Puts and Calls 2663 Natural History Ah, here’s a simple truth you may Rely upon, my friend: A mule’s headquarters, as they say, Are not his “business” end Sand In His Eyes “Tis hardest, preachers all declare, Of all the sheep that stray, To make the cheating grocer see The error of his weigh What’s […]
Spelling Reform at Pumpin Hallow 1331 Parson Graham called a meetin which was held last Wednesday night For the purpose of decidin’ how to spell our language right Everybody in the hollow for the past three weeks or so Had been turrably excited; some said yes and others no When the question of adoptin’ Teddy’s […]
I Want to Be an Angel 2617 I want to be an angel And with the angels stand A crown upon my forehead A harp within my hand There, right before So glorious and my Savior so bright I’d wake the sweetest music And praise him day and night I never would be weary Nor […]
This is the story of Evarra-man- Maker of Gods in lands beyond the sea Because the city gave him of her gold, Because the caravans brought turquoises, **** he made An image of his God in gold and pearl, With turquoise diadem and human eyes, A wonder in the sunshine, known afar ** He wrote […]
Old times for Bryan Said William J, 708 Said William J, “”I guess,”” says he That after this It’s home for me “”I did intend To stop a day; Taen onward wend My happy way “”I thought that I Would tarry here Just long enough To raise a cheer “”But since from Maine To Tuskegee, […]
San Francisco 63 Earth trmbled like a wounded bird on wing; Dark, hushed and still was everything, Save those in horror of that hour, who heard again, Earth laboring in her stress of pain, Proud structures with granite walls and tower, Crumbled like ashes to the unseen power; The land distressed, the seas pulsate, A […]
Take Back Your Gold 4224 I saw a youth and maiden on a lonely eity street And thought them lovers at their meeting piace, Until as I drew near I heard the girl’s sad volee entreat The one who heeded not her tear stained face I only ask you Jack, to do your duty that […]
Do-Do Eyes 3696 The greater the charms of a woman, The farther she’ll go with your tin: All beauty’s skin-deep that is human- And beauties are mostly a skin
THE MASTER SINGER 4854 Things loved once overmuch he made us hate, He turned our veriest weed into a rose, Taught us to weep at laughter, laugh at fate Touched us to love or sorrow as he chose And waywardly, at his imperious whim, The tides of truth and beauty seemed to sway About our […]
If Knocking Paid 1609 – If knocking paid, how easily We might win freedom from our earest The problems that are hard for me Would soon be trivial affairs; I’d live in luxury and own An auto of the highest grade; With all my troubles overthrown, I’d shout for joy If knocking paid Of all […]
RESURRECTION EDITH LIVINGSTON SMITH 282-1 A BREATH of incense in the air The stirring pulse of all things new The earth wrapped in its morning dew Lies chill and still, faint-green and fair, A bird on wind thrills ‘neath the sky I saw Spring rise and pass me by In mystic Dawn there walks a […]
The Dreamer 3597 He used to dream of things he’d do When grown to be a man, Beguiling boyhood years away With many an idle plan And now, when grown to be a man, He knows no greater joy Than dreaming of the things he’d do If still he were a boy -Thomas Nunan
A Child’s Prayer 1222 Father, while I pray to Thee, May Thy love descend on me; I am but a little child, Make me strong and pure and mild; Pardon every wrong I do, Help me love the good and true; From Thee comes my dally food, Loving friends, and all that’s good; Simple living […]
Going Home 5284 I tread each mountain waste austere, Lpass dark pinelands, hill by liat; Each tardy sunrise brings me near, Vach lonely sunset nearer still Slag low, my heart, of other lands And suns we may have loved, or Inown: This silent North, it understands, And saks but little of its own! Whether all […]
No Help for It 46411 I saw Montaigne upon a stand: Ho amiled a Gallie smile quite bland And beckoned me Had I the time I might have stopped topped But ’twas To waste upon Montaigne a look a crime When I’d not read the latest book As I ant waiting in a room, Oppressed […]
The Old Boys in the Dance 2942 I It sorter sets me thinkin’ that I’ve got another chance- To see the old-time fellers goin’ roun’ yit, in the dance! Ain’t a youngster that kin beat ’em!- when I hear the fiddle play, An’ see ’em swing the old girls, I jest holler out “Hooray ay […]
For the New Year By HENRY VAN DYKE 1225 These are the gifts I ask Of thee, Spirit serene; Strength for the dally task, Courage to face the road, Good cheer to help me bear the traveler’s load And, for the hours of rest that come between, An Inward joy in all things heard and […]
They Shall Awake 1804 They burled him, the friends who loved him so With fragrant balm and spices rich and sweet, “The Master’s dead!” with bitter tears they cry: “The cruel nail prints mark his hands and feet We thought our Lord some day a King would reign! ‘Twas but a dream-our cherished hopes have […]
THE SPIRIT OF THE FALL 5532 Beside a woodland stream whose waters brawl, All pensive, sits the Spirit of the Fall Her garments brown and gold, her shoul- ders bare, Her bosom curtained by her loosened hair Her brow entwined with maple leaves aglow: One brown foot stretched to meet the water’s flow, The other […]
A Little Country Lassie 1692 I’m a little country lasste I can iron, churn, and bake, Wash the dishes, feed the poultry Make a famous Johnny cake, Ride the horses to the water Drive the cows to pastures green I would not exchange my station For the throne of England’s Queen