Mr. Hosea Biglow To The Editor Of The Atlantic Monthly (James Russell Lowell Poems)
DEAR SIR,--Your letter come to han' Requestin' me to please be funny;But I ain't made upon a plan Thet knows wut's comin', ...
DEAR SIR,--Your letter come to han' Requestin' me to please be funny;But I ain't made upon a plan Thet knows wut's comin', ...
Macquarie the shearer had met with an accident. To tell the truth, he had been in a drunken row at ...
The world is turned ag'in' me, And people says, "They guessThat nothin' else is in me But pure maliciousness!"I git the blame ...
The clash and the clatter of mowing-machinesFloat up where the old man stands and leansHis trembling hands on the worn ...
I've crawled; I've eaten dirt; I've lied a treat;I've dodged the cops an' led a double life;I've readied up wild ...
You are jest an old waddy that's been everywhere.You've about held your own and done more than your share.You wind ...
Now 'ere's a yarn as is true, said Dan, "An' you can't say that o' most:I was in the packet ...
I've ridden afar on the trails of life;And whether I've been right er wrongIn saddlin' the pleasure, ropin' the strife--I've ...
I'm jest a old hard and fast "Rimmy"That's allus worked one certain way.I was talkin' to Eddie and Jimmie,And it's ...
She ain't what she was in the days of her glory.Fer years she has stood in the cotton wood shade.But ...
You read of fierce bulls in the stories and books,But you don't hear a heap 'bout an old cow that ...
I was broke in Arizony, and was gloomy as a tombWhen I got a chance at punchin' for an outfit ...
There's a new grace up on Boot Hill, where we've planted Rowdy Pete;He died one evenin', sudden, with his leather ...
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