SHADOWS 4674 The shadows they lie in the corn-fields, Under the fair, blue sky, Where the winds sweep over the meadows, Softly the shadows lie The shadows they lie in the courtyards Of the prisons dark and grim, Where pinched and haunted faces Look out from abodes of sin In the highways, too, they linger, […]
IN AUTUMN 4324 This delicate day speaks tenderly of death, And the dismantled trees before her strew Leaves that are lovely, too; Scorch’d to a flame-like semblance by his breath, Who glow’d for them the summer through A settled sadness haunts the lane where by In April, primroses were new and sweet; Yet, after dust […]
Nearluy True 20211 Women wear nearsilk for dresses, Men now wear nearspats for spats, Lovers deal in nearcaresses, Women wear nearplumes on hats: Nearcut glass is sold for cutglass, Nearbooze goes as booze, you wis; And last night, when courting Polly, I got nearkissed for a kiss -Houston Post
Down by a Shady Brook 3993 Down by a shady brook, By a swift running stream Sat a maid and her lover, Both happy as a dream; All nature seemed to rest As the birds sang their lay, He told her he loved her Culled her his queen of May Netther in their tryating Saw […]
Never Alone 84-2 (Another version) Lo! I am with you alway, Even unto the end: When you are sad and weary I will my comfort send When on the path before you Shadows of sorrow lle, Then will I send my sunshine, Then will I need your cгу Chorla No never alene, No, never alone […]
THE FABRIC OF LIFE 5593 In the loom of life we weave each day On the warp of circumstance The colors grave and colors gray, However threads may chance But the web is ours to make or mar, And the pattern we may choose; We may make the fabric strong and fair, And blend as […]
San Francisco 401 Fair mistress of the great blue sea Thy head is bent; Upon thy sea thou dost not smile, Thy heart is rent What of the night before the morn? Then were thine eyes The envy of the stars that looked From soul of skies What of the night before the morn On […]
NOBODY TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF 4632 You married a maiden you thought to be rich, And found that she hadn’t a dime, And, yoked to a flighty extravagant shrew, You bewail your sad lot all the time You dream of a girl who was pure as a pearl, And roguish and shy as an elf, […]
GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM 4268 My pa ain’t any millyunaire, But Gee! He’s offul smart; He ain’t no carpenter, but he Can fix a feller’s cart He ain’t no doctor, but you bet My pa, he allus knows Just what to do to fix a boy, Who’s got a bloody nose My pa ain’t presidunt, […]
Israel’s Restoration 1809 Stand up, ye nations, far and near, Lift your eyes and behold with cheer, The Night of Earth has nearly gone, The Eastern day begins to dawn, And soon with wondering eyes we see The glorious day of jubilee Behold, the march of civilization! Onward, nation, on to nationi From the early […]
The Buffer’s Fate 2399 You’ve seen the cur dog chase the cat As though to eat her up- You’ve seen the cat’s tail swell before This quite ferocious pup You’ve seen the cat then turn around, All ready for a fray: And then you’ve seen the pup, so brave, Skidoo the other way Well, this […]
ANECDOTAL 4895 It was an anecdotard And his evil passion grew, Until his friends were driven mad And fled his yarns, and then he had No one to tell ’em to And did the ancient bore despair? Oh, not by any means! Those anecdotes of wondrous age Adorn each month the “humor page” Of sundry […]
Good-Bye Chinatown 61 Oh! where are the smells of Chinatown That punctured the sait sea air, And the steep lod street and the sandal’d Dot’s Feet! And the Nolpe? fend in his lair? Oh! where are the lanterns that swung anout, With their dragons of yellow and red, And the shuffling string of yellow men […]
Her Sealskin Sacque 835 The girl is much distressed The moths, a busy crew Have done their level best To make it peek-a-boo -Louisville Courier-Journal
Thanksgiving Day 908 There is no home of which a, man may say: “We want no turkey on Thanksgiving day” There is no barnyard where the turks don’t feel The end of living’s this a good, square meal
Never Alone 4734 “Fear not I am with thee,” Blessed golden ray Like a star of glory, Lighting up my way Through the clouds of midnight This right promise shone: “I will never leave thee, Never will leave thee alone” Chorus- No, never alone: no, never alone Never to leave me alone Never to leave […]
Looking Backward 1751 Nicholson, began a home Including lahed at that time, many sportive s lah poems by who spent som ded months In he was editing e editing the Pennsylvania collection was mak It WRI and gave no help of Whittier wa noyed when a handsomely He was naturally bound manuscript was wa handed […]
I Remember, I Remember Thomas Hood 2982 I remember, I remember T he house where I was born The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn: He never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day: But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away I […]
SURE THING 3201 My father used to say to me, “If you wish a thing well done You must do it yourself, for you can’t,” said he “Depend on any one” But I have a rule that works real well For it counts not when or where, If I wish a thing well done I […]
Paraphrase of Byron’s 95 6 Biremes have traversed you, En- chanted galleys, Eteam-driven buiks, of all sea-far- Ing kind Countless that climb your hills and rugged valleys Impress, O sea, who ever leaves be- hind Night on your bosom sets the stars a-quiver: Back to the morn the morning’s smile you throw; You draw the […]