Poems about dressin (16 Poems)
The Party (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
DEY had a gread big pahty down to Tom’s de othah night;Was I dah? You bet! I neveh in my life see sich a sight;All de folks f’om fou’ plantations was invited, an’ dey come,Dey come troopin’ thick ez chillun … Continue reading
`For’ard’ (Henry Lawson Poems)
It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep,For there’s near a hundred for’ard, and they’re stowed away like sheep, –They are trav’lers for the most part in a straight ‘n’ honest path;But their linen’s rather scanty, an’ there … Continue reading
The Pillar of the Church (John O Brien Poems)
Faith, ’tis good to see him comin’ when the bell for Mass is flingin’Gladsome golden notes appealin’ on the Sabbath-softened air,Sweet compelling invitations to the congregation stringin’Up the road to old St. Michael’s, on the blessed day of prayer.You might … Continue reading
The Rivals; Or The Showman’s Ruse (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
A TRAGI-COMEDY, IN ONE ACT. PERSONS REPRESENTED. BILLY MILLER ) The Rivals JOHNNY WILLIAMS ) TOMMY WELLS Conspirator TIME–Noon: SCENE–Country Town–Rear-view of the Miller Mansion, showing Barn, with practical loft-window opening on alley-way, with colored-crayon poster beneath, announcing:–”BILLY MILLER’S Big Show and Monstur Circus and Equareum! A shour-bath fer Each … Continue reading
Song For Th’ Hard Times, (1879.) (John Hartley Poems)
Nah chaps, pray dooant think it’s a sarmon awm praichin, If aw tell yo some nooations at’s entered mi pate;For ther’s nubdy should turn a cold shoulder to taichin, If th’ moral be whoalsum an th’ matter be reight.We’re goin throo a … Continue reading
Hezekiah’s Art (Joseph C Lincoln Poems)
My son Hezekiah’s a painter; yes, that’s the purfession he’s at;An artist, I mean,–course he ain’t a whitewasher or nothin’ like that.At home he was always a-drawin’ and shirkin’ his work ’round the place,And kept me continyerly jawin’ or dressin’ … Continue reading
Krismas Dinnah (Maggie Pogue Johnson Poems)
We’s invited down to brudder Browns,On a Krismas day,To an ol’ time Krismas dinnah,So de imbertation say.De deacons en der wives was dar,De parson en his wife;En all dem folks did sho’ look good,You kin bet yo’ life!De wimmin folks … Continue reading
Sermon Time (Joseph C Lincoln Poems)
“Blessed are the poor in spirit”: there, I’ll just remember that,And I’ll say it over ‘n over, till I’ve got it good and pat,For when I get home from meetin’, Gran’ma’ll ask me for the text,And if I say I’ve … Continue reading
Circumstance (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
TIM Murphy’s gon’ walkin’ wid Maggie O’Neill,O chone!If I was her muther, I’d frown on sich foolin’,O chone!I’m sure its unmutherlike, darin’ an’ wrongTo let a gyrul hear ‘tell the sass an’ the songOf every young felly that happens along,O … Continue reading
De Men Folks Ob Today (Maggie Pogue Johnson Poems)
Ob all de subjicts I kin read,Or reason on so well,De one I cum tonight to plead,Is de one I likes to tell.‘Tis all about dese men folks,Who’s losin’ all dey sense,You needn’t look at me and sneer,Case it’s a … Continue reading