I Just Came Back to Say Goodbye 4544 A loving husband held his wife ploen to his throb bing heart, “Be b brave, And paidy hard to part my darling, for 1 know ‘Lis I leave you with my dearest friend, who’ll watch c’er babe and you” Then, gently kissing hot good-by, said: ‘Tom, oid […]
Because He Loved Her So 1337 ‘Because I love you so,” he said “I will achieve the proudest heights; The jagged rocks that loom ahead Shall not deter me! The delights Of splendid riches and renown I’ll win as brave and strong men do, If you will only cease to frown Upon the love I […]
WHEN THE LITTLE ONE IS SAFE 5057 The wind is howling through the streets, The walls are shaken by the storm; But tucked between the snowy sheets My little one is safe and warm November’s wrath is roused tonight: The storm king’s hounds have slipped their chains And gallop forth with all their might, The […]
The Call of Spring Florence Wilkinson 571 I hearkened at dawn to the call of the Spring, The voice of a spirit, And my soul leapt up like a wildwood thing, Like a hawk from its tirret She is calling me out to the open wold, To the scurrying hollow, To the violets dim in […]
The Hush 705 Cheese is still quiet-Newspaper Report of the Provision Market) With what unqualified delight We scan the dally press and see In memorable black and white That cheese, which is inclined to be A “”rowdy”” article of diet Is still (unnaturally) quiet! Hpshed is the Gorgonzola’s volce That sometimes is so loud and […]
Love’s Logic Reglnald Wright Kaufman 101-3 Because your eyes look into mine And read my heart and understand, Withholding nothing, dear, they are The fairest eyes in all the land Because your lips, a budding rose With hau its glories still unfurled, Surrendered to my kiss, I count Those lips the sweetest in the world […]
Dead 3707 When I am dead if men can say He helped the world upon its way, With all his faults of word and deed Mankind did have some little need Of what he gave, then in my grave No greater honor shall I crave If they can say if they but can- “He did […]
The Boat Race 4856 The boats were ready for the start The signal then was given, Away they went with one accord The “Isabel” and “Riven” But at last the sailors lost control, The brave boats smashed together, And to the bottom they both went Victims of wind and weather Now weeks have passed, and […]
The Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane 2872 I’m getting old and feeble now, I cannot work no more I’se laid the rusty bladed hos to rest Ole massa an ole miss’s am dead, dey’re sleepin’ side by side Deir spirits now are roaming wid the blest De scene am changed about de place, […]
Whitewash 5756 Slain at the age of rising thirty-two, He filled the Cup of Vice to over- flowing: he knew Much that was better left unknown, And what he didn’t know, If tales be true, Was not worth knowing But as a youth he was not wholly bad; When he was crowned, men sald to […]
Da’ American Girl 5501 I gatta mash weeth Mag An’ she ces ‘Mericana, too! Ha! wa’at you theenk? Now, mebbe so, You weell no calla me so slow Ef some time you can looka seo How she ees com’ an’ flirt weeth ane Most evra two t’ree day, my frand, She stop by dees peanutta-stand […]
Just A Girl 1797 I’m in love with a sweet little girlie- Only one, only one I meet her each evening quite early Rain or sun, rain or sun To work we go walking together, Just as gay as can be We are surely two birds of a feather This one little girl and me, […]
VANITY VANITY 42211 Fiirtilla had a brand-new purse, The latest thing-it cost a plie Flirtilla’s broke: this maid perserse She blew herself to be in style Flirtilia wears it every minute, This gorgeous purse-with nothing in it! -Puck
White Wings 23011 Sall home, as straight as an arrow, My yacht shoots along on the crest of the sea Sall home, to sweet Maggie Darrow, In her dear little home she is waiting for me High up where cliffs they are craggy There’s where the girl of my heart waits for me Reigh, ho! […]
FAMILIAR FRIENDS 2553 There’s Tommy Jones, he lef’ this little town, I reckon it was thirty years ago They tell us that the boy’s got salted down Five hundred thousand dollars cash or Some folks say that he’s clear a millionaire, They take their hats off when he passes by But here we’ve got no […]
The City Beautiful 68 “Way down East” they have the ague Unity they, shake, shake, shake; But here in California We prefer an earthquake In some Stales they have the blizards, Cyclones disturb their rest; But out here in San Francisco We think a fire is best Have you ever prayed that heaven Might come […]
The Girl Who Used to Be 1212 Here’s an end to loving; here we part,” you say; “Life, the cruel master, has to have his way We have had our pleasant vision, you and I- Now the daylight calls me: I must say good-by” Glib your tongue to frame it; every phrase is pat; You […]
A NEW POET 4852 The new poet, Archie Sullivan, whom Appletons have discov- ered, has been writing a series of remarkably fine poems on precious stones The verses are gems in themselves, and Mr Sullivan has polished them with the skill of a lapidary In the October Appleton’s he reaches the Ruby:
San Franciso 394 She laughed upon her hills out there Beside her bays of misty blue; The gayest hearts, the sweetest air That any city ever knew For I have whistled all the songs That thrilled upon her care-free breath, And I have mingled with her throngs- But never in the thought of death Lady […]
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1803 In my prison cell I sit, Thinking, mother, dear, of you And our bright and happy home so far away, And the tears they fill my eyes, Spite of all that I can do Though I try to cheer my comrades and be gay Chorus: Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are […]