The Poetry of Olive O Lockhart
Known Publications referred to in the index of poems … the first three were in published booklets;
· [A] St Aidan’s, and other poems (sponsored by “Margaret Irvine Evening Auxiliary”)
· [B] From Golden Prairie to Silver Sea (published by the Author, 1971) … NB: the title reflects her own life
· [C] As Fountains Rising (published by the Author, 1975)
· [D] Prize-winning Entry to “The War Cry” (Salvation Army’s poetry/song contest), via Victoria local paper cutting.
· [E] Scrap-book (BFBS) of Walter B Harris (her senior nephew) – a mix of printed and hand-written.
· [F] Other Poems in the keeping of Bernard and Katie Harris (not yet included)
Our Christian heritage [E] 100 years history of Eastern Canada
Click for titles/first lines beginning with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A blind girl speaks [A]
A bright new year is stretching out before us (New Year Prayer) [C,17; E]
A Kingdom Fair [D]
A New Year [C,17 E]
A prayer for all homes [C,9]
A Prayer of Gratitude for Guidance [C,24]
A prayer of supplication [A: C,25]
A remembered prayer [C,20]
A season comes when earth lies hard and dry (Resurgence) [B,27; E]
A singer’s Prayer [A; C,14; E]
A Table Grace [C,16]
A tempest roared throughout the night (Dew from heaven) [E] Aug 1963
A young musician, trying hard to please (Discord or Harmony) [B,22]
Able to rescue (He is able) [E]
Absolute Purity grant to me (For Fruits of the Spirit) [C,26]
Afterglow (on this website)
All praise to Thee [B,45]
An Evening Prayer [C,11]
Anniversary Prayer [C,23]
Answered Prayer [C,21]
Around, about, on every hand (The Mountains) [E]
As children, we built castles on the sand (Building) [B,50]
As evening shadows fall (An Evening Prayer) [C,11]
As now we meet, be with us, Lord (Opening Prayer) [C,17]
As now we meet, dear Saviour (Introit 2) [C,22]
At Christmas we remember (Christmas Memories) [B,52]
Avalanche Lilies [A]
Be with them, Father, through the hours of night (For those in pain) [C,16]
Be careful when you wield your pen (Pray when you write) [C,24]
Beacon Fires [A]
Beauty affects me greatly (Beauty) [B,21]
Benediction [C,24]
Beside a lake the Master dwelt (Beside still waters) [B,34; E]
Beside still waters [B,34; E]
Bleak, dark day ‘neath a sad, grey sky (Easter Scene) [B,31]
Blue water – green of trees (Coastal Cruise Scene) [B,43]
Books are friends [A: B,17]
Books are my dear companions [A]
Books are such fine companions [B,17]
Bright Jewel [B,37]
Building [B,50]
But recently I blossomed with the spring (Lost Spring) [B,26]
Chapel in the Forest [B,33]
Children of the Manse [A]
Christmas in the Heart [B,47]
Christmas Memories [B,52]
Christmas time is coming (Tidings of Great Joy) Oct 1962
Christmas Worship [A]
Climbing [B,18]
Closed Doors [B,53: C,19]
Coastal Cruise Scene [B,43]
Colours [B,51]
Come, raise your voices, sing (Within the Church) [A]
Cord of Memory [B,25]
Creator – Lord – Thy wisdoms plan (In His Image) [B,36]
Darkness of night extends across the world (Dawn Chorus) [C,31]
Dawn Chorus [C,31]
Dear Father! How we love this house of Thine (In the Sanctuary) (Prayer for the Church) [A: C,23]
Dear Father, Thou hast bid us come (Thanksgiving Prayer) [C,19]
Dear risen Lord, we love this day of Thine (The Lord’s Day) [C,27]
Dedicated Hands [C,18]
Dedication [A: C,13; E] 4th Mar 1955
Dedication of an Offering [C,15]
Deep in the earth the rarest jewels abound (Hidden Treasures) [B,39]
Deep in the heart of a rose [B,15]
Dew from heaven [E] Aug 1963
Diamond Jubilee, 1894-1954 [A; E] Nov 1954
Discord or Harmony [B,22]
Easter Morning [A]
Easter Scene [B,31]
Echo, or Answer! [E] June 1959
Eternal Ruler, by whose power (A Kingdom Fair) [D]
Everyday Mercies [A] – see also C,12
Far down in a southern country (The Statue) [A]
Father, as now we go our various ways (Recessional) [C,22]
Flowers of Easter [B,38]
For beauty in this world (All praise to Thee) [B,45]
For everyday blessings [C,12] – see also A
For Fruits of the Spirit [C,26]
For those in pain [C,16]
