Concerning.

Concerning. 389.5. Concerning the affairs of both church and state, in view of the fact that existing conditions call for earn- est, serious thought and action on the part of all having the best wel- fare of the city and country at heart,…

THE INITIATE.

THE INITIATE. 554.8 The music of the Universes! (Faint not, Soul, nor fear.) Transcendent harmony-each note the whirling of sphere;a With the ear of my soul-I can hear, I can hear! The Name Ineffable; my soul, thy long sought wisdom- key; It…

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue Abby Sage Richardson 4169 Under the haystack, Little Boy Blue Sleeps with his head on his arm While volces of men and voices of malds Are calling him over the farm Sheen in the meadows are runing wild Where a polsonous…
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A Lazy Man’s Letter.

A Lazy Man's Letter. 490.7 I'm in a 10der mood today & feel postio, fun I'll just - off a line & send it off # U. I'm sorry you've been&O Don't B disconsolst long: But buar your ills with 49de, & they won't seem so grs.

THE SEXTON.

THE SEXTON. 436.10 Nigh to a grave that was newly made Leaned a sexton old on his earth-worn spade. His task was done, and he paused to wall The funeral train through the open gate. A relic of bygone days was he, And his locks were as…

Tippity House.

Tippity House. Denison Fay 431.1 BABY sleeps in Tippity House, And rocks and rocks away. She goes to bed at eleven o'clock To sleep for half the day. Muvver is sitting and knitting Funny old comfy things; She keeps a foot on the rocker…

The Result

The Result. 240.7 You get a girl-a peach, a dream- One that can turn at once your head? Oh, no; that kind is not my theme: You get a girl to bake the bread- To bake the bread and scrub the floor, To iron, wash and dust, perhaps, To drive…

LENOVOI

LENOVOI. 307.2 Oh ye who love the simple life, Escaping care and toil and strife, Evading paths where duties lurk, Mark ye: Someone must do your work. -Elsie Duncan Yale.
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The Girl with a Calico Dress.

The Girl with a Calico Dress 591.6 A fig for your upper-ten girls. With their velvets and satins and laces. Their diamonds and rubles and pearls. And their milliner figures and faces. They may chine at a party or ball Embellished with…

Under the Anheuser Busch

Under the Anheuser Busch. 202.3 Talk about the shade of the sheltering palms; Praise the bamboo charms, tree and its wide spreading There's a little bush that grows right here in this town You know Its name for it has won such renown, Often…
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PRESENT JORDAN’S POEM.

PRESENT JORDAN'S POEM. Dr. David Starr Jordan 255.1 "A Castle in Spain," in a recent issue of the New York Independent: I know a castle in the heart of Spain, Builded of stone, as if to stand for aye, With tile roof red against…

THE PASSING OF AN AUTO-CRAT.

The Auto-crat-oh, think of that!-he went a fearful pace; He did not smile, through all the wholehe had a mobile face. He took no interest in man, yet sought the human race. The Auto-crat-oh, think of that!-I never saw him laugh; In wreckage…

THE SONG OF THE PINES.

THE SONG OF THE PINES. 384.12 The pines were asleep in the mid-day heat, That quivered down the lea, But they waked with the roar of a wave- swept shore When the wind came in from the sea. They sang of ships and the bo's'n piped, The…

Uncle Bill’s Farmin’

Uncle Bill's Farmin'. 208.5 Ole Uncle Bill wuz a shiftless cuss, Sunflowers usually took his outs: His tater crop wus usu'lly dug, Half by hisself an' half by his shoats. When he reaped his grain all foul with weeds, He'd twist up a bunch…

BIRD WITH BOSOM RED.

BIRD WITH BOSOM RED. 531.1 When the winds of winter blow, And the air is thick with snow, Drifting over hill and hollow, Whitening all the naked trees Then the bluebird and the jay And the oriole fly away Where the bobolink and swallow…

A Relapse

A Relapse. 297.7 Within the city's din and dust, Its heat and toil and friction, I dwelt, as many mortals must, Till saddened with affliction. I called a doctor, one I knew To be a skilled reliever Of human ills; said he, "Sir, you Are…

THE LAST WORD.

THE LAST WORD. 390.4 You who once loved me, let me not un- heard Go from you to the night. Only for old love's sake I claim the word That is the dying's right. Well have you done to turn your eyes from mine. My sin hath locked your door. I.…

Shining Example.

Shining Example. 255-4 Jes' go 'long good natured, Dat's de safes' way: Sun goes on a-beaming An' a-smilin' all de day. Keeps de crops a-growin' An' de blossoms an' de fruits, Until de storm come 'round an' try To lif' 'em by…

The Beggar Girl.

The Beggar Girl. 329.6 Over the mountain and over the moor Barefoot and cold I wander forlorn. My father is dead and my mother Is poor. She weeps o'er the days that will never return. Chorus: Pity, kind gentlemen, friends of humanity, Keen…

THANKSGINING.

THANKSGINING. By James Whitcomb Riley 275.7 Let us be thankful-not only because Hluce last our universal thanks were told, We have grown greater in the world's applause And fortune's newer smiles surpass the old- But thankful for all things…