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Chollie

CHOLLIE 4424 He was a youth of high degree, His collar monstrous tall, He lithped a pretty little lithp And danced at every ball; He ogled every girl he saw, His nerve was mostly gall; He had a bad cold in his head, And that was all

Difficulties

DIFFICULTIES James J Montague 2625 I know a fellow who has built a ship to sail the air, In which he hopes to fiit about like swallows, here and there, And look with cold contempt upon us crawling things below; The only trouble with it…

Asleep In Jesus

Asleep in Jesus 4742 Asleep in Jesus! Blessed sleep From which none ever wakes to werp: A calm and undisturbed repose Unbroken by the inst of focs Asleep in Jesus Oh, how sweet To be for such a slumber meet! With holy confidence to sing…

A Failure

A Failure W, Broaway 1752 He failed? Perhaps but now he is at rest, Cold, tired hands upon a quiet breast Think only of him what is best He failed? But you have laid him 'neath the sod; The rest concerns himself and God It is not yours…

The Friends

The Friends By Charles Hanson Towne 954 By Charles Hanson Towne in Tom Watson & Magazine Share not thy joy with me, O friend the best; Thou may'st forget me then-I shall not care: But shut me from thy grief the bitterest, And mine own grief…

Please Come And Play In The My Yard

Please Come and Play in the My Yard 89-4 Two little girls, with two little curia, were living side by side: Ons little mald, cach morning played, in a yard so grand and wide But in the next house, na poor as a mouse, s chlid gazed longitiyly "Till…

“Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep”

"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" 43613 "Now I lay me down to sleep: I pray the Lord my soul to keep,"L Was my childhood's early prayer, Taught by my mother's love and care Many years since they have fled: Mother slumbers with the dead; Yet…

Two Lovers

Two Lovers 3043 Two lovers by a moss grown spring, They leaned soft cheeks together theres Mingled the dark and sunny hair And heard the wooing th thrushes sing Oh, budding time! Oh, love's best prime! Two,…

Pan In The Catskills

PAN IN THE CATSKILLS Bliss Carman 5061 They say that he is dead, and now no more The reedy syrinx sounds among the hills, When the long summer heat is on the land But I have heard the Catskill thrushes sing, And therefore am incredulous…

A Boyhood Recollection

A Boyhood REcollection 2089 High up on a shelf in the pantry it stood- In fancy I see it again- A remedy certain to do you much good, Though fraught with incredible pain There is nothing in all of the various ills That mortals are called…

“Where Do You Go From Here?

"WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE? 4003 Human nature is pretty much alike the world over and all of the family are more or less curious in regard to circuses and circus people and natur ally ask questions of various kinds concerning when …

Wealth

Wealth 3439 The cares of wealth, so we are told, Forbid the smile and chaff: The julep holds the only mint Whose owner dares to laugh

My Dad’s Dinner Pall

My Dad's Dinner Pall 3831 I'll preserve that old kettle, so blackened and worn It belonged to my father before I was born: It hung in the corner beyond on a nail It's the emblem of labor, my dad's dinner pail Chorus- It glistened like stiver,…

Custer’s Last Charge

Custer's Last Charge 3845 Who were those so nobly meeting That wild rush of savage reds? Husbands were they lovers, brothers, Sleeping now in gory beds Hark! A wall from Northland, Southland, Mourning for our nobio slain; Custer and his…

From That Far Land

From that Far Land Harriet Boyer, Lippincott's 1914 Last night I heard you call my name From that far land which is so near Oh, did you, dear? I woke and wept with pain and loss It was so sweet to hear your voice It was so sad Spite of…

Washing Day

Washing Day 3784 But what he had to dine upon, In faith I shall not say, But I'll wager he'll not come again Upon a washing day For it's thump, thump, etc On the sad morning when I rise I make a fervent prayer Up to the gods that it…

Misrepresentative Women

Misrepresentative Women 1482 I should like to remark that Dame Rumor Is the most unalluring of jades; She has little or no sense of humor, And her fables are worse than George Ade's- (Or rather, I mean, if the reader prefers, That the…

Try, Try Again

Try, Try Again 4549 Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try again; If at first you don't succeed Thy, try again Then your courage shall appear For if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear: Try, try again Once or twice though you…

A Domestic Mistake

A Domestic Mistake 2751 Van Winker kept a country store, and his clever Wife Jeannette Tended the children and the house, and saw that both ends met A happy couple! yet one night, when Van had made alors, He went unto his pleasant home-well,…

The Suburbanite

The Suburbanite 5597 Come all ye lads and lasses, Now jocund be and gay; September's sun is shining And this is Labor Day For all the politicians Have dirty work to do- The labor faker's busy, Then be you busy too From forge and shop…