Pity the Poor Poet
503
(As He Wrote It)
Myrtilla's mouth is small and red,
Her eyes are big and blue,
The hair is golden on her head,
Her skin is creamy hue
(As Copled by a Northern Paper)
Myrtilla's mouth is small and red,
Her eyes…
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The Sick Child
1664
I've tried so hard to go to sleep And not to fear,
But Mother dear,
It is so dark! and God won't keep
A naughty child all safe, I know:
And I was naughty Please don't gol
I am afraid with no one here
The dark is full…
The Song of the Rose
3365
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 tender…
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They Have Given Her to Another
6003
They have given her to another,
They have broken every vow:
They have given her to another,
And my heart is lonely now
They remembered not our parting,
They remembered not our tears;
They have severed…
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THANKSGINING
By James Whitcomb Riley
2757
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…
Drake's Drum
2973
Drake he was a Devon man an' ruled the Devon seas:
(Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?)
Rovin' tho' his death fell, he went with heart at ease,
An' dreamin' arl the time o' Plymouth Hoe
"Take my drum to England, hang et…
Make Home Happy
2619
Though we may not change the cottage
For the masaion tall and grand,
Nor exchange the little grass-plot
For a boundless stretch of land
Though we have no mesna to purchas
Costly pictures, riety and rare
Though we…
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SEAFERERS
2501
Shanghaied in San Francisco,
And we fetched up in Bombay
They set us afloat on an old Leith boat,
That steered like a stack o' hay
We panted in the tropies,
When the pitch boiled up on deck
We have saved our hides, and…
The Fairy Artist
5184
O, there is a little artist
Who paints in the cold night hours
Pictures for wee, wee children,
Of wondrous trees and flowers;
Pictures of snow-white mountains
Touching the snow-white sky;
Pictures of distant oceans
Where…
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The Old Schoolbook
4546
On the old school book in the custy nook
With a tearful eye 1 gaze;
Corne down, old friend, for an hour we'll spend
In talking of bygone days
I gaze once more, as in days of yore,
On the task that taxed the brain;…
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AH PICKS BY DE LIGHT O' DE MOON
4585
Ah knows a medda whar de grasgrows sweet
An' lil' cool crik runs along
An' Ah wuke all day in de scotchin' heat,
But at night jls' hear ma song
Ah don' belong to no white man,
Dis nigga's all his own;
An'…
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A Sad Tale
4892
Indeed and I was true to Flo,
loved her, and I was her beau
But ah, her vows she soon forgot;
So now, you see, I'm her beau-not!
-HAROLD SUSMAN
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JUST FOR A CHANGE
4586
I'm sort of tired of things that is:
They're lackin, somewhat as to fiz
There ain't no ginger in life's jar
With things a-goin' as they are
The fauit may be with me, and then,
It may be otherwise again
I ain't a-tryin'…
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The World's Way
2232
This old world's mighty busy It has so much to do
It's got to skip a lot o' things that ought to be put through
An' leave 'em fur a future day when it can rest an' say "
"At last we've got things runnin' in some rag'lar…
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WINTER EVENING HYMN
2875
Cozy and quiet and warm and bright
For a book and a pipe in the winter night,
Safe and cheery and restfully sweet,
The dreams that come in the room's woft heat;
Till, clanging and clanking spirit and soul through
Comes…
The Old Schoolbook
1798
On the old schoolbook in the dusty nook,
With a tearful eye I gaze,
Come down, old friend, for an hour we'll spend
In talking of bygone days
I gaze once more as in days of yore,
On the task that taxed the brain;…
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AT THE TOP OF THE ROAD
2557
"But, lord," she said, "my shoulders still are strong- I have been used to bear the load so long;
"And-see, the hill is passed, and smooth the road
"Yet," said the stranger, "yield me now thy load"
Gently he…
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The Penalty We Pay
1864
The sweetest things we get to eat,
There's not a bit of question,
Are always bound to do us up,
And give us indigestion
-Will F Griffin,
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A Nautical Extravagance
3075
I stood one day by the breezy bay
A-watching the ships go by,
When a tired tar said, with a shake of his head:
"I wisht I could tell a he!
"I've seen some sights as would jigger yer lights,
And they've jiggered…
All for the Love of a Girl
2402
Jack was a bright eyed youngster,
Happy and gay was he,
Mamle, his dear little sweetheart
Roguish and so fair wan she
One day, while they were playing
This little girl, just for fun
Threw her hat into the…
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Pity The Poor Poet
Urban LifeThe Sick Child
Childhood and InnocenceThe Song Of The Rose
ReflectionsThey Have Given Her To Another
Love and RomanceThanksgining
Love and RomanceDrake’s Drum
DeathMake Home Happy
ReflectionsSeaferers
Urban LifeThe Fairy Artist
Childhood and InnocenceThe Old Schoolbook
BandAh Picks By De Light O’ De Moon
ReflectionsA Sad Tale
Love and RomanceJust For A Change
Nature and SeasonsThe World’s Way
ReflectionsWinter Evening Hymn
DreamsThe Old Schoolbook
ChildhoodAt The Top Of The Road
DeathThe Penalty We Pay
ReflectionsA Nautical Extravagance
Sailing and the SeaAll For The Love Of A Girl
Love and Romance