James Whitcomb Riley Poems on Place (47 Poems)
The Old Hay-Mow (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
The Old Hay-mow’s the place to playFer boys, when it’s a rainy day!I good-’eal ruther be up thereThan down in town, er anywhere! When I play in our stable-loft,The good old hay’s so dry an’ soft,An’ feels so fine, an’ … Continue reading
When She Comes Home (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
When she comes home again! A thousand ways I fashion, to myself, the tenderness Of my glad welcome: I shall tremble–yes;And touch her, as when first in the old daysI touched her girlish hand, nor dared upraise Mine eyes, such was my faint … Continue reading
Granny (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Granny’s come to our house, And ho! my lawzy-daisy! All the childern round the place Is ist a-runnin’ crazy! Fetched a cake fer little Jake, And fetched a pie fer Nanny, And fetched a pear fer all the pack That … Continue reading
The Old Swimmin’-Hole (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
OH! the old swimmin’-hole! whare the crick so still and deep Looked like a baby-river that was laying half asleep, And the gurgle of the worter round the drift jest below Sounded like the laugh of something we onc’t ust … Continue reading
Liberty (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
New Castle, July 4, 1878 or a hundred years the pulse of time Has throbbed for Liberty; For a hundred years the grand old clime Columbia has been free; For a hundred years our country’s love, The Stars and Stripes, … Continue reading
Almost Beyond Endurance (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I ain’t a-goin’ to cry no more, no more! I’m got ear-ache, an’ Ma can’t make It quit a-tall; An’ Carlo bite my rubber-ball An’ puncture it; an’ Sis she take An’ poke’ my knife down through the stable-floor An’ … Continue reading
Ike Walton’s Prayer (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I crave, dear Lord, No boundless hoard Of gold and gear, Nor jewels fine, Nor lands, nor kine, Nor treasure-heaps of anything.- Let but a little hut be mine Where at the hearthstore I may hear The cricket sing, And … Continue reading
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