Wealth.

Wealth. 343.9 The cares of wealth, so we are told, Forbid the smile and chaff: The julep holds the only mint Whose owner dares to laugh.

The Hirschman Clock

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The Hirschman Clock. 6.4 April eighteenth at five o'clock The Hirschman clock was ticking: It watched the Kearny-Market block And kept the minutes clicking. Alas! when thirteen told that clook There came a mighty earthquake shock. Oh! woe to…

The Widow Malone

The Widow Malone By Charles Lever 641 Did ye hear of the Widow Mulone, Who lived in the town of Athlone Ochone! Alone? Oh! she meited the hearts Of the swaing in them parts So lovely the Widow Malone Ochone! So lovely the Widow Malone Or more Of…

A CONFIRMED SPINSTER.

A CONFIRMED SPINSTER. 442.5 There was a lonely maiden Who lived in Androscoggin, She got a half-formed notion Into her little noggin. And when she had completed it, And cruel Fate defeated it, She used up all her patrimony In waging war…

Gently Down the Stream of Time

Gently Down the Stream of Time. 64.2 Gently down the stream of Time Floats our bark toward the sea, Sweetly penis the evening chime. Hear It echo wild and free. Friends have gone, ties have been broken, Fears and doubts and hopes sublime,…
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God’s Pretty Things.

God's Pretty Things. 320.4 There's never a rose in all the world, But makes some groen spray sweeter; There's never a wind in all the sky But makes some bird's wing fleeter. There's never a star but brings to heaven Some silver radiance…

Dr Jorden

Dr Jordan 501 When Dr Jordan left the realm Of sciences called physical, And took of prophecy the helm, The public soon grew quizzical, And wondered much to hear him talk And see him make an earthquake walk He knows just where the temblor…

A Mountain Monument.

A Mountain Monument. MARY H. C. BOOTH 563.5 The mountains crimsoned with delight And shook in thunder thrills, They leaned across the jeweled night, And whispered to the hills. And the little hills upspringing Gave back an answering nod.…

The Penalty We Pay

The Penalty We Pay. 186.4 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,

Spelling Reform At Pumpin Hallow

Spelling Reform at Pumpin Hallow 1331 Parson Graham called a meetin which was held last Wednesday night For the purpose of decidin' how to spell our language right Everybody in the hollow for the past three weeks or so Had been turrably excited;…

Song For November

Song For November. 223.3 "While skies glint bright with bluest light Through clouds that race o'er field and town. And leaves go dancing left and right, And orchard apples tumble down; While school-girls sweet, in lane and street, Lean…

For AH These.

For AH These. Juliet Wilbor Tompkins 293.5 I thank thee, Lord, that I am straight and strong. With wit to work and hope ho to keep me brave": That two score yours, unfathomed, still belong To the allotted life thy bounty gave. I thank…

It’s Going Up

It's Going Up 584 -It's going up, it's going up, Although we thought it went; It still keeps climbing, climbing Its rocky, steep ascent; And we in awe perspiring Just wonder where we're at, For still the rents keep going up, And other…

The Little Light.

The Little Light. 266.5 The light shone on the headland. For the storm was raging high: I shaded my eyes from the inner glare, And gazed on the west, gray sky. it was dark and lowering, on the sea The waves were booming loud. And the…

BY THE HILL OF DAN.

BY THE HILL OF DAN. Clinton Scollard 272.3 Marie, I wonder if you recall, Conning the past like a written scroll, That day, the goldenest day of all, And the long rest under the giant bole Where the singing Banias waters roll? Over the…

Vane of Quillcote

Vane of Quillcote. 63.2 There's an old gray barn where the swallows used to flit, All spicy and fragrant with hay: Thro its sunlit gloom ran the children to and fro, And their laughter was ringing all the day. On the high-piled mow they…

The Tie That Binds.

The Tie That Binds. 90.12 Within a small room, cold and cheerleen, There alts a young woman alone, Beside her u cradle stands empty, While o'er it she nobs and moans. My husband he no longer loves me, His love vanished when buby died,…

BROTHERHOOD.

BROTHERHOOD. 458.4 All men are equal in their birth, Heirs of the earth and skies: All men are equal when that earth Fades from their dying eyes. All wait alike on Him whose power Upholds the life He gave; The sage within his starlit…

Y Y Y Man.

Y Y Y Man. 436.8 There is a farmer who is Y Y Enough to take his EE And study nature with his I I, And think of what he C C. He hears the chatter of the J J As they each other тт. And sees that when a tree DKK It makes a home for B…

A swarm of Bees

A swarm of Bees. 239.4 B hopeful. B cheerful is happy, is kind, B busy of body. It modest of mind. It earnest. B truthful. Is firm, and B fair. Of all Miss & Havior it sure and it ware. B think ere you stumble for what may B fall: B truthful…