His Birthday, October the 7th, 1912
RILEY, whose pen has made the world your debtor,
Whose Art has kept you young through sixty years,
Brimming our hearts with laughter and with tears,
Holding her faith pure to the very letter:
We come to you today, both man and woman,
And happy little children, girl and boy,-
To laurel you with all our love and joy,
And crown you for the dreams your pen made human:
For Orphant Annie and for Old Aunt Mary,
The Raggedty Man, who never will grow older,
And all the kindly folks from Griggsby’s Station,
Immortal throngs, with Spirk and Wunk and Faery,
Who swarm behind you, peering o’er your shoulder,
Sharing with you the blessings of a Nation.
(Madison Julius Cawein)
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