SIGHS 4267 I sometimes sigh for things gone by- Like every mortal, I suppose- And feel regret for days long dead, Made sweet with summer and the rose But sighs, I’ve found, don’t cut much ice, Nor bring an increase in your pay- In fact they never help a bit To bring & man three […]
Minnie Minton 84-8 Minnie Minton In the shadow- I have waited here, alone; On the battle’s gory meadow Which the southe of death has mown I have listened for your coming Till the weary dawn of day: But I only hear the drumming As the armles march away (Repeat last two lines of each stanza […]
A Growler 2247 He fusses at the walter Who brings his morning eggs, He blesses out the “newsle” Who, cold and ragged, begs That he will buy a paper, And on the trolley car He grumbles to his neighbor At every little jar He storms into his office, Abuses all the clerks, The office boy, […]
RELIABILITY 4793 The arth has been a-quakin’ An’ a-tremblin’ an’ a-shakin’ Will we’re gettin’ apprehensive an’ perplexed; An’ the scientists are sellin’ Books which say that there’s no tellin’ The troubles that may happen to us next; An’ the orators is stormin’ An’ reformers is reformin’ Till we wonder jest’ what’s wrong an’ who’s to […]
One of the Leisure Class 89-8 Sure I niver wuz so happy as I am right now Fer I lost me job this marnin’ an I’m free An’ I goes around a grinnin’ at the min who have to work An’ I know that they are wishin they wuz me Sure ’tis little cash I’m […]
The Harvest Malds 702 (Four society girls of Walla Walla, Wash, are helping their father harvest his wheat-Press Dispatch) You can talk about your bridge whist girls, And those who love pink teas, Or the girls that drive their motor-boats Right through the foaming seas: But give to me the Western malds Pure grit from […]
Johnny’s Pocket 963 Do you know what’s in my pottet? Such a lot of treasures in it: Listen now while I bedin it; Such a lot of sings it hot, And all there is you sall be told- Everysin dat’s in my pottet And where and when and how I dot it First of all, […]
A Traveler By Olinton Sollard 951 A By Clinton Beollard in Outlook Into the dusk and snow One fared on yesterday; No man of us may know By what mysterious way He had been comrade long; We fain would hold him still; But, though our will be strong, There is a stronger Will Beyond the […]
October 2293 The mellow lighted days are come, the gladdest of the year, Of painted woods, ripe fruits, and air luxuri- ously clear; When Earth so gracefully fulfils the promise of the Spring, And decks herself with royal tinte for the pres ence of her King What tho’ the frost has pinched her cheek; it […]
Columbia 2985 Columbia! Columbia! to glory arise The queen of the world and the child of the akles Thy genius commands thee, with raptures behold, While ages on ages thy spiendors unfold; Thy reign is the last and the noblest of time, Most fruitful thy soll, most inviting thy clime; Let crimes of the east […]
The Tie That Binds 9012 Within a small room, cold and cheerleen, There alts a young woman alone, Beside her u cradle stands empty, While o’er it she nobs and moans My husband he no longer loves me, His love vanished when buby died, So I’ll leave him and our home forever, And out in […]
Which? 1343 John Smith is thrice a millionaire, Quite rapid’s been his rise, A shrewd and calculating man The world accounts him wise; A scruple he has never let Retard his upward way, The question alv always is with him, At all times, “Will it pay?” Bill Jones is very poor indeed And struggles for […]
When Autumn Comes 4427 When Autumn comes The schools commence, The squirrel runs along the fence, The crickets chirp, the wild bee hums, The froggies croak, the partridge drums, When Autumn comes When Autumn comes, Thanksgiving’s near, With turkey, mince pie and good cheer, The breath of Jack Frost chills and numbs, But the fire […]
The Okapi 1764 Through Africa’s hidden heart rum, In regions seldom trod by man, My rainbow hues light up the gloam As far as mortal eyes might scan What wonder science sighed to see A living, breathing skapi! My face is yellow-white, my pate Is chestnut, while my sides and feet Are mottled; and I […]
Shells of Ocean 2566 One summer eve, with pensive thoughts, I wandered on the sea-best shore, Where oft in heedless infant sport I gathered shells in days before The splashing waves like music fell Responsive to my fancy wild: A dream came o’er me like a spell- I thought I was again a child I […]
In the Baggage Coach Ahead 1791 On a dark, stormy sight as the train rattled on All the passengers had come to bed Except one you with both a baby in his arme, Who sat there bowed down head The Innocent one began cryink just then, As though its poor heart would break One angry […]
Lora Vale 1796 Calmly feil the alivery moonbeams, Over hill and over vale, As with mournful heartee lingered By the couch of Lora Vale She was dying, gentle Lor She was passing like a sigh From a world of love and beauty To a fairer home on high Chorus- Lora, Lora, still we love thee […]
Little Maud 3367 Oh, where is our dainty, our darling, The daintiest darling of all? Oh, where is the voice in the stairway, Oh, where is the voice in the hall? The little short steps in the entry The silvery laugh in the hail- Oh, where is our dainty, our darling The daintiest darling of […]
Until Equity Is Here 5974 In the rustle of the cornfields And the plowman’s weary tread; And the fingers of the tassels, Raised beseechingly o’erhead, In them all a thousand volces Whisper in the list ning ear “Toll will ne’er possess its products Until Equity is here” In the broad and waving wheatfields, A million […]