Tag Archive for: Miscellaneous Reflections
Which Oae?
ReflectionsWhich Oae?
4229
There were two little kittine, a black and a gras
And grandmamma said with a frown:
"Twiil never do to keep them both; the black one we had better drown
Don't cry, my dear," to tiny Bess: "one kitten is nough to keep:
Now…
The Mountains
ReflectionsThe Mountains
2236
I saw the mountains stand
Silent, wonderful and grand,
Looking out across the land
When the golden light was falling
On distant dome and spire,
And I heard a low voice calling:
"Come up higher, come up higher
From…
Liked It
ReflectionsLiked It
5288
A sweet little maiden named
May Once strolled in a park o'er the way,
She met a young man
Who kissed her and ran,
And now she goes there ev'ry day
-Denver P…
The Consumer’s Turn
ReflectionsThe Consumer's Turn
4675
For all these years I've suffered, but
My turn has come at last;
They stare at me in envy from
The jails when I go past
I may have suffered from them, but I hold no angry hate,
For vengeance comes to those of us…
A Wonder
ReflectionsA WONDER
4369
Xenophon Wiseboy's a wonderful man,
He's always evolving some curious plan
For freeing the world from conten-tion and strife
And scattering roses through every- one's life
He gets out his pen and a bottle of Inc
And settles…
Rondeau
ReflectionsRondeau
2188
I promised to obey? Perhaps that's so
I do not? Well, that, too, I think I know
You see, I'd no experience of men
You weren't a bear, who growled about his den;
Your claws and teeth you were too smart to show
Oh, but you were…
Weather Talk
ReflectionsWeather Talk
3777
Our dear old Hoosier poet, Jlm Riley, tells us:
It ain't no use to grumble and complalu,
It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice:
When God sorts out the weather and sends rain,
Why, rain's my choice
In The Country
ReflectionsHow kind I sm to be a toller where
There ain't no smoke to make your col- Ine binck-
thosh! how that son does beat down on my back
Where every prospect pinuses, an' the air is always pure an' bracin- declare
My tongue feels almost dry enough…
Ring The Bell, Watchman
ReflectionsRing the Bell, watchman
2932
High in the belfry the old sexton stands
Clasping the rope with his thin, long hands
Fixed is his gaze as by some magic spell
Till he hears the distant murmur, "Ring, ring the bell"
Chorus-
Ring the bell, watchman,…
Blab Ballads
ReflectionsBlab Ballads
Nixon Waterman
2621
Emersonian Extravagance
"Hitch your wagon to a star!"
Sounds very fine, of course,
But it would prove more prudent, far,
To own a first-class motor-car,
Or even a good,…
Peggy Reads The Paper
ReflectionsPEGGY READS THE PAPER
2504
Here's the paper-I must skim it,
For I want the news, of course;
Another bank cashier's absconded,
Mrs Brown gets her divorce,
Half a page reporting Congress,
I don't want to wade through that,
Trusts and labor…
An Enthusiastic Member
ReflectionsAn Enthusiastic Member
5707
I's joined the lazy union-dat's de company foh me:
Dar ain't no rules an' by-laws, but we sol- emnly agree
That in the tline that passes 'twix' the spring and early fall
We is gwinter to take life easy an' not do…
The Hidden Trail
ReflectionsThe Hidden Trail
1282
My life stands still, the wheels of being elog;
No hour is struck, and time has ceased to be
The hazy choking clouds of wreathing fog
Cover the pathway I no longer see
On either side some ill may lurk for me
Some…
The Bachelor’s Soliloquy
ReflectionsThe Bachelor's Soliloquy
2435
To wed or not to wed;
That is the question
Whether 'tis better
To remain single,
And disappoint a few women-
For a time;
Or marry,
And disappoint one woman-
For life?
The Make-Believe Boy
ReflectionsThe Make-Believe Boy
1284
He used to come when I was alone,
And we'd play games; but the most ghost,
';d tell him stories-pirate, chomo
And what I'll do when I am grown,
A girl moved in the house next door-
I didn't eare: I don't like…
At The Table
ReflectionsAT THE TABLE
5537
The years have sped since irst I led
You to the table, le, deat
And you sat over there alone
And I sat smiling here
A year or two flew past, and you
No longer sat alone,
A little one was in your arms,
Your darling and…
The Chuck Wagon
ReflectionsTHE CHUCK WAGON
2766
A cowpuncher's cafay A
It is that-o-way,
An' we sulke it kerslam 'bout three times a day:
When cook rells, "Come git it!"
He don't have to plead,
"Hi yip! all you logles, come gather your feed!"
A Relapse
ReflectionsA Relapse
2977
Within the city's din and dust,
Its heat and toil and friction,
I dwelt, as many mortals must,
Till saddened with affliction
I called a doctor, one
I knew To be a skilled reliever
Of human ills; said he, "Sir, you
Are…
A Wish
ReflectionsA Wish
518-2
"Be my fairy, mother;
Grant me a wish to-day,----
Something as well in the sunshine
As when the rain drops play"
"And if I were a fairy,
With but one wish to spare,
What should I give thee, darling,
To quiet thine earnest prayer?"
"I'd…