Fitz Adam’s Story (James Russell Lowell Poems)
The next whose fortune 'twas a tale to tellWas one whom men, before they thought, loved well,And after thinking wondered ...
The next whose fortune 'twas a tale to tellWas one whom men, before they thought, loved well,And after thinking wondered ...
Wintertime, er Summertime, Of late years I notice I'm, Kindo'-like, more subjec' to What the _weather_ is. Now, you Folks 'at lives in town, I ...
Oh, did you hearWhat roaring cheer,What brave new coats ...
I 'ave written Mick a letter in reply to one uv 'is,Where 'e arsts 'ow things is goin' where the ...
Ar! Gimme fights wiv foeman I kin see, To upper-cut an' wallop on the jor.Life in a burrer ain't no ...
I 'ave written Mick a letter in reply to one uv 'is,Where 'e arsts 'ow things is goin' where the ...
So they won't ship me over today, eh?Too old, did you say, an' too lame?It's a hard knock, Cap'n, t' ...
The pale young man he comes to me, An' chats me good an' fair;"The langwidge that you use," ses he, ...
Us two wuz boys when we fell out,— Nigh to the age uv my youngest now;Don't rec'lect what't wuz about, ...
I'd walk frae here to Skipton, Ten mile o' clarty(1) lanes,If I might see him face to face ...
The burn was big wi' spate,An' there cam' tum'lin' doonTapsalteerie the half o' a gate,Wi' an auld fish-hake an' a ...
I heard the challenge "Who goes there?"Close kept but mine through midnight airI answered and was recognizedAnd passed, and kindly ...
Us two wuz boys when we fell out,-- Nigh to the age uv my youngest now; Don't rec'lect what't wuz ...
No, Bill, I'm not a-spooning out no patriotic tosh (The cove be'ind the sandbags ain't a death-or-glory cuss). And though ...
You want me to tell you a story, a yarn of the firin' line, Of our thin red kharki 'eroes, ...
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