Home Thoughts From Abroad (John Buchan Poems)
Aifter the war, says the papers, they'll no be content at hame,The lads that hae feucht wi' death twae 'ear ...
Aifter the war, says the papers, they'll no be content at hame,The lads that hae feucht wi' death twae 'ear ...
MotherOh, what a heavy sigh! Dicky, are you ailing? DickyEven by this fireside, mother, My heart is failing.To-night across the down, Whistling and jolly,I ...
COME and see ! Come and see ! "The Thrush pipes out of the haw-thorn-tree :And I and Dicky on ...
When Dicky was sick In the night, and the clock, As he listened, said "Tick- Atty--tick-atty--tock!" He said that _it_ said, Every time it said ...
Here lies the Earl of Suffolk's fool, Men call'd him Dicky Pearce;His folly served to make folks laugh, When wit and mirth ...
WE brought our old tub over With lumber, from the Sound One sinner jammed and crippled, A silly bo'sun drowned; ...
Ho! the sky's as blue as blazes an' the sun is shinin' bright, An' the dicky birds is singin' over'ead,An' ...
Oh! sadly sing my weeping Muse 'Till Echo mourn again; An honest Tallow-Chandler's dirge, Should be a melting strain. Although ...
Father, dear Father, come home with me nowThe clock in the steeple strikes oneWe've got dover soles, lemon soles, camisoles, ...
HIM!He dressed hisself from top ter toeTo beat the lates' fash'n.He give his boots a extry glow,His dicky glistered like ...
"But it isn't playing the game," he said, And he slammed his books away; "The Latin and Greek I've got ...
I've got a little job on 'and, the time is drawin' nigh; At seven by the Captain's watch I'm due ...
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