“Swan Song” of Bichard Realf 4163 This poem was written the night Realf committed solide He was born in England in 1831 und died In Oakland, Cal, In 1878 He served with distine- ion in an fliinois regiment in the civil war Asa Wilter he possessed exceptional talent He al- timeted the attention of Lady […]
The Vacation Girl 707 Sunburned to a bilster! Freckles mixed with tan! Has seen so many people That she hates her follow man Still she tells her story, Like some customed rhyme, Thoughtlessly repeated: ” Had a lovely line!” Brother has a headache, Mother has the blues, Father has a check book That he rather […]
HAVE YOU MET HIM? 5596 She saw a house “To-let” one day, As nice as e’er was seen, From attic high to basement low ‘Twas orderly and clean It suited her; she asked the price He named a sum so big, “Twould make e’en forty-niners dance A California jig She eyed him with a stony […]
Resurgam 2183 Our Bieased Savior lay within the tomb No lone and allontly but yeaternight And they, the faithful fow, who loved Ilim well, With sloeplona eyes watched for the Caster Ilght The world was groveling ‘neath a tyrant power, Ulind unbellef rode rampant o’er mankind, When came to earth the Blessed Nazarino With gifts […]
God’s Pretty Things 3204 There’s never a rose in all the world, But makes some groen spray sweeter; There’s never a wind in all the sky But makes some bird’s wing fleeter There’s never a star but brings to heaven Some silver radiance tender And never a rosy cloud but helps To crown the sunset […]
The Rose That All Are Praising 8410 The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for ine: Too many eyes are gazing Upon that costly tree, But I’ve a rose in yonder glen That shuns the gaze of other men, For me its bossoin raising- Oh, that’s the rose for me! (Repeat last […]
The Mistletoe Bough 2984 The mistletoe hung in the castle hall The holly branch shone on the old oak wall: And the baron’s retainers were blithe and gay And keeping their Christmas holy day: The baron beheld with a father’s pride His beautiful child, young Lovell’s bride: While who with her bright eyes seum’d to […]
THE WINDING ROAD 3085 Ho for the road, the winding road, That stretches away o’er the hills to where? A hickory staff and a crust my load, With a song to sing and a leave of care Ho for the road, the winding rond, That leads like a ribbon of white unfurled From the grimy […]
The Cizar’s Lunch 4365 The exar dare not hammer a walnut For fear it’s a bomb in disguise; Aud ring sausage he Must not drop on his knee Lest it cover some deadly surprise!
THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD 5006 The present year, 1906, is the one hundredth since the birth of Eliza- beth Barrett Browning and the sixti- eth since her marriage to Robert Browning; for she was in her forty- first year when she became his bride, while he was only thirty-five Every one knows the […]
HIS PROFITABLE CROP 5825 Oh, I care not a dern though the crope may all burn In the withering heat of the sun; I’m not giving a whoop, though the kid-ney beans droop, As for weeks and for weeks they have done Though it seems that a torch has been carried to scorch Where we […]
Jack’s Combination Holiday 1151 THE reason I’m thankful On Thanksgiving Day Is ’cause I know Christmas Is well on its way A little more grateful And happy I grow As nearer and nearer To Christmas I go And then when I find that My waiting is past, And dear old Kriss Kringle Has got here […]
Spirit 101-6 “I drink no wire” The Latier bland, Paused blankly staring Maak in hand The bright-eyed belles, the cuil-eyed beaux, All roured from Jinner table pose, Gave heed auch heresica demand Then slanted glance, light laughter fanned, And whispered jest behind the hand At who dares say to friends and foes, “I drink no […]
Christmas Greeting 5543 Christmas bells are ringing: Angel volces singing “Peace on earth, good will to man” Christmas praises sounding: Christmas joys abounding: Take and give what joy you can! Giving or receiving Christmas gifts are weaving Brightness in life’s mystio plan Angel words repeating, Be our Christmas greeting: “Peace on earth, good will to […]
Little Jim 2397 You’re right, not every time you’ll meet a million- aire like me That planks you down a check for your Xmas char- fty It’s downright joy for me to give, but they’ve more sense, they say The other fellows, but you see somehow that’s not my way I’ll tell you just why, […]
An Attic Dream 2441 All day the rain had softly beat Its music on the window pane; All day had tapped, like tiny feet, Upon the shingles brown with stain Up in the attic long and low, Strung on the rafters overhead Were pennyroyal, thyme and sage- The treasures of a summer dead In corners […]
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me 3369 One day while in Chicago While strolling down the street ‘Twas after business hours of the day I saw a girl who shrank from me, In whom I recognized My schoolmate from a village far away “Is that you, Madge?” I said to her She quickly turned […]
A Toust 3431 “Here’s to you old pal! May you live a thousand years Just to keep things lively In this vale of tears And may I live a thousand years Just short one day, For I wouldn’t like to stay here When you are gone away”
The Garden 1536 I know a garden, sweet and beautiful, Where tall flowers grow, as fragrant all as those Which make the longed-for country wonderful- The lilv and the rose And smaller blossoms of forgotten naming That kindle its dim corners into flaming Or welcome the tired eyesight to repose Beyond, the noisy city keeps […]
Somebody’s Darling 3045 Into a ward of the whitewashed walls, Where the dead and dying lay- Wounded by bayonets, shells, and balls- Somebody’s darling was borne one day Somebody’s darling! So young and so brave, Wearing still on his pale, sweet face, Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave The lingering light […]