Deathless By Lowel Otus Reese 491 Thews of the dauntless Norman Knight, blood of the Saxon thane, Eye of the hillman, cagle wise, scanning the far-off plain, Mind of the gentle Puritan, stern in his single thought- This was the blood of the Pioneer, this was the Argonaut Out on the hills of the Sunset […]
Alone 3593 I miss you, my darling, my darling The embors burn low on the hearth And stilled is the stir of the household And hushed in the voice of ita mirth: The rain plashes fast on the terrace, The winds past the lattices moan, The midnight chimes out from the minster And I am […]
Aerial Navigation 127-5 All hall the day when all mankind, In every tribe and nation, Shall meet the progrees of the age, By aerial navigation; When over valleys, hills, and plains Huge chariots shall ride In majesty and safety, too, Upon acollan tidel The song of joy and niirth wiil then Be wafted on the […]
Gentle Nettle Moore 298-3 In a little white cottage, where the trees are ever green And the climbing roses blossom by the door I have often sat and listened to the music of the birds And the gentle volee of charming Nettle Moore Chorus- Oh, I miss you, Nettle Moore, and my happiness is o’er; […]
A PESSIMIST 4537 Wot’s the use of fireftles, Skootin’ round at night With their foolish twinkle? They don’t give no light Wot’s the use o’ ravin’ ‘Bout the blushin’ rose? You can’t get their petals, Made up into clo’s Wot’s the use of daisies, Dewey like an’ wet, Erl the other flowers, Sence they can’t […]
San Francisco’s Fate 243 With the wreck of her shattered glory, Desolate, dire, complete; With her landmarks grim and hoary Strewn at her bleeding feet; With the golden fruits of doing Undone in a single day; With the madden’d fates pursuing- The butt of their ghastly play- With misery dark and fearful Borne upon every […]
HONEST NOW 4423 Brother, with a mind to grumble At the place you occupy Don’t you think it is your level, Though it isn’t very high? Don’t you think, if you were worthy, You’d get farther up, somehow- That the fault is in your idols? Honest, now You are railing at misfortune- Say you haven’t […]
THE SUNRISE SONG 2555 I Ef you want ter reach de Promise Lan ‘en’git de milk en honey You must always see de sunrise in de mawnin’! Ef you want ter hear de jingle er a pocket full er money You must always see de sun rise in de mawnin’! II You got ter be […]
THE UNIVERSAL QUERY 4046 I was tired of the town with its tu- mult and strife, Where every one struggles for gain life, I longed for the sweet and beneficent So I rushed for the afternoon train And I thought of the country, where nature appears The picture of infinite glee, Afar from the city, […]
REFORM 5637 We’re busy now campaignin’, down to Pohick on the Crick; We’re tired o’ bein tyrannized by any Tom or Dick Or Harry, that has some how had the luck to run across Control of the machine an’ so has made his self a boss We’re marchin’ an’ we’re cheerin’ so’s to keep our […]
Why Did They Dig Ma’s Grave So Deep? 3304 Poor little Nelile is weeping tonight, Thinking of days that were full of delight; Lonely she sits by the old kitchen grate, Sighing for mother, but now ’tis too late Under the daisies, now covered with snow, Rests the fond mother, away from life’s woe Nellie […]
ADVICE 52811 We all, sometimes would like to curs Don’t do it Profanity ne’er helped a muss- Don’t do it You may be mad; you may be blue- When things go all awry for you, But giving up will never do- Don’t do it ‘At times you’d like to go get drunk- Don’t do itIt’s […]
Unquestioned 5373 That angels all are women, Is subject for dispute And contrary opinions Have borne much bitter fruit: But here is an assertion- Assail it, ye who can! Since earliest creation The Devil’s been a man -Lurana W Sheldon
THE FLOWER MAIDEN 4806 They could not find a mortal wife, And made him one of flowers; Her eyes they made of violets, Wet with their morning shower They took the blossom of the oak, The blossom of the broom, The blossom of the meadow sweet, To be her body’s bloom But they forgot from […]
Out Of It 1863 I won’t go out this summer To see the baseball game To sit upon the bleachers And help to place to blame Where it belongs, or hoot at The umpire as of vore; For wife has made me promise her Not to swear any more -Houston Park
The Wife 4228 I could have stemmed misfortune’s lide And borne the rich one’s sneer, Have braved the haughty glance of pride Nor shed a single tear: I could have smiled on every biow From life’s full qutver thrown, While I might gaze on thee and know I should not be nione, I could I […]
Balked 2759 There weA Aut he got stuck Upon this “simple life;’ He said that we would try to cut His ways of wearing strife, But found alas! it was no use, For he possessed wife
What? 5594 The summer girl who wears her heart Upon her sleeve in pleasure mute, What does she with it when she bathes In her scant, sleeveless bathing suit -Puck
The Ungained Height Gardner Weeks Wood 101-1 Gardner Weeks Wood in Harpers Monthly If this be Life to count the languid hours That drift as dreams from sun to setting sun; Or, indolent, to watch the shadows run Across some sturdier dial-stone than ours: If Love is but to lie in breeze-swept bowers, Whose honeyed […]
A Child’s First Grief 5761 O, call my brother back to me! I can not play alone: The summer comes with flower and bee— Where is my brother gone? The flowers run wild, the flowers we sowed Around our garden tree; Our vine is drooping with its load— O, call him back to me! He […]