's comforts bestow
Long life to the farmer and God speed
the Plough.
The above left plaque is from the from Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums collection. The second plaque has unusual blue corners, and pairs with a similar 'Cobden' verse plaque in the 'Political verses' below.
The flower decoration on the first plaque, and the blue corners on the second, are both features associated with plaques attributed to Newbottle High Pottery, c 1845.
The flower decoration on the first plaque, and the blue corners on the second, are both features associated with plaques attributed to Newbottle High Pottery, c 1845.
Success to the Farmer, and prosper his plough
Rewarding his ardent toil ,all the year through
See time and harvest he ever shall get,
He's trusted all to providence,and so may he yet
Rewarding his ardent toil ,all the year through
See time and harvest he ever shall get,
He's trusted all to providence,and so may he yet
Love and friendship
Love
There's sunshine on the sea my love
There's beauty oe'r the skies,
But fairer seem thy looks my love
And brighter are thine eyes.
Attributed to Moore's Wear Pottery, c1860s.
There's sunshine on the sea my love
There's beauty oe'r the skies,
But fairer seem thy looks my love
And brighter are thine eyes.
Attributed to Moore's Wear Pottery, c1860s.
FRIENDSHIP, LOVE AND TRUTH.
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WHEN FRIENDSHIP LOVE AND TRUTH ABOUND
AMONG A BAND OF BROTHERS,
THE CUP OF JOY GOES GAILY ROUND,
EACH SHARES THE BLISS OF OTHERS.
SWEET ROSES GRACE THE THORNY WAY
ALONG THE VALE OF SORROW;
THE FLOWERS THAT SHED THEIR LEAVES TO DAY
SHALL BLOOM AGAIN TOMORROW:
HOW GRAND IN AGE HOW FAIR IN YOUTH
ARE HOLY FRIENDSHIP LOVE & TRUTH.
Attributed to John Carr's Low Lights Pottery, North Shields, c1865.
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WHEN FRIENDSHIP LOVE AND TRUTH ABOUND
AMONG A BAND OF BROTHERS,
THE CUP OF JOY GOES GAILY ROUND,
EACH SHARES THE BLISS OF OTHERS.
SWEET ROSES GRACE THE THORNY WAY
ALONG THE VALE OF SORROW;
THE FLOWERS THAT SHED THEIR LEAVES TO DAY
SHALL BLOOM AGAIN TOMORROW:
HOW GRAND IN AGE HOW FAIR IN YOUTH
ARE HOLY FRIENDSHIP LOVE & TRUTH.
Attributed to John Carr's Low Lights Pottery, North Shields, c1865.
FORGET & FORGIVE
To forgive and forget is a maxim of old.
Tho' I've learnt but one half of it yet.
The theft of my heart I can freely forgive.
But the theif I can never forget.
Remember me,
When this you see,
And keep me in your mind,
For let the World.
Say what they will,
Speak of me as you find
Attributed to John Carr's Low Lights Pottery, North Shields, c1870s or 1880s.
When this you see,
And keep me in your mind,
For let the World.
Say what they will,
Speak of me as you find
Attributed to John Carr's Low Lights Pottery, North Shields, c1870s or 1880s.
Masonry
LET MASONRY FROM POLE TO POLE
HER SACRED LAWS EXPAND,
FAR AS THE MIGHTY WATERS ROLL,
TO WASH REMOTEST LAND:
THAT VIRTUE HAS NOT LEFT MANKIND,
HER SOCIAL MAXIMS PROVE,
FOR STAMP’D UPON THE MASONS’MIND
ARE UNITY AND LOVE.
The first plaque attributed to Dixon, c1830s. The second plaque attributed to John Carr, who appears to have acquired several Dixon transfer plates when the Garrison Pottery closed in 1865.
See number 31 on the link below, for full verses, sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.
http://www.masonic-poets-society.com/MasonicVocalManual.htm#v31
HER SACRED LAWS EXPAND,
FAR AS THE MIGHTY WATERS ROLL,
TO WASH REMOTEST LAND:
THAT VIRTUE HAS NOT LEFT MANKIND,
HER SOCIAL MAXIMS PROVE,
FOR STAMP’D UPON THE MASONS’MIND
ARE UNITY AND LOVE.
The first plaque attributed to Dixon, c1830s. The second plaque attributed to John Carr, who appears to have acquired several Dixon transfer plates when the Garrison Pottery closed in 1865.
See number 31 on the link below, for full verses, sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne.
http://www.masonic-poets-society.com/MasonicVocalManual.htm#v31
Non-biblical pious verses
Be wise then Christian while you may,
For swiftly time is flying,
The thoughtless man who laughs to day
Tomorrow will be dying.
For swiftly time is flying,
The thoughtless man who laughs to day
Tomorrow will be dying.
The first plaque, c1850, and the next three, c1860–70, are attributed to Moore's Wear Pottery; the fifth plaque is attributed to John Carr's Low Lights Pottery, c1870s or 1880s.
Let angles (sic) guard their feet OLORD
In paths of heavenly peace
Then they shall rise above the sky's
When pains for ever ceace (sic)
In paths of heavenly peace
Then they shall rise above the sky's
When pains for ever ceace (sic)
MY FRIEND.
Jesus is crying. Son and
Daughter give me thine heart
And you shall have a
habitation in heaven with these
that are gone before you
Amen
This plaque has a blurred 'Dixon Co'' impressed mark.
Jesus is crying. Son and
Daughter give me thine heart
And you shall have a
habitation in heaven with these
that are gone before you
Amen
This plaque has a blurred 'Dixon Co'' impressed mark.
