The Song of Man and Woman HERMAN SCHEFFAUER 3132 I EARTH’S iron mingles with my blood, But thine with milk is blent; My tears are of the salt-sea flood, But thine sweet springs unpent Thy pulse a fertile river rides, But mine is urged by ocean tides All human, human, human, The fire of heart […]
THE GRADUATES 5172 Sing a song of graduates, half a million strong, Ready to take off their coats and shove the world along: Halfbacks, centers, guards and ends, full- backs, bows and strokes, Full of erudition to Impart to common folks Sing a song of graduates, up to all the tricks Of business life and […]
LIfe Common Things 701 THE things of every day are all so sweet- The morning meadows wet with dew, The dance of dalsies in the noon, the blue Of far-off hills where twilight shadows lie, The night with all its tender mystery of sound And silence, and God’s starry sky! Oh, life the whole life […]
TO WIN 4313 More motion, Lena sald: More courage, Lean dread More cheerful, More goodnose Less bad Mors liking, Less hate: More labor Leag walt
The Changed Cross 2392 It was a time of sadness, and my heart Although it knew and loved the better part Felt wearied with the conflict and the strife, And all the needful discipline of life And while I thought en these, as given to me- My trial teats of faith and love to be […]
What They Call it 2185 Grandma says we’re right in style, A sittin’ in our automobile Grandpa says we’re fit to kill, A-ridin’ in our automo-bill Ma, she says we ought to feel Grateful fer our automo-beel Pa says there ain’t no other man Kin run an auto like he can Auntie preaches near and […]
The Weeping Willow 3997 In yon kay old country churchyard May be seen a grassy mound: There is where my mother sleepeth In the cold and silent ground Flowers round her grave ure blooming Feathered warblers sing their song But my heart is sad and lonely Since my mother’s dead and gone Chorus- Gently waves […]
Settin’ On The Horseblock 1341 Settin’ on the horseblock, Gazin’ at the sky, Watchin’ of the little clouds Satlin’ slowly by: Settin’ on the horseblock, List’nin’ to the bees Dronin’ In the buckwheat flow’rs, Pourin’ in the peas; Settin’ on the horseblock, Watchin’ on ’em hay: Pitchin’ of the smelly grass All the drowsy day: […]
EBB AND FLOW 4673 I walked beside the evening sea, And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only, “Dreamer, dream no more” Homeward I turned from out the gloom, That sound I heard not in my room; But suddenly a sound that stirred Within my very […]
What Like is a Lover? 2187 What like is a lover? A lover’s like A straw in the spring wind blowing! How far he will float, or where he’ll atrike Is past all our wisest knowing A straw in the wind, now here, now there, And that’s like a lover, so, Sweet, be- ware! What […]
PAIRY OF EARLY FALL 5491 If on the path without a word of warning A web of laces, with silver meshes hoary, And sparks of fire, lles any shining morning, What fairy, you will ask, has wrought this glory Is that the old elm tossing like a fountain Its golden shower against the blue heaven? […]
Political opinion 27610 It isn’t the love that they have in their hearts, And neglect, or forget to reveal, That brightens the lives Of husbands and wives; It is telling the love that they feel It isn’t the music asleep in the strings Of the lute that entrances the ear, And brings to the breast […]
Leave Taking 2333 You, who do not know, stand by the door and watch from there, Impatient at the long delay and foolish care With which I take each little thing from its accustomed place- The tiny clock, and old Satsuma vase, The imaged Virgin and the Child, And winsome Psyche who has smiled At […]
A Mosquito Lullaby 5282 Hush, little skeeterbug, hush a-bye, Mother will rock him, don’t you cry! I know you are hungry, my little sweet, With nothing to drink and so little to eat, The natives are tough and their blood is thin, Eut the city-folks soon will be rolling in- Hush, little buzzer, go bye […]
Let Us Gather Up the Sunbeams 43611 Let us gather up the sunbeams, Lying all around our path, Let us take the wheat and roses Casting out the thorns and chaff; Let us find our sweetest comfort In the blessings of to-day, With a patient hand removing All the briars from the way Chorus Then […]
The Family Reading-Table 3444 Father’s busy roading of “The Graft That’s All About”: Mother’s wondering when the next magazine comes out; Aunty hasn’t finished with “The Lifting of the r Lid,” Little Johnny’s busy with “The Life of Captain Kidd” Grandma’s underneath the lamp with “Cities and Their Loot,” Sister reads a poem titled “Justice […]
Sling Along 5822 Sling along, sling along, sling along! De moon done riz, Dem eyes o’ his of those old-fashioned Done sighted you, days Where you stopped to woo Sting along, sling along! Prayer that shel It ain’t no use fu’ to try to hide; De moonbeam allus at yo’ side, He hang f’om de […]
When the Hawthorn Blooms Again 4906 “I’ll come back, dear, when the year has passed AWEY I’ll come dack, dear, when the flowers like snow- drifts lay Then the little birls will sing and I’ll meet you down the lane, “I’ll not come back when the hawthorn blooms again” A weary year crept slowly by […]
THE ARROW AND THE SONG 5321 I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where, For who has sight so […]
THE SAD PART OF THE DAY 4152 When all the house is warm and bright, And underneath the mellow light My Father reads his evening book, While I am in the fire place nook With Mother Darling, then I hear A sound so muffled, and so drear That sometimes I would like to cry! Six-Seven-Eight! […]