A Drunken A.B. (James Ephraim McGirt Poems)
One cold wet winter eveningI was hurrying to my home,I passed a drunkard lying in the mire;The sleet was falling ...
One cold wet winter eveningI was hurrying to my home,I passed a drunkard lying in the mire;The sleet was falling ...
Two friends were sitting at a table drinking tea.A sudden hubbub arose in the street. They heard pitiable groans, furiousabuse, ...
Oh, Paddy dear, and did you hearThe news that's going round,On the head of bold Ned KellyThey have placed two ...
Since men with life must purchase life And some must die that more may live, Unto the ...
The criminal of other daysWas tortured in outlandish ways;Upon the rack they'd break his backOr at the stake they'd burn ...
To this generation I would say:Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty.It may serve a turn in your ...
He has slept with accountants and brokers, With a cowgirl (well, someone from Healds). He has slept with non-smokers and ...
What thoughts I have of you tonight, Walt Whit- man, for I walked down the sidestreets under the trees with ...
I crossed the parking lot The man in the convenience store beyond the gas pumps trying to cash already cashed ...
The Sun, who never stops to dine, Two hours had pass'd the mid-way line, And driving at his usual rate, ...
A pote is sure a goofy guy; He ain't got guts like you or I To tell the score; He ...
SHAKE back your hair, O red-headed girl. Let go your laughter and keep your two proud freckles on your chin. ...
When wise Ulysses, from his native coast Long kept by wars, and long by tempests toss'd, Arrived at last, poor, ...
I was the Sunday school superintendent, The dummy president of the wagon works And the canning factory, Acting for Thomas ...
To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty. It may serve a turn ...
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