Natty Nancy (John Hartley Poems)
"Mooar fowk get wed nor what do weel," A've heeard mi mother say;But mooast young lads an lasses too, Think just th' ...
Poems about tremblin (20 Poems)
In a City Garden (Trumbull Stickney Poems)
How strange that here is nothing as it was!The sward is young and new,The sod there shapes a different mass,The ...
Babby Burds (John Hartley Poems)
Aw wander'd aght one summer's morn,Across a meadow newly shorn;Th' sun wor shinin' breet and clear,An' fragrant scents rose up ...
Heart Brokken (John Hartley Poems)
He wor a poor hard workin lad, An shoo a workin lass,An hard they tew'd throo day to day, For varry little ...
Auld Mither Scotlan’: A Lay of the Doric (Janet Hamilton Poems)
Na, na, I wunna pairt wi' that, I downa gi'e it up;O' Scotlan's hamely mither tongue I canna quat the grup.It's 'bedded ...
A Banjo Song (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
OH, dere's lots o' keer an' troubleIn dis world to swaller down;An' ol' Sorrer's purty livelyIn her way o' gittin' ...
A Warnin (John Hartley Poems)
A'a dear, what it is to be big! To be big i' one's own estimation,To think if we shake a lawse ...
Ther’s Much Expected (John Hartley Poems)
Life's pathway is full o' deep ruts, An we mun tak gooid heed lest we stumble;Man is made up of "ifs" ...
Peter’s Prayer (John Hartley Poems)
His face wor varry thin an pale, His een wor strangely breet;His old rags flapt i'th' wintry gale, An shooless wor his ...
The Kid (C J Dennis Poems)
My son! . . . Them words, jist like a blessed song,Is singin' in me 'eart the 'ole day long; ...
A Holy War (C J Dennis Poems)
Young friend! . . . I tries to duck, but miss the bus. 'E sees me first, an' 'as ...
The Spelling Bee At Angels (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
(REPORTED BY TRUTHFUL JAMES)Waltz in, waltz in, ye little kids, and gather round my knee,And drop them books and first ...
Breitmann In Forty-Eight (Charles Godfrey Leland Poems)
DERE woned once a studente, All in der Stadt Paris,Whom jeder der ihn kennte, Der rowdy Breitmann hiess. He roosted ...
The Man From God Knows Where (Florence M Wilson Poems)
Into our townlan' on a night of snowrode a man from God knows where; None of us bade him stay ...
Th’ Goblin Parson (Edwin Waugh Poems)
Th' wynt wur still i'th shade o'th hill, An' stars began o' glowin'I'th' fadin' leet, one summer neet, ...
The Rains (Badger Clark Jr Poems)
You've watched the ground-hog's shadow and the shiftin' weather signsTill the Northern prairie starred itse'f with flowers;You've seen the snow ...
Eawr Folk (Edwin Waugh Poems)
Eawr Johnny gi's his mind to books; Eawr Abram studies plants,-He caps the dule for moss an' ferns, ...
The Lawyers’ Ways (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I've been list'nin' to them lawyers In the court house up the street, An' I've come to the conclusion That ...
When Malindy Sings (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem)
G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy-- Put dat music book away; What's de use to keep on tryin'? Ef ...
Segregation (Robert William Service Poems)
I stood beside the silken rope, Five dollars in my hand, And waited in my patient hope To sit anear ...