By Any Other Name (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
First the teacher called the roll, Clos't to the beginnin', "Addeliney Bowersox!" Set the school a-grinnin'. Wintertime, and stingin'-cold When the session took up-- Cold as ...
Poems about acrost (21 Poems)
Nothin’ To Say (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Nothin' to say, my daughter! Nothin' at all to say!Gyrls that's in love, I've noticed, ginerly has their way!Yer mother ...
Dawn, Noon And Dewfall (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I. Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin Up and at it airly, and the orchard-blossoms bobbin'! Peekin' from the winder, half-awake, and wishin' I ...
The Kid (C J Dennis Poems)
My son! . . . Them words, jist like a blessed song,Is singin' in me 'eart the 'ole day long; ...
Termarter Sorce (C J Dennis Poems)
It was n't kid stakes. I 'ad no crook lurk To act deceivin', or to treat 'er mean.I'm old enough ...
Introduction: Rose of Spadgers (C J Dennis Poems)
I've crawled; I've eaten dirt; I've lied a treat;I've dodged the cops an' led a double life;I've readied up wild ...
In Spadger’s Lane (C J Dennis Poems)
Ole Mother Moon 'oo yanks 'er beamin' dile Acrost the sky when we've grown sick o' day,She's like some fat ...
Narcissus (C J Dennis Poems)
A man's a mug. I've worked the 'ole thing out To-day, down in the orchard where I sat ...
War (C J Dennis Poems)
'E sez to me, "Wot's orl this flamin' war? The papers torks uv nothin' else but scraps.An'wot's ole England got ...
How Jack Bowlin Steered Jones (Edwin James Brady Poems)
JACK BOWLIN wuz the joker's name, A sailor chap wuz 'e, Who left his ship, the Golden Flame ,To run ...
‘Urry (C J Dennis Poems)
Now, Ma-til-der! Ain't cher dressed yet? I declare, the girl ain't up!Last as ushul. Move yerself, you sleepy'-ead!Are you goin' ...
Mules (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
I never would 'ave done it if I'd known what it would be;I thought it meant promotion an' some extra ...
The Grand Tour (Cicely Fox Smith Poems)
I always wished to see the world, I 'ad no chanst before,Nor I don't suppose I should 'ave if there ...
The Mad Soldier (E Wyndham Tennant Poems)
I dropp'd here three weeks ago, yes ~ I know,And it's bitter cold at night, since the fight ~ I ...
October on the Sheep Range (Arthur Chapman Poems)
There ain't no leaves to turn to gold—There ain't a tree in sight—In other ways the herder's toldOctober's come, all ...
The Grocery (Amy Lowell Poem)
"Hullo, Alice!" "Hullo, Leon!" "Say, Alice, gi' me a couple O' them two for five cigars, Will yer?" "Where's your ...
For To Admire (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
The Injian Ocean sets an' smiles So sof', so bright, so bloomin' blue; There aren't a wave for miles an' ...
Fuzzy-Wuzzy (Rudyard Kipling Poem)
(Soudan Expeditionary Force) We've fought with many men acrost the seas, An' some of 'em was brave an' some was ...
The Tearful Tale Of Captain Dan (Ellis Parker Butler Poem)
A sinner was old Captain Dan; His wives guv him no rest: He had one wife to East Skiddaw And ...
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, ...
Knee-Deep in June (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Tell you what I like the best -- 'Long about knee-deep in June, 'Bout the time strawberries melts On the ...