A SMILE
5646
The brightness of the morn was hid
'Neath clouds of dull, unsoftened gray;
My heart beat low beneath its weight
Of grief, and sorrowed with the day
A mockery was all gladness-yet
A loved one smiled-straight from the heart
The…
For AH These
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins
2935
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 thee…
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A Lenten Rhapsody
5608
No, the house is not a-ûre
Where that smoke doth kiss the sky,
And that music is no lyre,
Twanging with wild melody
It is just the rip and roar,
Sneeze and whip and smut and souse,
Aching limbs and joints all sore,…
In Several States
5754
"O come with Me, my love," he said
"We'll seek some quiet, shady Del
Where I Kan kiss a dainty Miss
Ore tell again of Cupid's spell
:: Tenn times I love you, and I Wis
You'd 'Ark to me N C my heart
A-beating inwardly…
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BRYAN
4041
In '96 when Bill came forth
To slug the Moneyed Bully,
The nation gasped from south to north;
"Good gracious, ain't he woolly!"
But since we've killed the Silve- Cow
Anr raised the Golden Helfer
The "Cyclone from Nebraska"…
Hallowe'en
4795
SHE ate the apple-as did Eve- And looked into the glass;
She said, "The Fates will not deceive A little lonely lass"
SHE ate the apple, rind and all,
So that the Fates could see,
Although she was so lone and small
She trusted…
Who Knows?
CATHERINE MARKHAM
3086
Those cryptic runes upon the brake writ thick,
Who will interpret? or that terse distich
The cricket fills the night with, who is wise
To give it words? And when the night-wind flies,
Who has the delicate…
A Thanksgiving Obeing
4891
"Come, hear the tale I would unfold," said the Gobbler to his flock,
"For what the stars this day have told has given me a shock
"The zodiac, in days of old, with twelve signs was com plete,
But woe is me, this…
Buttoning
1334
John Jones lives with hi swife, also his sister and his mother:
He's always at the beck and call of one or the other-
Buttoning, buttoning!
His fingers have been worn to bones, his finger nails to splinters-
He's busy through…
As a Comic
2939
I asked a charming young soubrette
Who'd said I was a "shine"
To please those cruel words forget
And be my valentine
She said my valentine she'd be
If I my ald would lend
And let her stick a stamp on me
And mail me to…
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A Memory
Emily Sargent Lewis
572
My mother died when I was four,
That's why I can't remember more
Of what she used to do and say
So long ago I'm six to-day
I know one day she climbed with me,
Way up into the apple tree,
The flowers fell…
SLOWING UP
5644
Everybody's runnin'
In this eventful day;
Runnin' some big business
So's to make it pay;
Runnin' for an office
Or runnin' from the law-
It's the fastest runnin'
That this old world ever saw
I want to stop a minute,
So's…
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AFTER
2947
One who was rich picked out a spot
High on a noble hill, and there
He built himself a costly tomb,
That all the people might know where
He rested when his work was done,
The marble glistened in the sun;
The white shaft towered…
THE MARIPOSA LILY
5545
Insect or blossom? Fragile, fairy thing,
Poised upon tender slip, and quivering
To flight! a flower of the fields of air;
A jeweled moth; a butterfly, with rare
And tender tints upon his downy wing,
A moment resting…
The Pirate's Serenade
84-6
My boat's by the tower, my bark's in the bay
And both must be gone ere the dawn of the day
The moon's in her shroud, but to guide thec afar
On the deck of the Dariln's a love lighted star
Then wake, lady, wake…
The Killjoy
3205
Although a fellow's down and out,
Why, matters might be worse;
And he can keep up courage stout
With nothing in his purse
A chap can be light-hearted, then,
Although he has to toll;
But life is just a desert when
A fellow…
Panting for Heaven
3502
Ye angels who stand 'round the throne
And View my Immanuel's face,
In rapturous songs make him known
Tune, tune your soft harps to his praise
He formed you the spirits you are- So happy, so noble, so good
When others…
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Grandpa Nathan
3776
By the beech and hickory Dre
Grandpa Nathan sat at night
With details of marching armes,
And the news of many a fight
When he laid aside the paper
Though its contests he had told
He was plied with any questions
By…
A Very Conservative Man
1156
He doesn't believe half the stories he
hears-
He's a very conservative man
The papers, he says, spread unwarranted
fears-
He's a very conservative map
The troubles we hear of he mlidly de
clares,
Most often are…
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Love, the Illusion
3202
Love is just a cobweb, wet with morning dew;
Love is just a fairy spell, invisible to view;
A tread-a touch too heavy, and the cobweb is not there
A sigh too long, and lo:-the spell has vanished into air!
Love is…
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A Smile
Love and RomanceFor Ah These
Hope and MotivationA Lenten Rhapsody
ReflectionsIn Several States
Love and RomanceBryan
DreamsHallowe’En
ReflectionsWho Knows?
ReflectionsA Thanksgiving Obeing
Memories and NostalgiaButtoning
ReflectionsAs A Comic
ReflectionsA Memory
Family and RelationshipsSlowing Up
DeathAfter
Love and RomanceThe Mariposa Lily
Grief and MourningThe Pirate’s Serenade
Historical Events and FiguresThe Killjoy
Courage and PerseverancePanting For Heaven
DeathGrandpa Nathan
Memories and NostalgiaA Very Conservative Man
Family and RelationshipsLove, The Illusion
Love and Romance