Tag Archive for: one
After
Love and RomanceAFTER
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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…
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,
…
One Of The Leisure Class
Historical Events and FiguresOne of the Leisure Class
89-8
Sure I niver wuz so happy as I am
right now
Fer I lost me job this marnin' an
I'm free
An' I goes around a grinnin' at the
min who have to work
An' I know that they are wishin
they wuz me
Sure 'tis little cash…
The One Who Gets The Cake
ReflectionsTHE ONE WHO GETS THE CAKE
5059
The man who is slow and collected
May capture some prizes, perhaps:
But the wideawake mind full of "ginger," you'll find,
Is the one that gets into the "anaps"
…
The Wonderful One Hoss Shay
Childhood and InnocenceThe Wonderful One Hoss SHay
OLIVER WENDELL HOMES
4902
Have you heard of the wonderful one hoss shay,
That was built in such a logical way
It ran a hundred years to a day,
And then of a sudden, it-ah, but stay-
I'll tell you what happened…
A Dead One
Love and RomanceA DEAD ONE
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Brathes there a man, with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said:
"My trade of late is getting bad:
I'll try another ton-inch ad"
If such there be go mark him well;
For him no bank account will swell,
No angels watch…
“One Of The Boys”
Childhood and InnocenceONE OF THE BOYS
2553
He is way beyond fifty, his hair's turning gray
But still he can laugh in the folliest way:
He hasn't forgotten the fun in a jest:
He tells the old stories with heartlest zest,
He knows all the new ones; he likes lots…
Nothing
Friendship and CompanionshipNOTHING
3207
One day they had a falling out
And played the game of sulk and pout;
And what d'ye think 'twas all about?
Nothing!
She went to ma's and meant to stay!
Which made his dinner late that day:
When she returned, what did he say?…