Nell (Billy Bennett Poems)
Nell was a collier's daughter,innocent, sweet seventeen.Shall I tell you the story of Nellie?Yes, tell us it, Bill, if it's ...
Nell was a collier's daughter,innocent, sweet seventeen.Shall I tell you the story of Nellie?Yes, tell us it, Bill, if it's ...
I. THE PERSONIFIED SENTIMENTALAFFECTION'S charm no longer gilds The idol of the shrine;But cold Oblivion seeks to fill ...
A convalescin' woman does the strangest sort o' things,An' it's wonderful the courage that a little new strength brings;O, it's ...
The bright spots in my life are when the servant quits the place,Although that grim disturbance brings a frown to ...
The years had worn their seasons' belt,From bud to rosy prime,Since Nellie by the larch-pole kneltAnd helped the hop to ...
While I was the king of your heart, love, And you kept all your kisses for me, I'll wager no ...
AH Nellie, you were always fair, and you were always good and true, I've sung about your wealth of hair, ...
The dews are heavy on my brow; My breath comes hard and low;Yet, mother dear, grant one request, Before your ...
All winter your brute shoulders strained against collars, padding and steerhide over the ash hames, to haul sledges of cordwood ...
Achievin' sech distinction with his moddel tabble dote Ez to make his Red Hoss Mountain restauraw a place uv note, ...
STANDING IN EDEN 1 Poetry claimed me young on Skegness beach Before I was born I answered her cry For ...
THE KINGDOM OF MY HEART 1 The halcyon settled on the Aire of our days Kingfisher-blue it broke my heart ...
THE LANDS OF MY CHILDHOOD 1 I am leaving the holy city of Leeds For the last time for the ...
MOORING POSTS 1 The mooring posts marked on the South Leeds map Of 1908 still line the Aire's side, huge, ...
THE WALK TO THE PARADISE GARDENS 1 Bonfire Night beckoned us to the bridge By Saint Hilda's where we started ...
Eggshell and Wedgwood Blue were just two Of the range on the colour cards Dulux Tailored to our taste in ...
AGAINST THE GRAIN "Oxford be silent, I this truth must write Leeds hath for rarities undone thee quite." - William ...
(With apologies to the singer of the "Song of the Banjo".) I'm a homely little bit of tin and bone; ...
Three Triangles TRIANGLE ONE My husband put some poison in my beer, And fondly hoped that I would drink it ...
When Nellie, my old pussy cat, was still in her prime, she would sit behind me as I wrote, and ...
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