The Last of Winter

I. The Last of Winter. 208.1 Oh, not for us the primrose faint, the south wind's hush-a-low Down shining aisles of the beech-trees that know us years ago! Here there's a long, long allence and the dumbly falling snow. The prairie polls away,…

A Good Rule.

A Good Rule. 266.2 Whether you write in prose or verse, When you've got a thing to sa Say It! Don't take halt a day. When your tale's got little in it. Crowd the whole thing in a minute. Life is short-a fleeting vapor Don't fill the whole…
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Women’s Tragedy.

Women's Tragedy. 554.1 A kiss- A taste of bliss- Abyss! A fatal "Yes." (A wrong guess)- A mess! II. A kiss- A taste of bliss- And this: A fatal "No," A heart's woe Death blow! -Young's Magazine.

The Song of the Rose.

The Song of the Rose. 336.5 No beautiful notice have I on the hiш. No pictures to hang in my halls. But never a painter could match with his skill, The roses abloom on my walls. Chorus- Then sing we a song of the rose, A song that is…

The Dying California.

The Dying California. 393.1 Tell my father, when you greet him, That in death I prayed for him. Prayed that I might one day meet him In a world that's free from sin. Tell my mother God will help her, Now that she is growing old, Say ber…

Minnehaha.

Minnehaha. 298.1 Cease thy thy laughing, Minnehaha. Cense thy laughing now for aye: Bavage hands are red red ed with wit slaughter Of the innocent today. Cease thy gay noten, Minnehaha, Lest some mournful strain prevalli L isten while…

A Prayer in Pain

A Prayer in Pain. 147.8 Lord I beseech thee, not so sharp again: I cannot suffer so and be thy child; I am some brute thing, tortured, trapped and wild. Fighting the hands that would relive Its pain. I have known sorrow, Lord, and bless-…

OCTOBER.

OCTOBER. 564.7 Ay, thou art welcome, heaven's licious breath! When woods begin to wear crimson leaf. the And suns grow meek, and meek suns grow brief, And the year smiles as it draws near its death. Wind of the sunny south! oh, still de-…

Blue Eyed Mary

Blue Eyed Mary. 170.3 "Come, tell me, blue eyed stranger. Say whither dost thou roam; O'er this wide world a ranger. Hast thou no friends or home? "They called me blue eyed Mary. When friends and fortune smiled: But, ah, how fortuner vary!…

Good News From Home

Good News From Home. 224.9 Good news from home, good news for me Has come across the deep blue sea From friends that I have left in tears. From friends that I've not Bect for years; And since we parted long ago, My life has been a scene…

Take a Trip in My Airship.

Take a Trip in My Airship. 304.2 I have a sallor, the sailor loves me, And salls every night to my horie. ile's not a sailor that sails o'er the sea, Or over the wild briny foam. For he owns an airship and sails upon high, He's just like…

SPRING ON THE EAST SIDE.

SPRING ON THE EAST SIDE. 349.8 When the wind walls round frosty eaves Like some unhappy soul that grieves- When snowflakes fall and fields lle deep Beneath white counterpanes asleep- What mirth around the fire prevails …

Buttoning

Buttoning. 133.4 John Jones lives with hi swife, also his sister and his mother: He's always at the beck and call of one or the other- Buttoning, buttoning! His fingers have been worn to bones, his finger nails to splinters- He's busy through…

Song for Music

Song for Music CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE 288.2 Why do I sing? For you, for you. To you is due All praise that song can bring; My heart breaks into song at thought of you. Why do I sigh? For you, for you. To you I flew The while my breath did die;…

The Man in the Boy.

The Man in the Boy. 564.3 In the acorn is wrapped the forest, In the little brook the sea; The twig that will sway with the sparrow today Is tomorrow's sturdy tree. There is hope in a mother's joy. Like a peach in its blossom furled, And…

Things.

Things. 436.3 We like to hear him tell of things That aren't goin' right; About the that brings. Such trouble, day and night. When he's up to speak, a mile Is not too much to walk, The journey's allus worth the while. We like to hear him…
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Night in Bachelor’s Hall

Night in Bachelor's Hall 581.6 They've gone away! It seems a year, Aye! weeks of years. since they were here: And yet it was but yesterday I kissed them when they went away, Away from all the scorching heat That grips this brick-walled city…

KEEP TRYING.

KEEP TRYING. 553.4 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,…

Spring.

Spring. 468.8 In the spring Ferdie sat next to his chum on the steps of Old North, caroling college chanties with the Seniors. And Ferdie composed the following, which he gave to the soloist, who passed it along until it was split into barber-shop…

Tragedy of the Desert.

Tragedy of the Desert. 575.5 The elephant sat in the lemon tree, A-swaying to and fro; And a beautiful warbling song sang he To the whale on the branch below- Though a cold wind blew from the distant sea, And the desert was deep in snow. And…