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When our mutual friends, the great and versatile eriter,
Mr Anonymous, learned that I had been assigned the
task of ''entertaining'' you here today,
he wrote extending his sympathies to
you, and with best wiahes…
Guilty, Or Not Guilty
Hope and MotivationGuilty, 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…
Catch The Sunshine
Hope and MotivationCatch 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…
For Ah These
Hope and MotivationFor AH These
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins
2935
I thank thee, Lord, that I am straight and strong
With wit to work and hope ho to keep me brave":
That two score yours, unfathomed, still belong
To the allotted life thy bounty gave
I thank thee…
Too Late
Hope and MotivationToo Late
3303
And so you have comeback to me
Since time at last has set you free
And offered me again the heart
Whose earthly hope was found in thee
And so you come to me once more,
And say the old love's growing, yet
You've tried through…
Cover Them Over
Hope and MotivationCover Them Over
1211
Cover them over with beautiful flowers;
Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours;
Lying so silent, by night and by day,
Sleeping the years of their manhood away;
Years they had marked for the joys of the brave;…
The Free
Hope and MotivationThe Free
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The carrion vultures of the town,
Who plunder a stricken foe,
But eagles eagles they who strike their
Alive, nor fear a blow prey
Bold hearts they be, and large and free
Is life as they bravely make it;
And thus they speak…
Paul Vance, Or Lorena’s Reply
Hope and MotivationPaul Vance, or Lorena's Reply
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The years are creeping slowly by, dear Paul, the winters come and go,
The wind reeps past st with mourrful cry, dear Paul, and pelt my face with snow:
But there's no snow upon the heart, dear Paul: 'tis…
The Rooter’s Rotary
Hope and MotivationThe Rooter's Rotary
5217
From the lady dressed in red
With a hat upon her locks
Bigger than the batter's box,
With a tongue that wags along
From the first tap of the gong;
"Who is that nice looking man
Over there the one that ran?"
"How…
The Yellowing Wood
Hope and MotivationTHE YELLOWING WOOD
5601
Now with the stealthy touch of Autumn's frend
When all the harvest gold is gathered in,
The quiet woods begin
To burn as with a magte flame of red,
The fail ripe berry glistens in the brake,
The acorn drops among…
The Ripening’ Paris Hen
Hope and MotivationThe Ripening' Paris Hen
3294
I golly, it is funny
How I hate t' work, say bow,
When the prerie ben is rip'nin'
In the stubble, an' somehow
I git all mixed up a-dreamin' Icegins of lollin' dogs en "snipe,"
As old August, hot and yaller,…
Charely Books
Hope and MotivationMiss O'Dare, since I left the city
I find I have changed my mind;
O pray do not deem me fickle
Or think me the least un unkind
For I find we were both mistaken,
And that you would never want me,
So my heart has turned to another;
Miss…
Little Boy Blue
Hope and MotivationLittle Boy Blue
EUGENE FIELD
4168
The little toy dog is covered with dust
Yet sturdy and stanch he stands;
The little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket molds in his hands
Time was when the little toy dog was new,
And the soldier…
William Also-Randolph Hearst
Hope and MotivationWILLIAM ALSO-RANDOLPH HEARST
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Willle runs a supplement which al- ways beats the news:
Willle runs for president, with noth- ing much to lose-
Willie's always running, whether by request or not
Whenever there's a vacancy, it's wil- lle-on-the-Spot
Frisky…
The Forgotten Chord
Hope and MotivationThe Forgotten Chord
3301
He was only a poor mad musician
Behind an asylum's strong bars:
At night he would sit by his window
And sing to the beautiful stars:
But how he could play in the daytime:
Such music you don't often hear-
The…
The Wife
Hope and MotivationThe Wife
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I could have stemmed misfortune's lide
And borne the rich one's sneer,
Have braved the haughty glance of pride
Nor shed a single tear:
I could have smiled on every biow
From life's full qutver thrown,
While I might gaze…
The Ungained Height
Hope and MotivationThe Ungained Height
Gardner Weeks Wood
101-1
Gardner Weeks Wood in Harpers Monthly
If this be Life to count the languid hours
That drift as dreams from sun to setting sun;
Or, indolent, to watch the shadows run
Across some sturdier dial-stone…
A Losing Game
Hope and MotivationA Losing Game
2755
There is some chance of winning at 'most every game that's played,
From polo down to ping-pong and from poker to old maid
You always have some show to prove your strength or craft or skill
And if friendly fortune favors-call…
The Little Match Girl
Hope and MotivationThe LIttle Match Girl
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"Come in little stranger" I said
As she tapped at niy half open door;
With a blanket pinned over her head
Which reached to the basket she bore
A look full of innocence fell
From her modest and pretty blue eye,…
Blue Hall
Hope and MotivationBlue Hall
3994
Blue Bell, the dawn is waking
Sweetheart, you must not sigh
Blue Bell, my heart is breaking
I've come to say good-by
Hear how the bugle's calling
Calling to each brave heart
Sweetheart, your tears are falling
Blue…