Tag Archive for: Miscellaneous Reflections

His Own Affairs

His Own Affairs 4475 So much advice he gave away To win the crowd's admiring shout, That when he needed some one day He found his store had given out -Washington Star

Members From Crimson Gluch

Members From Crimson Gluch 1661 "I had a vague idea," said the blunt, un-cultured man "That this congress trick was easy when the dealing first began I thought my little intellectual pile was all the stuff Sufficient for a raise, or anyhow…

From The Undertakers

From the Undertakers 22311 A bit of shredded gullet, A bit of udder, toO; Some lamb dead prematurely All fixed up in a stew: Put in a can and Inbeled The appetite to quicken, In faring words and colors- "Perfection Potted Chicken" …

Things I Meant To Do

THINGS I MEANT TO DO 45410 It's true I haven't done a lot To show my natural bent: The things to judge folks by is not The act, but the intent The crop that measured scant and small, The roof where rain came through- Don't notice them They…

My Lady’s Gown

MY LADY'S GOWN William J Lampton 4151 Just pull it in To meet her chin,- A ballet dress 'twill be Then let it down To reach the ground- An evening dress you'll see

Good

GOOD 3932 Tall chimneys are belching Their columns of smoke; But life is a plenic, Oh, life is a jokel The street cars are glanging, And work calls to me But there's a home-coming, Home-coming to thee Aye, there's a home-coming At…

Naturally

Naturally 5605 "For each of these flowers I'll give you a kiss!" Cries out the adorably sweet little miss: But she pouts as I rush for the door "Are you running away from that?"says she: "No" I answer "There's only a doz- en, you see- I'm…

The Fisherman’s Rubaiyat

THE FISHERMAN'S RUBAIYAT 5443 Wake! for the clock is several hours late, And in the pools the eager troutlets wait, All longing for the brilliant-colored fly- While from your flask sounds gurgle of the bait I sometimes think that never…

Watering The Lambs

Watering the Lambs 3695 Watering the Lambs Little drops of water Break the hardest rocks, Little drops of water Swell the Lambkins stocks; Little drops of water- And other little drops- Fill the largest buckets In the bucket-shops

Prayer For George Francis Key

Prayer for George Francis Key 16012 "Look down, Great God, this night defend, And us in safety keep, Thy Providential arnı extend, And guard us while we sleep; What e'er in thought or word or deed This day amiss I've…

He’s Had No Show

He's Had No Show 3446 Joe Reell 'ud set upon a ker Down to the groc'ry store, an' throw One leg right over t'other leg An' swear he'd never had no show "Oh, no," said Joe, "Hain't hed…

The Farm’s Lost Pup

The Farm's Lost Pup 3692 He was lost!-not a shade of a doubt of that: For he never barked at a slinking cat, But stood in the square where the wind blew raw With a drooping ear and a trembling: paw, And a mournful look in his pleading eye…

The Snail’s Reply

The Snail's Reply 2013 I said to a snail: "In the pleasant weather Why do you dawdle along that way?" "Because I'm never quite certain whether I'd rather go on or rather stay! "There may be trouble ahead awaiting "There may be pleasure behind…

A Whimsy

A Whimsy 5286 There's a girl With a curl, That I'm likin' down yonder to Punkia- ville; And she Says to me: "Well, I won't if I won't and I will if I will" And I tell you, sirs, The way that she says it makes my hair like hers Durn girls That…

The Old Organist

The Old Organist 3196 The morning services were o'er And yet the people stayed While some remarked how wondrous well The old professor played His muste filled the village church Somehow as ne'er before: And c'en the choir were loath…

On The Blas

On the Blas 3434 There was a crooked lawyer, and he couldn't make a cent By any means both straight and sound: it didn't suit his bent; And so one day this lawyer drew a crooked little brief, And now he is a railroad's councilor-in-chief

Go’N’ To Be Like Dad

Go'n' To Be Like Dad 2491 Across the district sehoolroom flour The checkered shadows While on the benchained and Those dignitaries sit: A president is in the roar With freckles on his nom Beside him aita a pirate chief, Who wiggles all…

The Car Of Salvation

Thing’s Inside

Thing's Inside 1601 My papa is a doctor man, An' that is how he knows Each little thing inside of me, An' how it runs an' goes Ho tells me I have whizzin' wheels Inside my head that spin- I ast him onet t' tell me how Th' buzzin' wheels…

In November

In November 505-6 When October's golden days Darken to November's haze You can sing a song of praise And a joyful endence raise If your step is spry But if with the nipping breeze You are lame in both your knees As the leaves…