The Song Of Man And Woman

The Song of Man and Woman HERMAN SCHEFFAUER 3132 I EARTH'S iron mingles with my blood, But thine with milk is blent; My tears are of the salt-sea flood, But thine sweet springs unpent…

What They Call It

What They Call it 2185 Grandma says we're right in style, A sittin' in our automobile Grandpa says we're fit to kill, A-ridin' in our automo-bill Ma, she says we ought to feel Grateful fer our automo-beel Pa says there ain't no other man…

What Like Is A Lover?

What Like is a Lover? 2187 What like is a lover? A lover's like A straw in the spring wind blowing! How far he will float, or where he'll atrike Is past all our wisest knowing A straw in the wind, now here, now there, And that's like a lover,…

Political Opinion

Political opinion 27610 It isn't the love that they have in their hearts, And neglect, or forget to reveal, That brightens the lives Of husbands and wives; It is telling the love that they feel It isn't the music asleep in the strings Of…

A Mosquito Lullaby

A Mosquito Lullaby 5282 Hush, little skeeterbug, hush a-bye, Mother will rock him, don't you cry! I know you are hungry, my little sweet, With nothing to drink and so little to eat, The natives are tough and their blood is thin, Eut the…

There Is A Tavern In The Town

There Is a Tavern In the Town 2937 There is a tavern in the town, in the town And there my dear love sita him down, down, sits him And drinks his wine 'mid laughter free And never, never thinks of me Chorus- Fare thee well, for I must leave…

My Hiding Place

My Hiding Place 89-2 (The following poem was written by Major An- dre a few days before his execution) Hall, sovereign love, which first began The scheme to rescue failen men; Hall, matchless free eternal grace, Which gave my soul a hiding…

In South Dakota

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…

A Smile

A SMILE 5646 The brightness of the morn was hid 'Neath clouds of dull, unsoftened gray; My heart beat low beneath its weight Of grief, and sorrowed with the day A mockery was all gladness-yet A loved one smiled-straight from the heart The…

In Several States

In Several States 5754 "O come with Me, my love," he said "We'll seek some quiet, shady Del Where I Kan kiss a dainty Miss Ore tell again of Cupid's spell :: Tenn times I love you, and I Wis You'd 'Ark to me N C my heart A-beating inwardly…

After

AFTER 2947 One who was rich picked out a spot High on a noble hill, and there He built himself a costly tomb, That all the people might know where He rested when his work was done, The marble glistened in the sun; The white shaft towered…

Love, The Illusion

Love, the Illusion 3202 Love is just a cobweb, wet with morning dew; Love is just a fairy spell, invisible to view; A tread-a touch too heavy, and the cobweb is not there A sigh too long, and lo:-the spell has vanished into air! Love is…

Rose Of Kilarney

Rose Of Kilarney 5127 Oh, promise to meet me when twilight is falling Bealde the bright waters that slumber so fair: Bach bird in the meadow your name will be calling And ev'ry sweet rosebud will look for you there It's morning and evening…

Eternity

ETERNITY 38410 I thought eternity an endless stage, Where love dies out and yearning lips grow dumb; To-night I overlived it by an age- The little hour I waited you to come! If one brief hour of absence be so long, How endless shall the…

To A Child

To A Child 1753 Thou lovest me for what I am; and naught It matters what I wear or give Thine eyes Sound all the depths of life's dishonesties Gold cannot tempt thee Thou canst not be bought Thy favor must be won by worth, not sought With…

Attainment

Attainment Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2184 Use all your hidden forces Do not miss The purpose of this life, and not wait For circumstance to mould or change your fate In your own self lles destiny Let this Vast truth cast out all fear, all prejudice…

When The Little Of The Vally Bloom Again

When the Little of the Vally Bloom Again 3492 "When the lilles of the valley bloom again And the sunbeams kiss the daises on Sear the hill: When the birds are singing songs of joy and glad- In the trees down by the old, old rustic mill; When…

The Golden Wedding

The Golden Wedding 2111 LOVE wove himself a chain one Summer day A rosy chain, with flowers and garlands gay, And in its shining meshes with deft hands Entangled two fond hearts in loving bands YEARS passed, the chain still held through…

The Object

THE OBJECT 4634 It's money in the country and it's money in the town, It's money for the artist and It's money for the clown; They serve for love of country, so our statesmen glibly claim, But they never spurn the money there is in it, just…

Storm Bound In The North

Storm Bound in the North Aldis Dunbar 1911 If I could choose a book and slip inside of it and be! In one I love there winds a path, beside an olive-trec, Beneath, in fair green shadow, starring all the mossy glen, Spring hyacinth, and violet,…