O God of Israel, deign to smile
With pitying love on me
And bless my hours of lonely toil
And raise my heart to thee
With pitying love on me
And bless my hours of lonely toil
And raise my heart to thee
Religion should our thoughts engage
Amidst our youthful bloom
Twill fit us for declining age
And for the awful tomb,
Amidst our youthful bloom
Twill fit us for declining age
And for the awful tomb,
SWIFTLY SEE EACH MOMENT FLIES,
SEE AND LEARN BE TIMELY WISE,
EVERY MOMENT SHORTENS DAY,
EVERY PULSE BEATS LIFE AWAY,
THUS THY EVERY HEAVING BREATH,
WAFT THEE ON TO CERTAIN DEATH,
SEIZE THE MOMENTS AS THEY FLY,
KNOW TO LIVE AND LEARN TO DIE.
SEE AND LEARN BE TIMELY WISE,
EVERY MOMENT SHORTENS DAY,
EVERY PULSE BEATS LIFE AWAY,
THUS THY EVERY HEAVING BREATH,
WAFT THEE ON TO CERTAIN DEATH,
SEIZE THE MOMENTS AS THEY FLY,
KNOW TO LIVE AND LEARN TO DIE.
The first two plaques attributed to the Garrison Pottery (Dixon). The top right with the 'Dixon Co' impress. The bottom three plaques attributed to John Carr's Low Lights Pottery, North Shields. Carr appears to have purchased the transfer plate upon the Garrison Pottery's closure in 1865.
The loss of gold is great
The loss of health is more.
But losing christ is such a loss
As no man can restore.
The plaques above, some of which have impressed marks, are all attributed to the Garrison Pottery (Dixon's).
The loss of health is more.
But losing christ is such a loss
As no man can restore.
The plaques above, some of which have impressed marks, are all attributed to the Garrison Pottery (Dixon's).
This is a good world to live in
To lend or to spend or to give in,
But to beg or to borrow
Or get a man's own ;
It is such a world
As never was known.
To lend or to spend or to give in,
But to beg or to borrow
Or get a man's own ;
It is such a world
As never was known.
Political verses
The blue-cornered plaque pairs with another similar with a farming verse above. The Cobden verse reads:
To R. Cobden.
God said let there be light" and lo.
Light sprang forth at his word
God said let there be bread, but know:
Man headed not the Lord.
But Cobden, rose like wisdoms star.
From knowledge's bright sea.
And knaves were hush'd and tyrants crush'd
And labour's bread was free
These plaques are attributed to Newbottle High Pottery, c1845.
To R. Cobden.
God said let there be light" and lo.
Light sprang forth at his word
God said let there be bread, but know:
Man headed not the Lord.
But Cobden, rose like wisdoms star.
From knowledge's bright sea.
And knaves were hush'd and tyrants crush'd
And labour's bread was free
These plaques are attributed to Newbottle High Pottery, c1845.
-REFORM.-
EARL GREY, steer'd his vessel well,
Through sea of factions storm;
And the people long shall tell,
of that gallant ship "REFORM"
EARL GREY, steer'd his vessel well,
Through sea of factions storm;
And the people long shall tell,
of that gallant ship "REFORM"
Sir Robert Peel's speech
"IT MAY BE THAT I SHALL LEAVE A NAME SOMETIMES REMEMBERED WITH EXPRESSIONS OF GOODWILL IN THE ABODES OF THOSE WHOSE LOT IT IS TO LABOUR AND TO EARN THEIR DAILY BREAD BY THE SWEAT OF THEIR BROW." SIR R. PEEL'S SPEECH, 29 JUNE 1846.
"IT MAY BE THAT I SHALL LEAVE A NAME SOMETIMES REMEMBERED WITH EXPRESSIONS OF GOODWILL IN THE ABODES OF THOSE WHOSE LOT IT IS TO LABOUR AND TO EARN THEIR DAILY BREAD BY THE SWEAT OF THEIR BROW." SIR R. PEEL'S SPEECH, 29 JUNE 1846.
The plaque on the left with the 'Dixon Co' impress. The verse transcribed as follows:
May peace and plenty,
On our nation smile.
And trade with commerce,
Bless the British Isle.
See the May peace and plenty page for more common examples with a ship above the verse.
May peace and plenty,
On our nation smile.
And trade with commerce,
Bless the British Isle.
See the May peace and plenty page for more common examples with a ship above the verse.
Success to the Fleece,
To the Plough and the Sail.
May our Taxes Grow less,
And our commerce neer Fail.
Above left and centre a rare blue border on a plaque attributed to Newbottle High Pottery, c1860s (click to enlarge). Anderson and Garland write of a similar plaque: NB the blue border is in fact the under painting for the copper lustre. Copper lustre is just pink lustre but shows copper when applied to dark colours. Brown or green were the normal colours used, and blue is an unusual choice.
Below, a mug pairing the transfer with 'The Farmer' verse.
To the Plough and the Sail.
May our Taxes Grow less,
And our commerce neer Fail.
Above left and centre a rare blue border on a plaque attributed to Newbottle High Pottery, c1860s (click to enlarge). Anderson and Garland write of a similar plaque: NB the blue border is in fact the under painting for the copper lustre. Copper lustre is just pink lustre but shows copper when applied to dark colours. Brown or green were the normal colours used, and blue is an unusual choice.
Below, a mug pairing the transfer with 'The Farmer' verse.
Photo Keith Cockerill
Below, an unusual bowl with a dark-purple lustre back. The dark-purple lustre, speckled with white, confirms the bowl to be a 20th century reproduction (click here to read more).
