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 ...
My son Hezekiah's a painter; yes, that's the purfession he's at;An artist, I mean,--course he ain't a whitewasher or nothin' ...
When Lide married _him_--w'y, she had to jes dee-fyThe whole poppilation!--But she never bat' an eye!Her parents begged, and _threatened_--she ...
Old October's purt' nigh gone,And the frosts is comin' onLittle heavier every day--Like our hearts is thataway!Leaves is changin' overheadBack ...
Es ta seen ahr Mary's bonnet It's a stunner an' nooa mistak!Yeller ribbons, yeller rooases An' a gurt big feather dahn t'backAh ...
I'm standin' at the corner uv the Lane -- The Land called Spadgers -- waiting fer 'is jills.The night's come ...
'Er pore dear Par. she sez, "'e kept a store";An' then she weeps an' stares 'ard at the floor. "'Twas ...
Ah Gawd! It makes me sick to think Of what I 'eard an' seen;Poor 'Arry like a wet rag flung ...
I wish't yeh menat it, Bill. Oh, 'ow me 'eart Went out to 'er that evnin' on the beach.I knew ...
I never did 'ave no use for Germans (said Bill the bosun to me,As he sat on the after hatchway ...
Father calls me William, sister calls me Will,Mother calls me Willie, but the fellers call me Bill!Mighty glad I ain't ...
If a feller's been astraddle since he's big enough to ride,And has had to throw a saddle onto every sort ...
That old bunk house mirror that most of us knewI remember it yet, and I know that you do.One corner ...
There's a wondrous smell of spices In the kitchen, Most bewitchin'; There are fruits cut into slices That just set ...
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock, And you hear the kyouck and gobble ...
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