Good Night 1651 How sweet the habor Evening cent the hour of sweet r The Horse Wave suck to rest, The money bright The wane who have suck ta rest, The moderne brigh Thess tranquil hours Farm the dearest link of And, while ouch hand is kindly press’d) Oh my prayer to heavenly With huming […]
There Is a Tavern In the Town 2937 There is a tavern in the town, in the town And there my dear love sita him down, down, sits him And drinks his wine ‘mid laughter free And never, never thinks of me Chorus- Fare thee well, for I must leave thee Do not let the […]
THE MORTGAGE 5994 We ain’t havin’ many luxuries, like city folkses do, We ain’t wearin’ all the latest styles an’ all our clothes ain’t new: Of our honesty and goodness we ain’t makin’ no parade, But we’re havin’ all we want to eat an’ got the mortgage paid We ain’t pilin’ up a fortune for […]
Hotel Man 508 Now doth the summer hotel man Ransack the shore and hills To find a fit foundation for A place to build big bills
The Song of All Songs 2814 “My Johnny Is a Shoemaker” or “Any Other Man” “The Captain With His Whiskers” and “Annle of the Vale,” Along with “Old Bob Ridley” “Ariding on a Rail” “Rocke Me to Sleep Mother” “Going ‘Round theHorn,” “I’m Not Myself at All” “I’m a Bachelor For- lorn” “Mother is the […]
TO PROFESSOR LOUNSBURY 3562 The following amusing verse is ad- dressed to Professor Lounsbury, the arch- champion of popular usage in speech, by “Grammaticus” in the current Harper’s weekly: “My dear Professor, though it wrackb my ear Those raucous split infinitives to hear: Though it doth sorely tax my troubled brain An object with a […]
Uncle Bill’s Farmin’ 2085 Ole Uncle Bill wuz a shiftless cuss, Sunflowers usually took his outs: His tater crop wus usu’lly dug, Half by hisself an’ half by his shoats When he reaped his grain all foul with weeds, He’d twist up a bunch and laughin’, sаy, “Well, durn my luck, that’s pretty poor truck; […]
Edinburgh After Flodden 2565 News of battle!-news of battle! Hark! ’tis ringing down the street: And the archways and the pavement Bear the clang of hurrying feet News of battle!-who hath brought it? News of triumphl-who should bring Tidings from our noble army, Greetings from our gallant King? All inst night we watched the beacons […]
Homeward Bound 2406 There is no sorrow anywhere, Or care, or pain The stinging hail Beats on our faces like a luil, hail Green waters curl above the rall And all the storm’s high trumpets blare- Whistles the wind, and roars the sea, And canvas bellows to be free, Spars whine, planks creak- only smile, […]
The Last Fleree Charge 2713 ‘Twas just before the last fierce charge, Two soldiers drew their rein For a parting word and a touch of hand: They might never meet again One had blue eyes, soft curling hair Nineteen but a month ago, With a smile on his lip, a flush on his cheek; He […]
5811 I have not finished yet When our mutual friends, the great and versatile eriter, Mr Anonymous, learned that I had been assigned the task of ”entertaining” you here today, he wrote extending his sympathies to you, and with best wiahes enclosed the following short poem: ”One night a drummer dreamed a dream, and dreaming, […]
Meet Me Over There 4572 A little child was dying And called her father near And, on hias arm reclining She whispered in his ear: Chorus- I going home to glory, A golden crown to wear Oh, meet me, meet me, Meet me over there The angels came and took her The angels God had […]
The Friend Life 5824 ‘If our looks grow rather frigid And our stately spines stand rigid At the thought of what the Outlanders begrudge us, Treat them gently, friends-remember That of Truth we are the Ember And the Shrine-so who are they that they should judge us For our learning is the surest And our […]
My Hiding Place 89-2 (The following poem was written by Major An- dre a few days before his execution) Hall, sovereign love, which first began The scheme to rescue failen men; Hall, matchless free eternal grace, Which gave my soul a hiding place Against the God who built the sky I fought with hands uplifted […]
An Old Story 2086 “Say, wife, I’m going to town today, Make out your errand list, don’t delay” Then into the room the farmer gося To don in haste his Sunday clothes There follows a sort of expectant hush When out from the bedroom, “wife, where’s that brush? When a man’s in a hurry it […]
Just the Sweetest Hat 1483 I took my last year’s Panama, And knocked it out of shape, Then dyed it in some Alice blue And fastened on some crepe; I pulled the thing way out in front And bent it up behind; I stuck some feathers on one side-> The biggest I could find; I […]
The Miser 1916 There area was a miser of lauantar and umilen Who hoarded those transures in fast mounting He kept them all sealed in an vary box And nothing that happened unfastened the locks At last, growing aget, from business adrift, He planned to enjoy the results of his thrift The bout of ble […]
DEACON BROWN 2769 A plous man was Deacon Brown, He never raged or swore; A cyclone blew his kitchen down And through his orchard tore, But when he rose up somewhat dazed And took a long, full breath and gazed Upon the havoc that was wrought Me uttered not a single shrill, Profane remark about […]
Waterloo 4744 Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sat Brunswick’s fated chieftain: he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival And caught its tone with Death’s prophelle ear; And when they smiled becaure he deemed deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that seal too well Which stretched his father […]
Arroyo Al’s Cow Pony 703 I took a trip the summer to the market with some steers, And I struck an Eastern city where they sell you tuba fer beers; I was feelin’ pretty yowlish and I couldn’t say my name When I wound up somehow ‘nuther, at a high toned polo game There was […]