All Entries in the "Declamation Pieces" Category
Declamation Piece: Casey Jones
Come, all you rounder, for I want you to hear The story told of an engineer; Casey Jones was the rounder’s name, A heavy eight-wheeler of a mighty fame.
Declamation Piece: It Is Raining
It is raining. Where would you like to be in the rain? Where would you like to be? I’d like to be on a city street Where the rain comes driving down Trying to make things neat [...]
Short Declamation: O What Is That Sound?
O what is that sound which so thrills the ear Down in the valley drumming, drumming? Only the scarlet soldiers, dear, The soldiers coming.
O what is that light I see flashing so clear? Over the distance brightly, brightly? Only the [...]
Short Declamation Piece: The Torch of Life
There’s a breathless hush in the close tonight: Ten to make and the match to win – A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play and the last man in. And it’s not for the sake of [...]
Declamation Piece: The Death of Roland
Roland feels his death is near; His brain is oozing by either ear. For his peers he prayed. God keep them well; Invoked the angel Gabriel. That none reproach him, his horn he clasped;