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 ...
Poems about hidin (21 Poems)
Mr. Hosea Biglow’s Speech In March Meeting (James Russell Lowell Poems)
I don't much s'pose, hows'ever I should plen it,I could git boosted into th' House or Sennit,--Nut while the twolegged ...
Old Spense (Isabella Valancy Crawford Poems)
You've seen his place, I reckon, friend? 'Twas rather kind ov tryin'.The way he made the dollars fly, Such gimcrack things a-buyin'-- He ...
What Chris’mas Fetched The Wigginses (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
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 ...
The Lifeboat (George Robert Sims Poems)
Been out in the lifeboat often? Ay, ay, sir, oft enough.When it's rougher than this? Lor' bless you! this ain't ...
The Hanging Of Black Kudjo (Paul Hamilton Hayne Poems)
WELL, Maussa! if you wants to heer, I'll tell you 'bout um 'true.Doh de berry taut ob dat bad time ...
Ballad of The New Monkland Martyr (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Dochter Peggy sat on the kiln, An' watch'd owre her faither's life,For he had been at Both'ell brig, An' joined in the ...
“Bothwell Brig” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
O, Bonnie Clyde! a shimmering gleam Oot owre thy rippling bosom plays,Whan frae the bricht blue sky o' June The sun leuks ...
A Summer Pastoral (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
It's hot to-day. The bees is buzzin' Kinder don't-keer-like aroun' An' fur off the warm air dances O'er the parchin' roofs in town. In ...
A Thanksgiving Dream (Joseph C Lincoln Poems)
I'm pretty nearly certain that't was 'bout two weeks ago,--It might be more, or, p'raps 't was less,--but, anyhow, I ...
Writin’ Back To The Home-Folks (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
My dear old friends--It jes beats all, The way you write a letterSo's ever' _last_ line beats the _first_, And ever' _next_-un's ...
Lover’s Lane (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Summah night an' sighin' breeze, 'Long de lovah's lane; Frien'ly, shadder-mekin' trees, 'Long de lovah's lane. White folks' wo'k all done up gran'-- Me an' ...
Wadin’ In De Crick (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
DAYS git wa'm and wa'mah,School gits mighty dull,Seems lak dese hyeah teachahsMus' feel mussiful.Hookey's wrong, I know itAin't no gent'man's ...
The Fairy Lough (Moira O Neill Poems)
Loughhareema! LoughareemaLies so high among the heather;A little lough, a dark lough,The wather's black and deep.Ould herons go a-fishin' there,An' ...
The Man From God Knows Where (Florence M Wilson Poems)
Into our townlan' on a night of snowrode a man from God knows where; None of us bade him stay ...
The Legend Of Boastful Bill (Badger Clark Jr Poems)
At a roundup on the Gily,One sweet mornin' long ago,Ten of us was throwed right freelyBy a hawse from Idaho.And ...
The Cowgirl (Earl Alonzo Brininstool Poems)
She ain't inclined to'rds lots o' thingsThat eastern gals can do up brown;She don't wear jewelry and rings,Like them swell ...
A Range Rider’s Appeal (Earl Alonzo Brininstool Poems)
Guard me, Lord, when I'm a -ridin''Crost the dusty range out there,From the dangers that are hidin'On the trails, so ...
Ruth Moore (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe Poems)
IT'S nobbut a year Sin' Ruth Moore wur ridin'To tops by t'intake Wheer fox-cubs wur hidin';It's nobbut a year Sin ...
Little Brown Baby (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem)
Little brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes, Come to yo' pappy an' set on his knee. What you been doin', suh ...
95. Address to the Unco Guid (Robert Burns Poems)
O YE wha are sae guid yoursel', Sae pious and sae holy, Ye've nought to do but mark and tell ...