The Biglow Papers (James Russell Lowell Poems)
Thrash away, you'll _hev_ to rattle On them kittle-drums o' yourn,--'Taint a knowin' kind o' cattle Thet is ketched with mouldy corn;Put ...
Thrash away, you'll _hev_ to rattle On them kittle-drums o' yourn,--'Taint a knowin' kind o' cattle Thet is ketched with mouldy corn;Put ...
SOT TO A NUSRY RHYME'Here we stan' on the Constitution, by thunder! It's a fact o' wich ther's bushils o' proofs;Fer ...
Fairies can hide anywhere,Up and down, and in and out,'Neath the cushion of a chair,In a teapot's empty spout;They can ...
Mistress Moore is Johnny's wife, An' Johnny is a druffen sot; He spends th' best portion ov his life I'th beershop wi' a ...
Do I sleep? Do I dream?Am I hoaxed by a scout?Are things what they seem,Or is Sophists about?Is our 'to ...
Mistress Moore is Johnny's wife, An Johnny is a druffen sot;He spends th' best portion of his life Ith' beershop wi a ...
I walk the streets and though not meanly drest,Yet none so poor as can with me compare;For none though weary ...
MOODS OF GINGER MICKThis book was dedicated to "THE BOYS WHO TOOK THE ...
If ole Pharaoh, King of Egyp', 'ad been gazin' on the scene 'E'd' ave give the A.I.F. a narsty nameWhen ...
Christopher Davis was up upon Mavis And Sammy MacGregor on Flo, Jo Chauncy rode Spider, the rankest outsider, But HE'D ...
She never nagged; she never said no word; But sat an' looked at me an' never stirred. I could ...
'Taint my idea uv argument to call a man a fool,An' I ain't lookin' round for bricks to 'eave at ...
One time, 'way back where the year marks fadeGod said: "I see I must lose my West,The place where I've ...
(OPENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD)What was it the Engines said,Pilots touching,--head to headFacing on the single track,Half a world behind ...
We called him old Coyote, and we claimed that he could step;A cowboy came up from the south that had ...
Laughter sort o' settles breakfast better than digestive pills;Found it, somehow in my travels, cure for every sort of ills;When ...
When my rope takes hold on a two-year-old,By the foot or the neck or the horn,He kin plunge and fight ...
Say there! P'r'apsSome on you chaps Might know Jim Wild?Well,--no offense:Thar ain't no sense In gittin' riled!Jim was my chum ...
When you're feelin' blue as ink An' your spirits 'gin to sink, Don't be weak an' take ...
"Miss Rosemary," I dourly said, "Our balance verges on the red, We must cut down our overhead. One of the ...
Our fathers, brave men were and strong, And whisky was their daily liquor; They used to move the world along ...
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