Tugg Martin (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I. Tugg Martin's tough.--No doubt o' that! And down there at The town he come from word's bin sent Advisin' this-here Settle-ment To kindo' _humor_ ...
I. Tugg Martin's tough.--No doubt o' that! And down there at The town he come from word's bin sent Advisin' this-here Settle-ment To kindo' _humor_ ...
Fer forty year and better you have been a friend to me,Through days of sore afflictions and dire adversity,You allus ...
The joyous day illumes the sky That bids each care and sorrow fly To shades of endless night: E'en frozen age, thawed in ...
In Cypres springes, wheras dame Venus dwelt, A well so hote that who so tastes the same, Were he of stone, as ...
When ice is thawed and snow is gone,And racy sweetness floods the trees;When snow-birds from the hedge have flown,And on ...
At bed-sides, in dusk of forebodings, many a time, I know,Before thy conquering gaze has my gaze been laid low.In ...
On a day like this the rain comesdown in fat and random drops amongthe ailanthus leaves—-"the treeof Heaven"—-the leaves that ...
"He is my friend," I said,-- "Be patient!" Overhead The skies were drear and dim; And lo! the thought of him Smited on my heart--and ...
Thawed out pond.A shrimp movesAmong old algae.(Masaoka Shiki)
Down, you mongrel, Death!Back into your kennel!I have stolen breathIn a stalk of fennel!You shall scratch and you shall whineMany ...
This is the yarn that M'Larty told by the brazier fire,Where over the mud-filled trenches the star-shells blaze and expire ...
DID she in summer write it, or in spring, Or with this wail of autumn ...
Shall I move the flowers again? Shall I put them further to the left into the light? Win that fix ...
Thousand minstrels woke within me, "Our music's in the hills; "- Gayest pictures rose to win me, Leopard-colored rills. Up!-If ...
There's an infinity of wisdom in your smile that would deny the winsome wit that lies at back of it; ...
Though bleak these woods, and damp the ground With fallen leaves so thickly strown, And cold the wind that wanders ...
Though bleak these woods and damp the ground With fallen leaves so thickly strewn, And cold the wind that wanders ...
On a day like this the rain comes down in fat and random drops among the ailanthus leaves---"the tree of ...
I took a contract to bury the body of blasphemous Bill MacKie, Whenever, wherever or whatsoever the manner of death ...
Sir, Our times are much degenerate from those Which your sweet muse with your fair fortune chose, And as complexions ...
Down, you mongrel, Death! Back into your kennel! I have stolen breath In a stalk of fennel! You shall scratch ...
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