Tag Archive for: Miscellaneous Reflections
Probling For The Bullet
ReflectionsProbling for the Bullet
3194
He's fought the railroads-man and boy- For years, has Charley Curtis
And now this fact doth him annoy- He can't show where their hurt is
The Emhattled Far,Mers
ReflectionsThe Emhattled Farmers
25510
There's an army on the murch,
Which plies neither word nor torch;
No flags or banners mark the troopers' way
There are times it fights by night,
Then again in broad daylight,
And the farmer is its special plek…
What She Can Do
ReflectionsWHAT SHE CAN DO
4676
"Ever-up-to-date" in Watertown
Public-Opinion:
She has no dog to fondle,
She has no cat to pet;
She does not own a parrot;
She leads no social set:
She writes no learned papers
To read where women meet,
But she can…
She’s In Society
ReflectionsSHE'S IN SOCIETY
5549
Her mother named her "A-l-i-c-e,"
But she's changed that now, I see
In print it spells "A-l-y-s"
She's learned to flirt and to finesse
It takes her teasing brother Hal
To bring her down He calls her "Al"
…
December
ReflectionsDecember
2241
December's plercing winds go whistling by:
And leafless trees are tossing to and fro
The gloomy clouds do cover much the sky,
And all around is seen the ice and snow
Lo! down the hill the coaster's seen to glide,
And boys…
A Book Of Verse
ReflectionsA Book of Verse
3946
Meredith Nicholson has written number of poems, and his publishers have
launched them upon a waiting world with n title that
should send the author's name thundering down the aisles of the tem ple
given to the specially…
At An Open-Air Bakery
ReflectionsAt an Open-Air Bakery
2971
"My little man of grimy fist,
How busy you appear;
Your wondering eyes of amethyst
Widen with sudden fear approach, all
Your bakeshop in the open air
"Now shake hands, Master Oh-so-Shy,
And speak up how you…
The Horse Of Too Much Trouble
ReflectionsThe Horse of Too Much Trouble
4571
In the house of too much trouble
Lived & lonely little boy:
He was eager for a playmate,
He was hungry for a toy
But 'twas always too much trouble,
Too much dirt and too much noise,
For the house of…
Ht Dish
ReflectionsHt Dish
5542
Hit am de lublies' dish de Lawddone made,
De sweets' dinnah dat Ah ebbahhad-
Ter cotch there chick'n sleepin' on the rose
And gib that pullet jes' one gentle angry',
Clap tight the shoe-lace round' it be sock-mouf;
Then fry that…
After The Years
ReflectionsAfter the Years
4102
When you went back to the old home place had the mountain become a hill?
Had the raging river your boyhood knew shrunk down to a peaceful rill?
Were the monster trees in the old front yard but
half of their former size?
Was…
Put My Little Shoes Away
ReflectionsPut My Little SHoes Away
6004
Mother, dear, come bathe my forehead,
For I'm growing very weak;
Only let one drop of water
Fall upon my burning check
Chorus-
Oh, I'm going away to leave you, mother,
Oh, remember what I say;
Do it, won't…
A Song Of Summer
ReflectionsA Song of Summer
2088
Down dar whar de river run
An de win' is havin' fun,
See me sleep in de sun?-
Summertime in Dixie!
Hear de ole mule "haw" an "gee?"
See de white man lash him free?
Ain't no white man workin' me!
Summertime in Dixie!
Stretch…
The Proud Old Cochin
ReflectionsThe Proud Old Cochin
2722
There was a fat old Cochin hen
Vainglorious and proud:
And every time she laid an egg
She cackled long and loud
One day she found a goose egg in
The bottom of her nest;
And thinking she had laid it there,
She…
The Watermelon
ReflectionsThe Watermelon
4548
O see dat water million a smmiin' fro' de fence
How I wish dat watermillion it was mine,
Oh, de white folks must be foolish, dey needs a hoap ob sence,
Or dey'd nebber leabe it dar upon de vine
Chorus-
O, de ham bene…
An Imitation Poem
ReflectionsAn Imitation Poem
3699
"We've Imitation butter
And imitation milk:
We've Imitation cotton
And imitation silk
We've imitation marble
And Imitation wood;
We've imitation coffee
Salubriously good
We've imitation leather
For Imitation…
Wednesday
ReflectionsWednesday
4104
One day at at timet Every heart that aches
Knowing only top well how fons they can seent long
But it's never today which the spirit breaks
It's the darkened future, without a giram,
…
A Toast To The Farmer
ReflectionsA Toast to the Farmer
1794
Let the wealthy und great
Roll in splendor and state,
I envy them not, I declare it;
I eat my own lamb, My chickens and ham,
I shear my own fleece and I wear it
I have lawns, I have bowers,
I have fruits I have…
The Queer Little House
ReflectionsThe Queer Little House
1921