Lenovoi

LENOVOI 3072 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

The Call

THE CALL 55410 My heart cried out for the sweet, cool haunts Of wood and glen and bird; I longed for the life of the forest glade Where the young deer roamed in the silent shade- "Twas the call of the wild I heard …

Will Be Him

Will Be him 5504 When Uncle Jack into the back Of Finance sticks a knife, The dear old cuss is teaching us To lead the Higher Life For every time he does a crime That makes his conscience smart, Then Uncle Jack trots out the sack And…

Please Come And Play In The My Yard

Please Come and Play in the My Yard 89-4 Two little girls, with two little curia, were living side by side: Ons little mald, cach morning played, in a yard so grand and wide But in the next house, na poor as a mouse, s chlid gazed longitiyly "Till…

“Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep”

"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" 43613 "Now I lay me down to sleep: I pray the Lord my soul to keep,"L Was my childhood's early prayer, Taught by my mother's love and care Many years since they have fled: Mother slumbers with the dead; Yet…

Two Lovers

Two Lovers 3043 Two lovers by a moss grown spring, They leaned soft cheeks together theres Mingled the dark and sunny hair And heard the wooing th thrushes sing Oh, budding time! Oh, love's best prime! Two,…

Shall We Meet Beyond The River?

Shall We meet Beyond the River? 2244 Shall we meet beyond the river, Where the surges conse troll Where in all the bright forever Sorrow ne'er shall press the soul? Chorus- Shall we meet, shall we meet, Shall we meet beyond the river?…

To A Star

To A Star 159 To Him who guards our city, hearts, the home, -And who, in uniform of blue, patrols His beat from morn 'til night as he controls The wilful, who, with evil intent, roam To desecrate e'en holy, sacred dome Be honor given,…

Pan In The Catskills

PAN IN THE CATSKILLS Bliss Carman 5061 They say that he is dead, and now no more The reedy syrinx sounds among the hills, When the long summer heat is on the land But I have heard the Catskill thrushes sing, And therefore am incredulous…

A Boyhood Recollection

A Boyhood REcollection 2089 High up on a shelf in the pantry it stood- In fancy I see it again- A remedy certain to do you much good, Though fraught with incredible pain There is nothing in all of the various ills That mortals are called…

The Wonderful One Hoss Shay

The Wonderful One Hoss SHay OLIVER WENDELL HOMES 4902 Have you heard of the wonderful one hoss shay, That was built in such a logical way It ran a hundred years to a day, And then of a sudden, it-ah, but stay- I'll tell you what happened…

The Man Who Is Wanter

The Man Who is Wanter 22310 A young man's preferred, but then age searce will count Against him if he's one on whom they can reckon To do this work well, small or TOLL the amount, And to be there to do it, without call or beckon! Any one…

“Where Do You Go From Here?

"WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE? 4003 Human nature is pretty much alike the world over and all of the family are more or less curious in regard to circuses and circus people and natur ally ask questions of various kinds concerning when …

Just You Holler “Fine”

Just You Holler "Fine" 1333 There ofice lived a gray-haired feller, Back in Pearville, keepin' store, Who had just as many troubles As the rest of na-n' more! But when folks 'ud stop an ast him How he felt he'd never whine He'd jest emile…

Repartee Irlandaise

Repartee Irlandaise 5502 Once a man with a scolding wife couldn't agree, And the priest was called in to see what could be done From your scolding and fight- ing, your neighbors," said he, "Imagine you're twenty in- stead of being one That…

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving 2941 We thank Thee Yea, in the even tone Of those who are glad of the goods they own We thank Thee Yea, that Thou hast preferred And blessed us more than the common herd We thank Thee, part with the heart's intention, But…

Wealth

Wealth 3439 The cares of wealth, so we are told, Forbid the smile and chaff: The julep holds the only mint Whose owner dares to laugh

My Dad’s Dinner Pall

My Dad's Dinner Pall 3831 I'll preserve that old kettle, so blackened and worn It belonged to my father before I was born: It hung in the corner beyond on a nail It's the emblem of labor, my dad's dinner pail Chorus- It glistened like stiver,…

The World Is Too Much With Us

The World is Too Much with Us 2975 The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This sea that bares her bosom…

The November Moon

The silvery moon looks down, looks down From her balcony in the skies On n somber wood of russet and brown With wide and wondering eyes And she looks in valu on will and plain For the grave where summer les, For the dalsy is dead and the…