Down On Wriggle Crick (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
"Best time to kill a hog's when he's fat." --Old Saw.Mostly folks is law-abidin'Down on Wriggle Crick--,Seein' they's no Squire ...
"Best time to kill a hog's when he's fat." --Old Saw.Mostly folks is law-abidin'Down on Wriggle Crick--,Seein' they's no Squire ...
Summer, adieu Adieu gregarious season.Goodbye, 'revoir, farewell.Now day comes late; now chillier blows the breeze onForsaken beach and boarded-up hotel.Now wild ...
When with a skilful hand Prometheus madeA statue that the human form displayed,Pandora, his own work, to wed he chose,And ...
Now my strength is gone from me, I that was adviser to the Fenians,my whole body is tired to-night, my ...
At The Laying Of The Foundation Stone Of The Wallace Monument At Stirling, 1861Auld Scotlan's hert an' baith her lugs ...
1Let us go where there are varied craftsAnd trades -- shashlik and chebureki,Where trousers on a sign give usThe idea ...
To all dispersed sorts of arts and tradesI write the needles prayse (that never fades).So long as children shall be ...
THE CONVERT.Some to our Hero have a hero's nameDenied, because no father's he could claim;Nor could his mother with precision ...
Dearly beloved Countrymen and Friends, Accept the verse an half--starv'd Poet sends: Who scant of paper in these needy times, ...
Phyllis, if you will not agree To give me back my liberty, In spite of you I must regain My ...
If you've ever stood a midwatch in the cavern of the night,With the sea wolves racing past you in a ...
Mr Blades, the butcher, was a large and beefy man,"Best him at a cattle deal," 'twas said, "no other can.' ...
The bold young Autumn came riding alongOne day where an elm-tree grew."You are fair," he said, as she bent down ...
A pub there is of far renown,A pub that seamen knowIn every street of SailortownOr sea where they in ships ...
54If I should die,And you should live-And time should gurgle on-And morn should beam-And noon should burn-As it has usual ...
We boast no more of our bloodless flag, that rose from a nation's slime; Better a shred of a deep-dyed ...
I love all sights of earth and skies, From flowers that glow to stars that shine; The comet and the ...
It's such a little thing to weep -- So short a thing to sigh -- And yet -- by Trades ...
If I should die, And you should live -- And time should gurgle on -- And morn should beam -- ...
A ball will bounce; but less and less. It's not A light-hearted thing, resents its own resilience. Falling is what ...
"O Trade! O Trade! would thou wert dead! The Time needs heart -- 'tis tired of head: We're all for ...
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