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', ...
They have brought the news, my darlin', that I've waited for so long.Faith, 'twas little news they brought me; every ...
DE win' is blowin' wahmah,An hit's blowin' f'om de bay;Dey's a so't o' mist a-risin'All erlong de meddah way;Dey ain't ...
I nearly fell fair in my tracks.I'm trudgin' homeward with my axe When I come on her suddenly. "I wonder ...
I rode to that box a settin' on a post beside the trail,That our outfit used fur getting' all their ...
Don't yeh hear them callin, to yeh, callin' to yeh, lad? Where the skyline's smeared an' grey with cannon smoke,There's ...
What's prayin'? Prayin's wantin' things, And wishin' we had less or much, And after people's prayed for 'em, They've got ...
With time our notions allus change,An' years make old idees seem strange--Take Mary there--time was when sheThought one child made ...
Sometimes at the table, whenHe gets misbehavin', thenMother calls across to me:"Look at him, now! Don't you seeWhat he's doin', ...
Gusty sheets o' rain a-fallin';Yellow slickers our attire;Wet, bedraggled longhorns bawlin';Cook a-cussin' at the fire.Grub all water-soaked and soggy;Foreman's temper ...
There are times a woman's love Fer a man stands out, I guess, More 'n usual, like as when Sickness ...
Year ain't been the very best;— Purty hard by trouble pressed; But the rough way leads to rest,— Here's ...
Ef you ask him, day or night, When the worl' warn't runnin' right, "Anything that's good in sight?" This is ...
You a-wantin' me,Me a-wantin' you!What's we waitin' for?Life is wearin' through.What's we waitin' for,Lookin' still and sad?Life ain't watchin' round,Hopin' ...
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