Fool-Youngens (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Me an' Bert an' Minnie-Belle Knows a joke, an' we won't tell! No, we don't--'cause we don't know _Why_ we got to laughin' ...
Me an' Bert an' Minnie-Belle Knows a joke, an' we won't tell! No, we don't--'cause we don't know _Why_ we got to laughin' ...
Seven dog-days we let pass Naming Queens in Glenmacnass, All the rare and royal names Wormy sheepskin yet retains, Etain, Helen, Maeve, and Fand, Golden ...
Bert AlwardThe brawling voices babble as beforeThough one is hushed : the noblest and the bestIs taken from our midst, ...
"I - At The Post-Office It was a gray, midwinter afternoon.A noisy wind pursued the fine hard flakesOf blinding snow, ...
Blokes ~ 'ErbDo you know 'Erb? Now, there's a dinkum sport. If football's on your mind, why, 'Erb's the sort ...
A sight that gives me much distress Is George without his trousers,Garbed, scantily, in bathing dress Proscribed by saintly Wowsers,And ...
Did you ever meet Bert? 'E's all over the town, In offices, shops an' in various places, Cocky an' ...
The little home paper comes to me, As badly printed as it can be; It's ungrammatical, cheap, absurd--Yet, how I ...
Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom, and Charley, The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, ...
Bert Alward The brawling voices babble as before Though one is hushed : the noblest and the best Is taken ...
When this 'ere war's finished, Bill said,"If we ain't all dead,Most of the crowd's all for quittin' the sea.Joe's goin' ...
My father who owned the wagon-shopAnd grew rich shoeing horsesSent me to the University of Montreal.I learned nothing and returned ...
In summer I'm disposed to shirk,As summer is no time to work.In winter inspiration diesFor lack of out-door exercise.In spring ...
Calmly we walk through this April's day, Metropolitan poetry here and there, In the park sit pauper and rentier, The ...
Me and Ed and a stretcher Out on the nootral ground. (If there's one dead corpse, I'll betcher There's a ...
My boy's come back; he's here at last; He came home on a special train. My longing and my ache ...
The Bishop tells us: 'When the boys come back 'They will not be the same; for they'll have fought 'In ...
1. The dark socket of the year the pit, the cave where the sun lies down and threatens never to ...
Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom, and Charley, The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, ...
My father who owned the wagon-shop And grew rich shoeing horses Sent me to the University of Montreal. I learned ...
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