Old Spookses’ Pass (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
I. WE'D camped that night on Yaller Bull Flat,— Thar was Possum Billy, an' Tom, an' me. Right smart at throwin' a lariat Was ...
I. WE'D camped that night on Yaller Bull Flat,— Thar was Possum Billy, an' Tom, an' me. Right smart at throwin' a lariat Was ...
<i>1. The Enigma of Arrival</i>We are nude beneath our costumesas in the false myths we have been forcedto memorizeand there ...
(Reprinted from "The Political Nursery," midsummer number, 1898)AT midnight Death dismissed the chancellor,But left the soul of Bismarck on his ...
"O foolish people, and unwise,"Who stop your ears and shut your eyes,Though common-sense and flagrant factsProclaim the madness of your ...
OH prophetic bird so bright,Blossom-songster, cuckoo bight!In the fairest time of year,Dearest bird, oh! deign to hearWhat a youthful pair ...
At nothing, Harmsworth? Nothing?Once againOne wants to plead, though one must plead in vain,That you would condescend to clearer terms."Nothing" ...
I will bring fire to thee.Euripides.-'Androm'.'Eiros'.Why do you call me Eiros?'Charmion'.So henceforward will you always be called. You must forget,too, ...
IWhere West Point crouches, and with lifted shield Turns the whole river eastward through the pass;Whose jutting crags, half silver, ...
XXIVIf one voice, not another, must speak first, out of the silence, the stillness, the preceding- speaking clearly, speaking slowly, ...
Johannes, son of Gilbert, born At Warren Magna, com. Wigorn., Till one-and-twenty simple John, Cast his eyes on Alison ; ...
I knew an old philanthropist, a farming man was he,Shrewd at a deal, but still withal a man of charity.He ...
That Iam much too oldfor youor that youare too young for methese are allhefty argumentsthat would be crucialin the training ...
OH prophetic bird so bright, Blossom-songster, cuckoo bight! In the fairest time of year, Dearest bird, oh! deign to hear ...
Murderous madmen, willing to abuse, to torture, to inflict pain, indiscriminate heartless, oft calculated Unlike us, held up for ridicule, ...
Having a wheel and four legs of its own Has never availed the cumbersome grindstone To get it anywhere that ...
The events of September 11th 2001 remain bitter sweet; as well as 2973 innocents confirmed dead (with their 19 terrorist ...
I do not question whether I am happy or unhappy. Yet there is one thing that I keep gladly in ...
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