Showing posts with label John Oxenham. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Born on this day – John Oxenham:


John Oxenham


Writer

November 12, 1852 – January 23, 1941

Credits:

Poems:

A Little Te Deum Of The Commonplace; After Work; All’s Well!; Bed-Rock; Better And Best; Bide A Wee!; Bolt That Door!; Bring Us The Light; Burden-Bearers; Credo; Cross-Roads; Cup Of Mixture; Darkness And Light; Don’t Worry; E.A. Nov. 6, 1900; Everymaid; Faith; Flowers Of The Dust; For the Men at the Front; Free Men Of God; Freemen; Gadara, A.D. 31; Giant Circumstance; God Is Good; God’s Handwriting; Hearts In Exile; His Mercy Endureth For Ever; "I Will!"; In Christ there is No East Or West; In Narrow Ways; India; Judgment Day; Kapiolani; Liberty, Equality, Fraternity; Life’s Chequer-Board; Livingstone; Livingstone The Builder; Livingstone’s Soliloquy; Macedonia, 1903; New Year’s Day--And Every Day; Nightfall; Paul; Philosopher’s Garden; Policeman X; Processionals; Profit And Loss; Props; Quo Vadis?; Sark; Seeds; Shadows; Shut Windows; Some--And Some; Stephen—Saul; Tamate; Thank God For Peace!; The Ballad of Lost Souls; The Bells Of Stepan Iline; The Bells Of Ys; The Christ; The Clearer VisionThe Day--The Way; The Gate; The Golden Cord; The Golden Rose; The Hungry Sea; The Inn Of Life; The Iron Flail; The Little Poem Of Life; The Long Road; The Passing Of The Queen; The Pilgrim Way; The Potter; The Prince Of Life; The Pruner; The Shadow; The Vail; The Ways; The Word That Was Left Unsaid; They Come!; Treasure-Trove; Wakening; Wandered; We Thank Thee, Lord; Weavers All; What Can a Little Chap Do?; "Where Are You Going, Great-Heart?"; Whirring Wheels; Your Place.

Books:

A Maid of the Silver Sea (1910); A Mystery of the Underground (1897); A Princess of Vascovy (1899); A Saint in the Making (1931); A Weaver of Webs (1904); All’s Well (1916); Barbe of Grand Bayou (1903); Bees in Amber (1913); Bondman Free (1903); Broken Shackles (1914); Carette of Sark (1907); Christ and the Third Wise Man (1934); Cross-Roads: The Story of Four Meetings (1931); Gentlemen - the King! (1928); Giant Circumstance (1906); God’s Candle (1929); God’s Prisoner (1898); Great Heart Gillian (1909); Hearts Courageous (1919); Hearts in Exile (1904); Hearts in Exile (1930); High Altars (1918); In Christ There Is No East or West (1908); John of Gerisau (1904); My Lady of Shadows (1909); My Lady of the Moor (1916); Pearl of Pearl Island (1908); Profit and Loss (1906); The Cedar Box (1928); The Coil of Carne (1911); The Fiery Cross (1917); The Gate of the Desert (1912); The Hidden Years (1927); The King’s High-Way (1916); The Long Road (1907); The Man Who Would Save the World (1930); The Pageant of the King’s Children (1930); The Perilous Lovers (1924); The Quest of the Golden Rose (1912); The Song of Hyacinth (1908); The Splendour of the Dawn (1930); The Vision Splendid (1917); The Wonder of Lourdes: What It Is and What It Means (1924); Under the Iron Flail (1902); White Fire (1905).

Movies and television:

A Maid of the Silver Sea (1922); Hearts in Exile (1915 / 1929); The Burdened Ass (2002).

Recommended reading:


Bees in Amber:
A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse

By John Oxenham.

Published by Classical Prints.
Published 2022.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 9356646392
ISBN-13: 978-9356646391

Description:

This book was classic literature published more than two centuries ago and has been out of print for decades. We at Classical Prints have taken the initiative to preserve this book and bring it back to the shelf once again to preserve the legacy and promote this timeless classic print.

The Long Road, poem by John Oxenham:


The Long Road

Poem by John Oxenham.

Long the road,
    Till Love came down it!
Dark the life,
    Till Love did crown it!
Dark the life,
    And long the road,
Till Love came
    To share the load!
For the touch
    Of Love transfigures
All the road
    And all its rigours.
Life and Death,
Love’s touch transfigures.
Life and Death
    And all that lies
In between,
Love sanctifies.
Once the heavenly spark is lighted,
Once in love two hearts united,
Nevermore
    Shall aught that was be
As before.

Recommended reading:


Bees in Amber: A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse

by John Oxenham.

Picture:


The Road Ahead (2019)

By Jack Kost

Video by Jack Kost
2025

Music credit:
Softer Love
By Clavier-Music
From Pixabay