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The Mckingbird’s Secret.

The Mckingbird's Secret. Frank L. Stanton. 370.1 Sing, Mister Mockin'bird, 'Way up in de tree; Tell me what my sweetheart Been a-tellin' you 'bout me? She pass dis way dis mawnin', Kaze I seen de roses stir; En you listened ter her singin',…

The Ship that Never Returned

The Ship that Never Returned. 180.10 On a summer's day, when the waves were rippled By n soft and gentle breeze, A ship set sall with a cargo laden For port beyond the a sens. There were fond farewells, There were loving amiles, While…

The Country Child’s Good-Night.

The Country Child's Good-Night. 147.2 Good-Night. Good-night, dear hills! So still you lie Against the bosom of the sky, I know you must be fast asleep, And all night long the stars will ke Their tender watches over you, So must I soon…
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Don’t Drink, My Boy, Tonight.

Don't Drink, My Boy, Tonight. 480.5 I left by mother at the door, My sister by her side; Their clasped hands and loving looks Forbade their hopes to hide. I left and met with comrades gay, When the moon brought out her light, And my loving…

Little Old Long Cabin in the Lane.

Little Old Long Cabin in the Lane. 600.5 I am getting old and feeble now, I cannot work no more; I have laid the rusty-bladed hoe to rest; Old massa and old missus, they Are sleeping side by side, And their spirits now are roaming with…

No Parsing in Heaven.

No Parsing in Heaven. 403.4 We are going we are going, To a home beyond the skin. Where the helds are robed in beauty, And the sunlight never dies; Where the fount of joy is flowing In the valley green and fair; We shali dwell in love…

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…

THE VAMPIRE CITY.

THE VAMPIRE CITY. Reginald Wright Kauffman. 432.1 Come with me into Babylon! Here to my woodland seat Over the miles she lures and smiles-the smile of the bitter-sweet; I hear the distant cadence, the siren-song she sings; I smell the incense…

I Love to Live

I Love to Live. 84.4 said the prattling boy, As he gasly played with his new bought toy: And his merry laugh went echoing forth From a besom filled with joyous mirth. ""I love to live,' said the stripling bold; 'I would toll for wealth.…

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.

Life’s Common Things

LIfe Common Things. 70.1 THE things of every day are all so sweet- The morning meadows wet with dew, The dance of dalsies in the noon, the blue Of far-off hills where twilight shadows lie, The night with all its tender mystery of sound And…

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…