Old Spense (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
You've seen his place, I reckon, friend? 'Twas rather kind ov tryin'.The way he made the dollars fly, Such gimcrack things a-buyin'-- He ...
You've seen his place, I reckon, friend? 'Twas rather kind ov tryin'.The way he made the dollars fly, Such gimcrack things a-buyin'-- He ...
O, hits time fur de plantin' ur de co'n; De groun' am wa'm, de furrers made — ("Caw! caw!" de black crow ...
From dusk till dawn the livelong nightShe kept the tallow dips alight,And fast her nimble fingers flewTo sew the stars ...
THE PARTING HOUR.Minutely trace man's life; year after year,Through all his days let all his deeds appear,And then though some ...
I.She stood at Greenwich, motionless amid The ever-shifting crowd of passengers.I marked a big tear quivering on the lid Of ...
Howdy sistah Tootles! Ah's jes' er passin' by. Thought I'd kindah drap in Let yo' kno' revival's nigh. Hain't seed ...
UNCLE JIMOld Uncle Jim was as blind as a mole, But he could fiddle Virginia Reels, Till you felt the ...
To MR. E. H. SHARP. Blue bird an' de killdee Am er flittin' by! Spring time chillun! An' de fishin' ...
In the wild Weddin Mountains there live two young damesKate O'Meally, Bet Mayhew are their pretty names;These maids of the ...
Here's the likeness of the Betsy: sometime in the eighteen thirtiesThey built her in Newcastle where the coaly dust and ...
I was fairly drunk when it began and I took out my bottle and used it along the way. I ...
Until tonight they were separate specialties, different stories, the best of their own worst. Riding my warm cabin home, I ...
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