Tag Archive for: Hope and Inspiration

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5811 I have not finished yet When our mutual friends, the great and versatile eriter, Mr Anonymous, learned that I had been assigned the task of ''entertaining'' you here today, he wrote extending his sympathies to you, and with best wiahes…

Catch The Sunshine

Catch the Sunshine 2756 Catch the Sunshine though lifekers Through a dark and dismal clouds Thouh it falls so faint and feeble On a heart with sorrow how Catch it quickly! It is wassing, Passing rapidly away It has only come to tell you…

The Ripening’ Paris Hen

The Ripening' Paris Hen 3294 I golly, it is funny How I hate t' work, say bow, When the prerie ben is rip'nin' In the stubble, an' somehow I git all mixed up a-dreamin' Icegins of lollin' dogs en "snipe," As old August, hot and yaller,…

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue EUGENE FIELD 4168 The little toy dog is covered with dust Yet sturdy and stanch he stands; The little toy soldier is red with rust, And his musket molds in his hands Time was when the little toy dog was new, And the soldier…

William Also-Randolph Hearst

WILLIAM ALSO-RANDOLPH HEARST 4641 Willle runs a supplement which al- ways beats the news: Willle runs for president, with noth- ing much to lose- Willie's always running, whether by request or not Whenever there's a vacancy, it's wil- lle-on-the-Spot Frisky…

A Losing Game

A Losing Game 2755 There is some chance of winning at 'most every game that's played, From polo down to ping-pong and from poker to old maid You always have some show to prove your strength or craft or skill And if friendly fortune favors-call…

Blue Hall

Blue Hall 3994 Blue Bell, the dawn is waking Sweetheart, you must not sigh Blue Bell, my heart is breaking I've come to say good-by Hear how the bugle's calling Calling to each brave heart Sweetheart, your tears are falling Blue…

The Sustaining Hand

THE SUSTAINING HAND 2551 The little child win wakes at night Affrighted at the somber gloom, And clamors for a ray of light To drive the darkness from the room, To quiet dreamland sweetly goes, Contented if a hand is near, Caressingly,…

The Muck-Raker

THE MUCK-RAKER 4686 He sang of the glory of cities, Of pillar and spire and mart; Of domes unreared and of God stiil feared, Of good in the human heart He sang of the hopes, uplifting, Of duty made clear and clear, But they called him…

Shells Of Ocean

Shells of Ocean 2566 One summer eve, with pensive thoughts, I wandered on the sea-best shore, Where oft in heedless infant sport I gathered shells in days before The splashing waves like music fell Responsive to my fancy wild: A dream…

Nobody To Blame But Yourself

NOBODY TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF 4632 You married a maiden you thought to be rich, And found that she hadn't a dime, And, yoked to a flighty extravagant shrew, You bewail your sad lot all the time You dream of a girl who was pure as a pearl, And…

The Winding Road

THE WINDING ROAD 3085 Ho for the road, the winding road, That stretches away o'er the hills to where? A hickory staff and a crust my load, With a song to sing and a leave of care Ho for the road, the winding rond, That leads like a ribbon…

An Attic Dream

An Attic Dream 2441 All day the rain had softly beat Its music on the window pane; All day had tapped, like tiny feet, Upon the shingles brown with stain Up in the attic long and low, Strung on the rafters overhead Were pennyroyal, thyme…

The Dreamer

The Dreamer 3597 He used to dream of things he'd do When grown to be a man, Beguiling boyhood years away With many an idle plan And now, when grown to be a man, He knows no greater joy Than dreaming of the things he'd do If still he were…

Autumn Leaves

AUTUMN LEAVES 5691 "Come, little leaves," said the wind, one day, "Come over the meadows with me, and play Put on your dresses of red and gold; Summer is gone, and the days grow cold" Soon as the leaves heard the wind's loud call, Down…

The Children

The Children 1537 Mother of many children I-sprung of my heart and my brain- And some have been borne in gladness and some have been borne in pain, But one has gone singing from out my door Never to come again Content and Ease and Comfort-they…

The Present

The Present 1481 The Age of Gold," they say Always, "is coming" Nay- Thus was the dream of old; This is the Age of Gold So shall tomorrow be Ever, if we but see! Look weto the light, and do Our best and so be true

Bloodhound

Bloodhound 3693 Once, as a schoolboy, I was wont to dream Of ox eyed girls that Homer found so fair; Alas, in these dull days I wake to find The ox-eyed girls all have peroxide hair!

Don’T Drink, My Boy, Tonight

Don't Drink, My Boy, Tonight 4805 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…

To The American Hen

To the American Hen 5812 [Poets may sing to the glory of the eagle, but the American hen that can equal the production of all our mines is entitled to a tribute for her industry] Oh, let the country pin Its faith faith to you, O Hen, And it…