Neff Poems - Poems about Neff

...Cyrus Neff 1842-1914 You will never find me and the missus, Not back here amongst the roots and the scrubs! We are among the forgotten dead of Mt. Olive Cemetery! Our graves have disappeared,......

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...Hannah, I haven't seen or heard you cry not in the gray of winter day or in the cold silence of our prisoner nights, the others can hardly keep up with you on the marches your face is changeless ......

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...THE PRINCE OF PEACE I sit in early morning Waiting for your voice The birds are singing the trees I really have no choice, But to thank you for this beauty That surrounds me everyday The tre......

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...Is that your voice I hear dear Lord? Are you calling out to me? All the blessings that I have I promise not to hoard. A still small voice In the middle of the night. It’s louder now, I stil......

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...COMING HOME The sun cast a shadow across the floor. Its day break you see and I’m alive once more. When at night I fall asleep The moon and the stars do seem to creep. I hear the crickets......

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...DON’T BE AFRAID MY CHILD The birds are waiting in the trees The sun behind the clouds, The bushes out in front of us Are swaying in the breeze. The rain is gone now, Don’t shield your face ......

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...GENTLE RAIN I long to hear the gentle rain as it drizzles down the window pane The sun is under cloud today the birds are hiding too. the trees are swaying in the breeze I thank you Lord on m......

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...MY KENTUCKY HOME I sit in these Kentucky mountains, High upon a hill. The birds are singing In the trees, Is that a whip poor will? The people in these hills show love Like none you’ve ever......

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...ON MY KNEES AGAIN I thank you Lord for giving me A chance to thank you on my knee When at night I do forget I wake and know I will regret To thank you for this very day I pray you hear me w......

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...THANK YOU LORD Wake up my child Come and see The beauty all around. The mountains and the tree tops high The birds are echoing in the trees. The butterfly touches the flower Pollinating ever......

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...THE DARKNESS LOOMS Another night the darkness looms Another day, a rose that blooms. When hope seems lost to you and me The glory fades I hope you’ll see. I look to you above oh Lord I pray ......

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...THE OCEAN I hear the roar of the ocean waves, They call to me, it’s all the rave. The birds they all do seem to gather By themselves they never scatter. The waves are lapping at the shore The......

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...THE SEA The waves are slapping against the shore The night air chills the sea The birds have left the beach This time Are they hiding from me? I am walking hand in hand Dear Lord It’s only ......

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...THE ANGRY SEA The eye of the storm is lurking at sea Is it Gustav or Hanna waiting to be? The angry waves ravage the coast The people must leave Without any hope. The stronger the storm ......

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