Fitz Adam’s Story (James Russell Lowell Poems)
The next whose fortune 'twas a tale to tellWas one whom men, before they thought, loved well,And after thinking wondered ...
The next whose fortune 'twas a tale to tellWas one whom men, before they thought, loved well,And after thinking wondered ...
The roadside forests here and there were touched with tawny gold;The days were shortening, and at dusk the sea looked ...
Yes, that's the hardest hand at all upon my frosted head-That telegram that brought the news that Father Pat is ...
You'd call the man a senseless fool,- A blockhead or an ass,Who'd dare to say he saw the ghost Of Mount Victoria ...
Now this is the song of a prison-a song of a gaol or jug-A ballad of quod or of chokey, ...
THROUGH heat and cold, and shower and sun,Still onward cheerly driving!There's life alone in duty done,And rest alone in striving.But ...
ONLY a fallen horse, stretched out there on the road.Stretched in the broken shafts, and crushed by the heavy load;Only ...
The day of the long team is o'er,The long-line teamster is seen no more,The cadent notes of the leader's chimesAre ...
But now they are moaning, on ilka green loaningThe Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away.Jane Elliot (1727-1805).O! day-time ...
Fierce on the wheat-sown Mallee plain The ruthless summer suns burned down,And dust-storms, heralding the rain,Swept thro' the street and ...
In olden days the Old White Horse Stood brave against the sky;And ne'er a teamster shaped his course To pass ...
It was pleasant up the country, City Bushman, where you went, For you sought the greener patches and you travelled ...
TEN minutes now I have been looking at this. I have gone by here before and wondered about it. This ...
THE POLICEMAN buys shoes slow and careful; the teamster buys gloves slow and careful; they take care of their feet ...
I AM an ancient reluctant conscript. On the soup wagons of Xerxes I was a cleaner of pans. On the ...
The roving breezes come and go, the reed-beds sweep and sway, The sleepy river murmers low,and loiters on its way, ...
It was while we held our races -- Hurdles, sprints and steplechases -- Up in Dandaloo, That a crowd of ...
O west of all that a man holds dear, on the edge of the Kingdom Come, Where carriage is far ...
They came from the lower levels Deep down in the Brilliant mine; From the wastes where the whirlwind revels, Whirling ...
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