THE PRESIDENT’S ENGLISH 4643 These grafting words (so we are told, Though it seems very funny) Have been for years n-wasting of The people’s hard-earned money! And Roosevelt has set about, In a manner most compelling, To turn the wicked letters out And thus reform our spelling The silent letters, though they shriek, Will be […]
THE WORLD AT ITS BEST 4587 It’s a good old world when the days are fair And a good old world when itrains; There are woes sometimes that are hard to bear There are efforts that bring few gains: But the joys that come with each glad new day, And the troubles we leave behind, […]
Rose 4421 But the rose turns from its temporary es- trangement as an emblem of war, to Its natural place as a symbol of love and peace in the beautiful lines writ- ten by the unknown Yorkist soldier- poet to his Lancastrian lady-love: “If this sweet rose offend thy sight, Placed in thy bosom fair, […]
Look Pleasant 2186 We cannot, of course, all be handsome, And It’s hard for us all to be good: We are sure now and then to be lone- some, And we don’t always do as we should To be patient is not always easy: To be cheerful is much harder still But at least we […]
The Land of Washington 4745 I glory in the sages Who in the days of yore In combat met the foeman And drove them from the shore Who hung our banners’ marry field In triumph to the breeze, And spread broad maps of cities where Once waved the forest trees, I glory in the spirit […]
GYPSYING 4044 Your spirit makes a wanderer of mine! I cannot choose but leave my hearth and go I care not where nor how- If but on hill or sky you shine, At pleasure of the gypsy wind Like to the whirling leaves I blow! I cannot choose but catch your hand and go The […]
The Little Old Red Shawl 1657 It now lies on the self, it is faded and torn, That dear old shawl my mother wore Tis all that is left for this heart to adore, To bring to mind theme How often the handa happy days tpo these folde have been pressed, That now beneath the […]
The Bonnie Blue Flag 89-5 We are a band of brothers, And native to the soll, Fighting for the property We gained by honest toll; And when our rights wore threatened, The cry rose near and far Hurrah for the bonnie blue flag That bears a single star Chorus Hurrah! hurrah! for Southern rights burrah! […]
The Diplomat 2291 I The Big Chief of the Cardinal, In speeches down the Bay, Proclaimed his views about the game That they were going to play “No namby, pamby game for us! No Anglomania here! We want a sport that’s rough and tough, Of good American manly stuff!” My, how his pupils cheer! II […]
Dies Irae AMBROSE BIERCE 3561 Day of Satans’ painful duty! Earth shall vanish, hot and sooty: So says Virtue, so says Beauty Ah! what terror shall be shaping When the Judge the truth’s undraping! Cats from ev’ry bag escaping! Now the trumpet’s invocation Calls the dead to condemnation: All receive an invitation Death and Nature […]
Song of the Thrush 25511 Ah, the May was grand this mornin’! Shure, how could I feel forlorn in Such a land, when tree and flowers tossed their kisses to the breeze? Could an Irish heart be quiet While the spring was running riot, An’ the birds of free America were singing In the trees? […]
Concerning 3895 Concerning the affairs of both church and state, in view of the fact that existing conditions call for earn- est, serious thought and action on the part of all having the best wel- fare of the city and country at heart, it would seem that the time has come when- “The world needs […]
Forest Ways 1165 I wandered down a forest path With arching branches over me My soul within me burned with w wrath And, blind with hate, I could not see, From scenes of strife I went that day, From turmoil and from heavy care, And sought the quiet forest way And tried to nurse my […]
HARD TO BEAT WILLIAM A THOMPSON 5062 Last night I held a little hand So dainty and so neat, Methought my heart would burst with joy, So wildly did it beat No other hand into my soul Could greater solace bring, Than that I held last night, which was Four aces and a king
SHALL CRIME CONTINUE 2949 “Frivolity that with garlanded locks Dances on the brink of an abyss, Stupidity, that so willingly cowers Behind tradition and what has been, Delusion that lies so deep in night As to think evil good- War to the knife against this trinity”
The Need of the Hour 502 Now Molly scrubs the kitchen clean And fumigates the food, She germicides the soup tureen And also boils the wood; And ere she goes, at twilight cool, To do the milking now, She boils her hands, the milking stool, And also boils the cow She polishes the kitchen range […]
IN THE HEART OF THE WOODS 4032 In the heart of the woods there is love I know, for I found! There’s a carpet spread down for your feet, There are fragrances, lulling and sweet, There are posies abloom all around, And a banner of blue floats above In the heart of the woods there […]
Our City Beautiful 93 Een tho’ our hearts be steeped in tears And, bent our souls by miery: Een tho we look where once we loved- That loved, now ashes at our feet, Stifle, they cry-who dares to weep? Raise up thine head and worship Goal! For-O, my soul, be we the strength; For-O, my […]
Do Your Best H A Phillips 2082 He honest, be earnest, upright and true: Stelving at all times your duty to do Living up to your highest light each day, Not fearing what others may think or why Ho temperate in all things, doing your best, And by a rich harvest you’ll surely be blest […]
Keeps Swinging on the Gate 5972 Joe Jones, a likely lad was he, But sad to now relate, Whene’er his pa had use for him, He was swinging on the gate, There was plenty of work for Joe to do Both early morn and late: But nothing pleased him half so well As swinging on […]