The Pirate’s Serenade

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America

America 1277 How dark was the day When our fathers came o'er The fathomless depths of the seal When they hasted away From yon bigoted shore To the glorious "Land of the Free" Far, far from the land Which had given them birth Hesperides…

In The Desert

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Driftwood

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Artistic Cookery

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Paul Revere’s Ride

Paul Revere's Ride 1854 Listen, iny chlidren, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of inul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in seventy-five! Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year He said to his friend "If…

The Village Oracle

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The World Grows Better

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Address To A Mummy

Address to a Mummy Horace Smith 2245 And thou hast walked about how strange a story! In Thebes' streets three thousand years ago, When the Memronium was in all its glory And Time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles…

One Of The Leisure Class

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…

The Short Poem-Japanese And American

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Mabel Clare

Mabel Clare 896 Along the green lane in the May-time, I gather'd the violets blue, Echoing yet with the bee song And cool with the morning dew Gather'd them for sweet Mabel, Beautiful Mabel Clare To clasp in her dainty fingers- To brald…

The Day Is Past And Gone

The Day Is Past and Gone By Orange Scott 643 The day is past and gone Theening shades appear: peari Oh, may we all remember well The night of death draws near We iny our garments by Upon our beds to rest: "64-3 So death will soon disrobe…

Puts And Calls

Puts and Calls 2663 Natural History Ah, here's a simple truth you may Rely upon, my friend: A mule's headquarters, as they say, Are not his "business" end …

Old Times For Bryan

Old times for Bryan Said William J, 708 Said William J, ""I guess,"" says he That after this It's home for me ""I did intend To stop a day; Taen onward wend My happy way ""I thought that I Would tarry here Just long enough To raise a cheer ""But…

The End

The End 1276 These are the last times, it plainly appears it plainly appears "A day with the Lord is a thousand years Man has six great days his work to do, And ther comes the Sabbath eternally truet O chikiren of time! look back in the…

The Old Fashioned Homestead

The Old fashioned Homestead 905 I will do remember the old fashioned homestead, That beautiful place where I first saw the light; Where oft to have played on the green when in childhood That lovely old spot was so happy and bright The garden…

The Unforgotten

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Twenty Years After

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Scotch Lassie Jean

Scotch Lassie Jean 646 In Scotland'a fair lands, over mountains and riffs, That's where I roamed for many a day In looking at the lads and lassles on the green, In the fair old hand of Scotland far away I have waited for her coming, but…