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May In Lowa
MAY IN LOWA 5973 This is the sweetest time of all the year; The air is cool; with clouds of silver sheen The skies are flecked, and lovely and serene The golden sun shines down, while sweet and clear The glad birds sing in fields and wood- fands near; Beneath one’s feet the grass grows […]
Lyric In May
LYRIC IN MAY 3903 The glad, eternal spirit of the Spring Steals o’er the greening earth liko some soft sigh The mating birds will soon begin to sing; And thou and I, Sweetheart, and thou and I? Over the purple foothills in the west The fleeey clouds of May are sailing high The mating birds […]
The Slave’s Escape To Canada
The Slave’s Escape to Canada 1802 Iam on my way to Canada, that cold and dreary land The dire effects of slavery I can no longer stand; My soul is vexed within me vo to think I am a slave, I am resolved to stilke the blow for freedom of the grave Chorus: Oh, righteous […]
Father William
Father William By Lewis Carroll 891 You are old Father William, the young man wald And your half has become very whites And yet you incremantly stand on your head Do you think, at your age, it is right?” “In my youth,” Father William reptied to his som “I feared it might injure the brain: […]
Keep Trying
KEEP TRYING 5534 The coward in the confilet Gives up at first defent: If once repulsed, his courage Lies shattered at his feet The brave heart wins a battle Because through thick and thin He’ll not give up as conquered- Ho fights, and fights to win So, boys, don’t get disheartened Because at Arst you […]
An Autumn Luxury
An Autumn Luxury 2294 Life seems a whole lot sweeter When election day draws near It is neater an’ completer- Leastways’ that’s how things ap- pear, Nearly every kind o’ blessin’ You could wish for comes in reach When the candidate’s adddressin’ Us constituents in a speech The apples sof’ly bulshin’, Seem to smile an’ […]
Pictures In The Fire
PICTURES IN THE FIRE Eugene C Dolson 4867 WHEN day is done, and twilight shadows fall Athwart the parlor wall- When flickering lights around our hearthstone flit, Before the lamps are lit The children gather round in eager glee To tell what there they see What various fancies fill each little mind, And how unlike […]
Tis The Last Rose Of Summer
Tis the Last Rose of Summer THOMAS MOORE 2987 “Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone: No flower of her kindred, No rosebud la nigh, To reflect back her blushes Or give aigh for sigh I’ll not leave thee, thou lone one, To pine on […]
The Oratory
THE ORATORY 5225 Still in the vaulted temple of my heart There is an oratory thine alone— A sweet, hushed, sacred chantry all thine own, There do I fly when I would be apart To dream and dream, for there I know thou art Albeit I see thee not There is thy throne; There art […]
Wisdom Of The Young
Wisdom of the Young 1606 A college graduato was he, His knowledge was his joy and prides Not merely theoretical, But well applied In science well he knew the cause That made an earthquake jog a town And, furthermore, himself could shake The Old Man down Had he been boss of Panama He could have […]
Get Busy
Get Busy 2661 Don’t say: “There’s nothing doing: It’s no sort of use to try There’s heaps of things a-brewing For a ten-strike, by and byt And the man to whom it’s coming Is hot upon the trail; Not in a corner, hummingt “Guess I’ll-fall!” Don’t say: “There are no chances” When you’re looking ’round […]
Who Will Care For Mother Now
Who Will Care for Mother Now 2075 Why am I wo weak and weary? See how faint my heated breath All around to me sreme darkness Tell me emra les in this death? Ah! how well I know voltur answer To my fate I meekly Dow If you’ll only tell me truly Who will care […]
Flag The Traiin
Flag the Traiin 1693 (The last words of Engineer Edward Kennar who died in a railroad accident near St Johns- ville N Y) Go, flag the train, boys! Flak the train! Nor waste the time on me: But les me by my shattered cab; Tis better thus to be! It was an awful leap, boуs, […]
His Romance
HIS ROMANCE 3206 A stunning girl once passed my way, My ardor I could not restrain Said I: “It is a pleasant day” Said she: “I fear it’s going to rain” (And that was all I said And that was all she said) Her beauty troubled my герове, And when she passed again my way, […]
I Want To Be A Soldier
I Want to be a Soldier 2309 On Decoration day the soldiers marched away A mother held her young son by the hand; They marched marched in in mourning dressed, all find rest to where we Reside & grave her boy and she now stand: “It’s here your daddy sleeps,” she said, as tears came […]
The Bugs’ Tea Party
The Bugs’ Tea Party 1336 Little Miss Cricket, she gave a tea party Out under the haystack Inst night; A toadstool was able to serve for the table, And glow worms stood round for the light Old Mrs Spider, the spinner of linen, Sent a tea cloth, all covered with lace; And the tea service […]
Where The Cocklebur Grows
Where the Cocklebur Grows 1224 Although fertile the soll If there be lack of toil Unremittingly done in between the long rows: Makes the farmer forlorn When he gathers his corn, In fields that are foul where the cockle- bur grows In the cool, frosty morn, When he goes to husk corn, As he bobs […]
Amphibious
Amphibious 84-12 To drown our sorrows is unkind; Besides, the chance is slim; For in the flowing bowl we find They quickly learn to swim