Tag Archive for: Urban Life
Life’s Common Things
Urban LifeLIfe 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,…
Her Sealskin Sacque
Urban LifeHer 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
The Student
Urban LifeThe Student
965
Gliding down from Bangor, On a
Puilman train,
Afte In the woods of Maine,
Quite extensive whiskers,
Light mustache as well,
Eits a college student,
Tail and silm and swell
Thro a pleasant village
Peacefully they gilde,
Empty…
Living
Urban LifeLiving
Richard A Haste
101-2
Richard A Haste in Four Track News
To touch the cup with eager lips, and taste-not
drain it;
To woo and tempt and court a bliss, but not attain it;
To fondle and caress a joy, but hold it lightly,
Lest it become…
Live While You Live
Urban LifeLive While You Live
1164
Just con this o'er before the fray
And the rule will give you grit:
The bitter sweet of yesterday
Is today's own sweeter bit!
Take life easy-
Take life breezy:
Live the hour you live
Joys and troubles
Alike are…
The Sale
967
Just inten moment, young friends, and a story
I'll unfold,
A marvelous tale of a wonderful sale of a noble
bady of old
How her hand and her heart in an auction mart,
her soul and body she sold,
'Twas in the king's highway so…
Real Life
Urban LifeReal Life
1223
It was back in old Missoury
In a peaceful farming vale,
And the folks were plunged in trouble-
Hushed the music of the flall
There a villian held a mortgage
On the dear old farmhouse roof:
Much he loved the widow's daughter,…
Board Of Health
Urban LifeBoard of Health
692
The Board of Health has asked for $48,000 from Relief Fund with which to kill flies:
All about the tents and things
Buzz busy flies,
Working proboscis and wings
Winking all their eyes;
Threatening disease and death,…
The Telegram
Urban LifeThe Telegram
966
I
"Is this the telegraph office?"
Asked a childish voice one day,
As I noticed the click of my instrument
With a message from far away
As it commed I turned At my elbow
Stood the merriest scrap of a boy,
Whose childish…
The White Pilgrim
Urban LifeThe White Pilgrim
906
I came to the spot where the white pilgrim lay
And pensively stood by his tomb,
When in a low whisper a volce seemed to say
"How sweetly 1 sleep here alone
"Twas the call of my master that led me from
home;
I bade…
Maybe So
Urban LifeMaybe So
967
If every man got all he earned
And none got any more,
Perhaps affairs would be o'erturned;
Some men who heretofore
Have put on lordly style would fall
And meekly work away
While other men obscure today
Would loom up grand…