To The Memory of David Scott (John Henry Kimble Poems)
I weep for the loss of a leader in thought,Whose lessons of truth, with simplicity taught,Have bless'd and encouraged the ...
I weep for the loss of a leader in thought,Whose lessons of truth, with simplicity taught,Have bless'd and encouraged the ...
So, sit you down in a straight-backed chair, with your pipe and your wife content,And cross your knees with your ...
I. In South AfricaOver the lonesome African plainThe stars look down, like eyes of the slain.A bumping ride across gullies ...
One comes across the strangest things in walks,Fragment of Abbey tithe barns fixed in modern,With Dutch-sort houses, where the water ...
Megaceph, chosen to serve the StateIn the halls of legislative debate,One day with his credentials cameTo the capitol's door and ...
Nobody knew why it should be so;Nobody knew or wanted to know. It might have been checked had but someone ...
Souvent, pour s'amuser, les hommes d'?quipagePrennent des albatros, vastes oiseaux des mers,Qui suivent, indolents compagnons de voyage,Le navire glissant sur ...
The Glugs still live in the land of Gosh,Under the rule of the great King Splosh. And they climb the ...
What was Bo-Peep? Can anyone guess? Why, little Bo-Peep was a shepherdess! And she dressed in a short ...
Little boys, sit still-- Girls, too, if you will-- And let me tell you of Jack and Jill; ...
IFrom troubles of the world I turn to ducks,Beautiful comical thingsSleeping or curledTheir heads beneath white wingsBy water cool,Or finding ...
FROM troubles of the worldI turn to ducks,Beautiful comical thingsSleeping or curledTheir heads beneath white wingsBy water cool,Or finding curious ...
Across the sands of Syria,Or possibly Algeria,Or some benighted neighborhood of barrenness and drouth,There came the Prophet Samu-u-elUpon the Only ...
The moon swings low in the sky above, And the twinkling stars shine bright,And a mother sings to her baby ...
Bill o' Sheepsheawter's;Robin o'th DreeRondle o' Scouter'sTwilter, an' me;We made Mally Grime'sOwd kitchen roof ring,One merry yule-time,When met for to ...
We saw them come down the River, the comical, secret floats,Weird shapes like a madman's playthings-and what could the monsters ...
You must admitOld age, in point of fact, is an advantage. You have no hair and therefore no headache Over ...
I'll tell you an old-fashioned story That Grandfather used to relate, Of a joiner and building contractor; 'Is name, it ...
O Teddy Bear! with your head awry And your comical twisted smile, You rub your eyes -- do you wonder ...
Grey drizzling mists the moorlands drape, Rain whitens the dead sea, From headland dim to sullen cape Grey sails creep ...
Dear Goddess of Corn, whom the ancients we know, (Among other odd whims of those comical bodies,) Adorn'd with somniferous ...
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