Anonymous Americas Poems on Faces (19 Poems)
Tam Lin (Anonymous Americas Poems)
O I forbid you, maidens a’,That wear gowd on your hair,To come or gae by Carterhaugh,For young Tam Lin is there. There’s nane that gaes by CarterhaughBut they leave him a wad,Either their rings, or green mantles,Or else their maidenhead. … Continue reading
Hellbound Train (Anonymous Americas Poems)
A Texas cowboy lay down on a barroom floor,Having drunk so much he could drink no more;So he fell asleep with a troubled brainTo dream that he rode on a hell-bound train. The engine with murderous blood was dampAnd was … Continue reading
The Hell-Bound Train (Anonymous Americas Poems)
A Texas cowboy lay down on a barroom floor, Having drunk so much he could drink no more; So he fell asleep with a troubled brain To dream that he rode on a hell-bound train. The engine with murderous blood … Continue reading
Enlisted Today (Anonymous Americas Poems)
I know the sun shines, and the lilacs are blowing, And the summer sends kisses by beautiful May —Oh! to see all the treasures the spring is bestowing, And think my boy Willie enlisted today. It seems but a day … Continue reading
Mademoiselle (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Mademoiselle from Armenti?res, Parley-voo? Mademoiselle from Armenti?res, Parley-voo? Mademoiselle from Armenti?res, She hasn’t been kissed in forty years, Hinky, dinky, parley-voo. Mademoiselle from Armenti?res, Parley-voo? Mademoiselle from Armenti?res, Parley-voo? She had the form like the back of a hack, When … Continue reading
I’m Growing Old (Anonymous Americas Poems)
I’M growing old – ‘t is surely so;And yet how short it seemsSince I was but a sportive child,Enjoying childish dreams! I cannot see the change that comesWith such an even pace;I mark not when the wrinkles fallUpon my fading … Continue reading
The Chase (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Quick, fly to the covert, thou hunted of men!For the bloodhounds are baying o’er mountain and glen;The riders are mounted, the loose rein is given,And curses of wrath are ascending to heaven.O, speed to thy footsteps! for ruin and death,Like … Continue reading
Two Pictures (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Two pictures hung on the dingy wallof a grand old Florentine hall- One was a child of beauty rareWith a cherub face and golden hair;The lovely look whose radiant eyesFilled the soul with thoughts of Paradise. The other was a … Continue reading
The Zouaves At Bethel (Anonymous Americas Poems)
Five Zouaves killed! — one thousand in all — Five from a thousand? Then he may be one.If in the havoc of bayonet and ball, So many were killed, one may be my son. And death, to the boy, … Continue reading
Missing (Anonymous Americas Poems)
In the cool, sweet hush of a wooded nook, Where the May buds sprinkle the green old mound,And the winds and the birds and the limpid brook, Murmur their dreams with a drowsy sound;Who lies so still in … Continue reading
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