For those who labour, Lord, we pray (A Table Grace) [C,16]
Garden at Midnight [B,12]
God has His purpose for each life [B,55] [E]
God’s Messenger [C,20]
God’s peace be thine – His power – His love (Benediction) [C,24]
Golden Prairie – Silver Sea [B,14]
Golden hours and Golden days (Golden Wedding Day) [E] Written for Harry and Mabel Harris, 24 Dec 1957
Great Sower of the Seed (Stony Ground) [C,26; E]
He is able [E]
He is my life, He fills my inmost being (My life in Christ – Christ in my life) [C,32]
Here on this earth my eyes are shuttered tight (A blind girl speaks) [A]
Heritage of Wheat [B,7] [E]
Hidden Treasures [B,39]
House of Dreams [B,20]
How bountiful Thy gifts, O Lord (Table Grace) [C,32]
How far is it to Bethlehem? A long, long way – and steep [B,46]
Hymn for the Lord’s Day [C,28]
I am no artist – so I cannot paint (Colours) [B,51]
I cannot think of you as really dead (Passed On) [E]
I know not what the future holds (A Prayer of Gratitude for Guidance) [C,24]
I know whom I have believed (Paul’s Promises) [E] 23 Mar 1955
I own the music played on pine-tree harp-strings (Riches) [B,11]
I saw you standing in the chilling rain (Regret) [B,41]
I searched for God in village streets (The Search) [C,30]
I smell the seaweed (Sensitivity) [B,13]
I stand amidst a changing world (Yesterday, today, forever) [E] Oct 1958
I wandered, in the springtime (Nature at Play) [B,32]
I well remember fair Saskatchewan (Saskatchewan Sonnet) [E]
I will remember all the way (Three steps to happiness) [E] 22nd May 1956
I will remember you, my very dear! (Remembrance) [A]
If I can sing, then may I sing for Thee (A singer’s Prayer) [A: C,14; E]
In a world of silence I live (The deaf boy) [A]
In childhood, fact and fancy merge (One Christmas Eve) [B,49]
In deepest gratitude and praise (Dedication of an Offering) [C,15]
“In Heaven the Perfect Round” [B,40]
In His Image [B,36]
In seasons when earth lies hard and dry (Resurgence) [B,27; E]
In the Sanctuary [A: C,23]
In the tapestry we’ve woven (Golden Prairie – Silver Sea) [B,14]
Introit [A: C,14; E] – marked “Tune: Hammersmith or Rest”
Introit 2 [C,22]
Inward Light [B,9]
It stands four-square to every wind (Children of the Manse) [A]
Joy in Autumn [B,19]
Let us give thanks to God, for all things good (Thorns as well as flowers) [A]
Lord, may I be Thy messenger (God’s Messenger) [C,20; E]
Lord of all life (Prayer for Parents) [C,18]
Lord of all truth and grace (Sanctuary Prayer) [C,14]
Look at this seed (The seed) [E] Apr 1960
Look up, and not down! [A]
Look up, unto the Christ who reigns above [E]
Lost Spring [B,26]
Meeting of Minds [B,30]
Morning invocation [C,11]
Morning Praise [C,31]
Morning Prayer [C,14; E]
Mother’s Day Song [A;E] Apr 1955
My life in Christ – Christ in my life [C,32]
My Prayer [E]
Nature at Play [B,32]
New Year Prayer [C,17; E]
Night is for Remembering [B,54]
No great cathedrals, Lord, no lofty spires (Dedication) [A;E] 4 Mar 1955
Not great cathedrals, Lord, not lofty spires (Dedication) [C,13]
“Now I lay me down to sleep” (A remembered prayer) [C,20]
O Holy Child of Bethlehem [C,29]
Oh, may I be Thy messenger (God’s Messenger) [C,20; E]
On all the homes across the land (A prayer for all homes) [C,9]
On many a hill, in ancient days (Beacon Fires) [A]
One Autumn Sunday, sixty years today (Diamond Jubilee, 1894-1954) [A]
One Christmas Eve [B,49]
One cried, from out the depths (Echo, or Answer) [E] June 1959
One day I felt so frail and weak and helpless (Answered Prayer) [C,21]
One glorious morn, Christ did arise! (Easter Morning) [A]
One of a number was I (Recognition) [E]
Opening Prayer [C,17]
Our thanks, dear Father, for the beauteous Spring (Thanks for the Seasons) [A: C10]
Partners [B,42]
Passed On [E]
Paul’s Promises [E] 23 Mar 1955
Peering into a deep well (Inward Light) [B,9]
Perfume of wild roses on the breeze (Wild Roses) [B,10]
Pray when you write [C,24]
Prayer on a Rainy Day [C,21]
Prayer for Parents [C,18]
Prayer for the Church [C,23]
Prayer of Dedication (Dedication) [A: C,13]
Recessional [C,22]
Recognition [E]
