The Drowsy Weather 1917 It’s the drowsy sort of weather, when you’d rather be away Where the birds are singin’ sweetly, all the lekla an’ meadows say An’ the golden bees are havin’ of a honey hatliday The drowsy sort of weather when you’d rather be away! In the droway weather when the buda begin […]
AMBITION 4036 When Margaret Green was about seven-tech Her plans and her specifications Of the man who would share all her joy and her care Were accurate, nice calculations Miss Margaret sald: “The man that I wed Must be tall and aesthetle and curving; The popuine rage on the matinee stage With a name like […]
The Bower of Prayer 1702 To leave my dear friends and with neighbors to part, And go from my home, it affecte not my heart, Like the thoughts of absenting myself for a day From that blessed retreat where I’ve chosen to pray Dear bower, where the pine and the poplar have spread, And woven […]
Secondary Autoitis 3697 If he snorts regardless by you With his goggles on his nose, And you know he is a scorcher By his automobile clothes; If he talks about his “chauffeur” In a very offhand way, Then be sure your new acquaintance Rents his auto by the day -Reginald Wright Kauffman
On the Unknown Road 2822 Poor little heart that knowest not the way That leads from darkness to “the perfect day,” Shall I give judgment-finding thee astray? I too, have wandered-I that know the light- Far from God’s smile-unutterably bright; And for myself have made the bitter night! Poor little heart!-Afar these wanderings wild, It […]
I Heard the Voice of Jesus 2752 I heard the volce of Jesus say: Come unto me and rest; Lay down thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon my brenat I came to Jesus as I Weary nod worn and and I found in hin a resting place, And he has made me glad […]
From Riverside 4645 Below the river’s liquid steel Is damascened by sun and wind: Above, the ospreya swoop and wheel; Peyond, the impending Palisades Flush with their vivid summer shades, Sheer and superb and sharp defined The dome of him who throttled war Anich uprises sequestrate; Peace, that benign conquisitor, Broods where the queenly elty […]
IN SOUTH DAKOTA 3934 I stand on ashore where the waves come in- On the shore of a ruffled sea- And the sweet perfume of the clover’s bloom Is borne on the winds to me But there’e never a splash of a silver ore, And there’s never a captain’s hall, And never a vessel has […]
The Royal Way of the Cross 5533 We may spread our couch with roses And sleep through the summer day But the soul that sloth reposes Is not in the narrow way If we follow the chart that is given We need not be at a loss, For the royal way to heaven Is the […]
ANIMAL RHYMES Little Willie Westerner 2762 THE COYOTE The coyote is the smartest one, Arithmetick’s his choice, He thlaks it fun to set up ulghts An multiply his volce THE PRAIRIE DOG The prairie dog balu’t got much sense, His manners are a shame But don’t find fault with him, b’cause His parents are to […]
Ballad of Aladdin’s Lamp 5052 Aladdin was a lucky man, The genii wrought, at his behest, According to this simple plan: He rubbed the lamp, they did the rest But you should be as greatly blessed – Your magic lamp, unrubbéd still, Lies all forgotten or unguessed – The genii wait to work your will […]
THE RESPITE 4671 Now, night, dun-winged, upon a stressful world descends, With calm decree of silence, and day’s fanfare ends; Freed souls steal down dim aisles shading sea of sleep, to Awhile to drift, like ships becalmed upon the deep -Clara Bellinger Green
EATIN FOR PREMIUMS 2876 There’s lots more cookin’ at our house than what there used to be, ‘Cause now we know ’bout premiums, an’ arn ’em, don’t you see? There ain’t no meat an teters, an’ there ain’t no beans an’ peas, For mother says that premiums don’t ever come with these, She bakes great […]
Minnehaha 2981 Cease thy thy laughing, Minnehaha Cense thy laughing now for aye: Bavage hands are red red ed with wit slaughter Of the innocent today Cease thy gay noten, Minnehaha, Lest some mournful strain prevalli L isten while the mainiac wand’rer Tells to you his mournful tale Chorus- But the laughing Minnehaha Heeded not […]
THE TIP 2502 I unmake men-teach them to sue For wage they boldly should demand, Or ask for more than is their due, With servile mien and open hand I follow at the heels of wealth, To gather largess at me flung, I bully, cringe, and get by stealth Of graft’s long ladder, lowest rung […]
Guilty, or Not Guilty 4801 Yoar name,” said the judge, as he eyed her with Lindly look and keen “Is Mary McGuire, If you please, sir,” “and your age?””I am turned fifteen” “Well, Mary,” and then from a paper he slowly und gravely read, “You are charged here I am sorry to say it, with […]
EUOHARIST 5224 Thanks be for doubt that ends In clearer light; Thanks be for loss that lends Fresh faith to sight Grew not the fallow brown, Spring stood afar; Did not the sun go down, Never a star Thanks be for shame that whips On to emprise; Thanks be for pain that strips Self of […]
Nearer Home 1982 One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o’er and o’er: Im nearer to my home today Than I ever have been before Nearer my father’s house Where the many manstons be: Nearer the great white throne, Nearer the crystal sea Nearer the bound of life, Where we lay our brudens down: Nearer […]
Little Robbie Reed 4804 I will never use tobacco, no! It is a filthy weed: I will never put it in my mouth, Says little Robble Reed Why, there is idle Jerry Jones, As dirty as a pig As dirty Who smokes when only 10 years old And thinks it makes him blg He puffs […]
Catch the Sunshine 2756 Catch the Sunshine though lifekers Through a dark and dismal clouds Thouh it falls so faint and feeble On a heart with sorrow how Catch it quickly! It is wassing, Passing rapidly away It has only come to tell you There is yet a brighter day Catch the sunshine! though life’s […]