Anticipation (Ellis Parker Butler Poem)
I hold her letter as I stand, Nor break the seal; no need to guess What dainty little female hand ...
I hold her letter as I stand, Nor break the seal; no need to guess What dainty little female hand ...
When with me the play she goes, I much admire the buds and bows And all that on Kate's headgear ...
She plucked a blossom fair to see; Upon my coat I let her pin it; And thus we stood beneath ...
Just as the sun was setting Back of the Western hills Grandfather stood by the window Eating the last of ...
Whene'er I feed the barnyard folk My gentle soul is vexed; My sensibilities are torn And I am sore perplexed. ...
A merry burgomaster In a burgh upon the Rhine Said, "Our burghers all are Far too fond of drinking wine." ...
A Scotchman whose name was Isbister Had a maiden giraffe he called "sister" When she said "Oh, be mine, Be ...
Mary had a little frog And it was water-soaked, But Mary did not keep it long Because, of course, it ...
The Sheep adorns the landscape rural And is both singular and plural- It gives grammarians the creeps To hear one ...
The Whale is found in seas and oceans, Indulging there in fishlike motions, But Science shows that Whales are mammals, ...
In our dainty little kitchen, Where my aproned wife is queen Over all the tin-pan people, In a realm exceeding ...
When first we met she seemed so white I feared her; As one might near a spirit bright I neared ...
When young, in tones quite positive I said, "The world shall see That I can keep myself from sin; A ...
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