The Pacification. (Nicholas Amhurst Poems)
Nick Dapper, and the great De---l------ne,Against whom Nick so oft has drawnHis hostile Pen, one Night last WeekMet at the ...
Poems about railly (13 Poems)
Tugg Martin (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I. Tugg Martin's tough.--No doubt o' that! And down there at The town he come from word's bin sent Advisin' this-here Settle-ment To kindo' _humor_ ...
Duffin Johnny. (A Rifleman’s Adventure.) (John Hartley Poems)
Th' mooin shone breet wi' silver leet, An th' wind wor softly sighin;Th' burds did sleep, an th' snails did creep, An ...
John Alden And Percilly (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
We got up a Christmas-doin's Last Christmas Eve-- Kindo' dimonstration 'At I railly believe Give more satisfaction-- Take it up and down-- Than ary intertainment Ever come ...
Peevish Poll (John Hartley Poems)
Aw've heeard ov Mary Mischief, An aw've read ov Natterin Nan;An aw've known a Grumlin Judy, An a cross-grained Sarah Ann;But wi' ...
Wet Weather Talk (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
It ain't no use to grumble and complain; It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice: When God sorts out the weather ...
A Gooid Kursmiss Day (John Hartley Poems)
It wor Kursmiss day,--we wor ready for fun,Th' puddin wor boil'd an th' rooast beef wor done;Th' ale wor i'th' ...
How It Happened (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I got to thinkin' of her--both her parents dead and gone-- And all her sisters married off, and none but her ...
Mary Hanner’s Peanner (John Hartley Poems)
When aw cooarted Mary Hanner, Aw wor young an varry shy;An shoo used to play th' peanner Wol aw sheepishly sat by.Aw ...
Nooan So Bad (John Hartley Poems)
This world is net a paradise, Tho' railly aw dooant see,What fowk should growl soa mich abaat;-- Its gooid enuff for me.It's ...
Sister Jones’s Confession (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I thought the deacon liked me, yit I warn't adzackly shore of it-- Fer, mind ye, time and time agin, When jiners 'ud ...
Wet-weather Talk (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
It hain't no use to grumble and complane; It's jest as cheap and easy to rejoice. -- When God sorts ...
Knee-Deep in June (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Tell you what I like the best -- 'Long about knee-deep in June, 'Bout the time strawberries melts On the ...