The Trumpeter (Billy Bennett Poems)
Trumpeter, what are you scrounging now;Is it the call I'm seeking?The dinner smells good, p'rhaps it's suetty pud,Or they're bringing ...
Trumpeter, what are you scrounging now;Is it the call I'm seeking?The dinner smells good, p'rhaps it's suetty pud,Or they're bringing ...
Here, in her elbow chair, she sits A soul alert, alive, A poor old body shrunk and bent— ...
I hear them speak of a Fed'ral siteWhere shall arise a city bright -Mother, where is this bonzer spot?Shall we ...
Wonder I must, what I once may see Over the lofty mountains!Eyes shall meet only snow, may be;Standing here, each ...
There aince was a very pawky duke,Far kent for his joukery-pawkery,Wha owned a hoose wi' a gran' outlook,A gairden an' ...
A PAT on the back is a wonderful thing, It gives a man courage to whistle and sing; When hope ...
A lady plump and pleasing And generous and free,Her life is spent in sleek content Beside her inland sea;And, round ...
Did you ever stand on the ledges,On the brink of the great plateauAnd look from their jagged edgesOn the country ...
The world is against me, he said with a sigh."Somebody stops every scheme that I try.The world has me down ...
Heigh, ho! But they're talking, talking,As the cold, hard streets we're walkingSeeking work at any wage,While the talkers rant and ...
LXXXFrom this wide outlook on art's lonely peak, I should descry what fortune lies afar Under the influence of her ...
The brother knew well the castle old,Every closet, each outlook fair,Every turret and bartizan bold,Every chamber, garnished or bare.The brother ...
The Celt in all his variants from Builth to Ballyhoo, His mental processes are plain--one knows what he will do, ...
THROUGH my north window, in the wintry weather,-- My airy oriel on the river shore,-- I watch the sea-fowl as ...
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two, with but one inning ...
They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit ling'ring here; Their very memory is fair ...
1 They are all gone into the world of light! 2 And I alone sit ling'ring here; 3 Their very ...
There it was, word for word, The poem that took the place of a mountain. He breathed its oxygen, Even ...
Swing of the heart. O firmly hung, fastened on what invisible branch. Who, who gave you the push, that you ...
I find it very difficult to enthuse Over the current news. Just when you think that at least the outlook ...
"The world is against me," he said with a sigh. "Somebody stops every scheme that I try. The world has ...
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