Regret [B,41]
Remembrance [A]
Resurgence [B,27; E]
Riches [B,11]
Seeking the Christ-Child [B,48]
Sanctuary Prayer [C,14]
Saskatchewan Sonnet [E]
Sensitivity [B,13]
Since I can sing, then may I sing for Thee (A singer’s prayer) [A: C,14]
Soft on the air there drifts a sound of beauty (Windbells) [B,28]
Some fell on stony ground (Stony Ground) [C,26; E]
Someone, it seems, has gathered a handful of jewels (Bright Jewel) [B,37]
Sometimes, in lonely hours (Mother’s Day Song) [A;E] Apr 1955
Spring Thaw [B,16]
Springs of Water [C,25]
St Aidan’s Church [A; E] Nov 1954
Stony Ground [C,26; E]
Strangely we met – then went our separate ways (Meeting of Minds) [B,30]
Summer of the Heart [B,23]
Sunset [B,35] [E] July 1959
Table Grace [C,32]
Take Thou our hands, dear Saviour (Dedicated Hands) [C,18]
Thanks for the Seasons [A: C,10]
Thanksgiving Prayer [C,19]
That day in the garden, when Mary met Christ (Hymn for the Lord’s Day) [C,28]
The day returns! (Introit) (Morning Prayer) [A: C,14; E]
The deaf boy [A]
The fog closed in about us (Climbing) [B,18]
The Joy of Christian Fellowship [C,29]
The lilies in the chapel (Flowers of Easter) [B,38]
The lilies, standing there so tall and white (Garden at Midnight) [B,12]
The Lord’s Day [C,27]
The Magi, in their flowing garments (Seeking the Christ-Child) [B,48]
The Mountains [E]
The Old Orchard [A: B,29; E]
The rolling years bring round again [E] Written for her parents’ Wedding Anniversary
The Search [C,30]
The seed [E] Apr 1960
The shut-in [A]
The snow lies deep on the mountain-side (Avalanche Lilies) [A]
The stars shone down, so pure and bright (Christmas Worship) [A]
The stars that shone on Bethlehem (O holy Child of Bethlehem) [C,29]
The sun is setting (Sunset) [B,35; E] July 1959
The Statue [A]
The Water of Life [A: C,25]
The Word and the Way [C,22; E]
The years of childhood, often thought (Cord of Memory) [B,25]
There’s a place that is quiet and peaceful (Deep in the heart of a rose) [B,15]
There’s nothing square in nature’s plan (“In Heaven the Perfect Round”) [B,40]
This is God’s dwelling – this His holy place (Chapel in the Forest) [B,33]
This is the little house we love to share (House of Dreams) [B,20]
Thorns as well as flowers [A]
Thou art the way by which we go [C,12]
Thou art the Word, the living Word of God (The Word and the Way) [C,22; E]
Three steps to happiness [E] 22nd May 1956
Thru’all the vast expanses of this favored land of ours (St Aidan’s Church) [A;E] Nov 1954
Thy way be mine [C,33]
Thy wisdom to teach me (Thy way be mine) [C,33]
Thy wondrous love is like the dawn (Morning invocation) [C,11]
Tidings of Great Joy Oct 1962
To be a little better every day (My Prayer) [E]
To worship in God’s House of Prayer (The shut-in) [A]
Waiting [B,24]
We gather round God’s table (The joy of Christian Fellowship) [C,29]
We, who have passed the peaceful night (Morning Praise) [C,31]
We paused beside the road, and tried to see (Heritage of Wheat) [B,7]
We plant the seeds with tender care (Partners) [B,42]
We shall experience Winter (Summer of the Heart) [B,23]
We shared the beauties of awakening spring (Joy in Autumn) [B,19]
We thank God for this church (Anniversary Prayer) [C,23]
We thank Thee, Father, for the thorns (Prayer on a Rainy Day) [C,21]
We thank Thee, Father, for this day (Everyday Mercies) (For everyday blessings) [A: C,12]
We thirst, dear Lord! (The Water of Life) (A prayer of Supplication) [A: C,25]
We wandered down life’s corridor (Closed Doors) [B,53: C,19]
We wish we could have walked those hills (Christmas in the Heart) [B,47]
When all hope seems dead within me (Springs of Water) [C,25]
When we see death, the shadows fall [B,44]
Wild Roses [B,10]
Windbells [B,28]
Winter has locked the earth in iron bars (Spring Thaw) [B,16]
Within the Church [A]
Yesterday God loved me (Yesterday, today and forever) [E] Nov 1962
Yesterday, today, forever [E] Oct 1958
Yesterday, today and forever [E] Nov 1962
Your room is waiting till you come again (Waiting) [B,24]
[End]
Alternative links to her Autobiography