The Peter-Bird (Eugene Field Poems)
Out of the woods by the creek cometh a calling for Peter,And from the orchard a voice echoes and echoes ...
Out of the woods by the creek cometh a calling for Peter,And from the orchard a voice echoes and echoes ...
(The exile Meliboeus finds Tityrus in possession of his own farm,restored to him by the emperor Augustus, and a conversation ...
I'm weary of this weather and I hanker for the waysWhich people read of in the psalms and preachers paraphrase--The ...
Once on a time a friend of mine prevailed on me to go To see the dazzling splendors of a ...
Two dreams came down to earth one night From the realm of mist and dew;One was a dream of the ...
Speakin' of dorgs, my bench-legged fyceHed most o' the virtues, an' nary a vice.Some folks called him Sooner, a name ...
IOnce a fowler, young and artless, To the quiet greenwood came;Full of skill was he and heartless In pursuit of ...
In an ocean, 'way out yonder, (As all sapient people know) Is the land of Wonder-Wander, Whither children ...
When the world is fast asleep, Along the midnight skies—As though it were a wandering cloud— The ghostly ...
Still serve me in my age, I pray, As in my youth, O faithful one;For years I've brushed thee every ...
There once was a bird that lived up in a tree,And all he could whistle was "Fiddle-dee-dee" -A very provoking, ...
Shuffle-Shoon and Amber-Locks Sit together, building blocks; Shuffle-Shoon is old and grey, Amber-Locks a ...
O mother Venus, quit, I pray, Your violent assailing!The arts, forsooth, that fired my youth At last are unavailing;My blood ...
Your gran'ma, in her youth, was quite As blithe a little maid as you.And, though her hair is snowy white, ...
I once knew all the birds that came And nested in our orchard trees;For every flower I had a name— ...
Aha! a traitor in the camp, A rebel strangely bold,—A lisping, laughing, toddling scamp, Not more than four years old!To ...
Young Lochinvar came in from the West, With fringe on his trousers and fur on his vest; The ...
Over the hills and far away,A little boy steals from his morning playAnd under the blossoming apple-treeHe lies and he ...
Accept, dear girl, this little token, And if between the lines you seek, You'll find the love I've often spoken-The ...
As once I rambled in the woods I chanced to spy amid the brakeA huntsman ride his way beside A ...
Sweetheart, be my sweetheart When birds are on the wing,When bee and bud and babbling flood Bespeak the birth of ...
In maudlin spite let Thracians fight Above their bowls of liquor;But such as we, when on a spree, Should never ...
If ever in the sylvan shade A song immortal we have made, Come now, O lute, I pri' thee come-- ...
If ever in the sylvan shadeA song immortal we have made,Come now, O lute, I prithee come,Inspire a song of ...
The Greeks had genius,--'t was a gift The Muse vouchsafed in glorious measure;The boon of Fame they made their aim ...
Since Chloe is so monstrous fair,With such an eye and such an air,What wonder that the world complainsWhen she each ...
I Once a fowler, young and artless, To the quiet greenwood came; Full of skill was he and heartless In ...
Aha! a traitor in the camp, A rebel strangely bold,-- A lisping, laughing, toddling scamp, Not more than four years ...
Out of the woods by the creek cometh a calling for Peter, And from the orchard a voice echoes and ...
In an ocean, 'way out yonder, (As all sapient people know) Is the land of Wonder-Wander, Whither children love to ...
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