Jimmy’s Choice (John Hartley Poems)
One limpin Jimmy wed a lass;An this wor th' way it coom to pass--He'd saved a little bit o' brass, An ...
One limpin Jimmy wed a lass;An this wor th' way it coom to pass--He'd saved a little bit o' brass, An ...
He wor a poor hard workin lad, An shoo a workin lass,An hard they tew'd throo day to day, For varry little ...
One neet aw went hooam, what time aw can't tell,But it must ha been lat, for awd th' street to ...
"Gooid gracious!" cried Susy, one fine summer's morn, "Here's a bonny to do! aw declare!Aw wor nivver soa capt sin th' ...
I saw within the wheelwright's shedThe big round cartwheels, blue and red;A plough with blunted share;A blue tin jug; a ...
O had you well frae Geordie Bell,Ye go and ago;There's few folks dafter than himsel',Irum corum dago.As thro' Edina's streets ...
I have an attic-not city made,Nor far removed from the fresh green earth,Strewn with the tools of a manly trade,And ...
I pass a cobbler's shop along the streetAnd pause a moment at the door-step, where,In nature's medley, piping cool and ...
Mi darlin' Muse, aw coax and pet her,To pleeas yo, for aw like nowt better;An' if aw find aw connot ...
"Poor Tom's a-cold!" Upon his shrinking headThe pelting storm beats pitiless! On bedOf languishing, disease, and cureless painHe lies, surrounded ...
To the memory of John Peale Bishop, 1892-1944Attor porsi la mano un poco avante,e colsi un ramicel da un gran ...
Rebellion hath broken up house,And hath left me old lumber to sell;Come hither and take your choice,I'll promise to use ...
X'kien li laqqgħana f'din id-dar hekk ħiemdaInti forsi ma tafx, għasfur lelluxi;U anqa taf il-għaliex, meta jien noħroġGħax-xogħ'l fil-għodu, il-bieb ...
The carpenter is intent on the pressure of his hand on the awl and the trick of pinpointing his strengththrough ...
St. Crispin to Mr. Gifford.All unadvised, and in an evil hour, Lured by aspiring thoughts, my son, you daft The ...
raise the shade will youse dearie? rain wouldn't that get yer goat but we don't care do we dearie we ...
For Elizabeth Bishop Nautilus Island's hermit heiress still lives through winter in her Spartan cottage; her sheep still graze above ...
[I feel considerable hesitation in venturing to offer this version of a poem which Carlyle describes to be 'a beautiful ...
Gone are the days when you could walk on water. When you could walk. The days are gone. Only one ...
1 COME closer to me; Push close, my lovers, and take the best I possess; Yield closer and closer, and ...
Now Night came down, and rose full soon That patroness of rogues, the Moon; Beneath whose kind protecting ray, Wolves, ...
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