Cadet Grey – Canto II (Francis Bret Harte Poems)
IWhere West Point crouches, and with lifted shield Turns the whole river eastward through the pass;Whose jutting crags, half silver, ...
IWhere West Point crouches, and with lifted shield Turns the whole river eastward through the pass;Whose jutting crags, half silver, ...
(REPORTED BY TRUTHFUL JAMES)Waltz in, waltz in, ye little kids, and gather round my knee,And drop them books and first ...
And you are the poet, and so you want Something--what is it?--a theme, a fancy?Something or other the Muse won't ...
Now shift the blanket pad before your saddle back you fling, And draw your cinch up tighter till the sweat ...
Don't mind me, I beg you, old fellow,--I'll do very well here alone;You must not be kept from your "German" ...
(SIERRAS, 1876)DRAMATIS PERSONAEFirst TouristSecond TouristYuba Bill, DriverA StrangerFIRST TOURISTLook how the upland plunges into cover, Green where the pines fade ...
(REPORTED BY TRUTHFUL JAMES)Being asked by an intimate party,-- Which the same I would term as a friend,--Though his health ...
It was spring the first time that I saw her, for her papa and mamma moved inNext door, just as ...
(SEQUOIA GIGANTEA)Brown foundling of the Western wood, Babe of primeval wildernesses!Long on my table thou hast stood Encounters strange and ...
(NYE'S FORD, STANISLAUS, 1870)Do I sleep? do I dream?Do I wonder and doubt?Are things what they seem?Or is visions about?Is ...
DEAD AT PITTSFIELD, MASS., 1876O poor Romancer--thou whose printed page,Filled with rude speech and ruder forms of strife,Was given to ...
(OPENING OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD)What was it the Engines said,Pilots touching,--head to headFacing on the single track,Half a world behind ...
(OPENING OF THE CALIFORNIA THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 19, 1870)Brief words, when actions wait, are well:The prompter's hand is on ...
(AN AERIAL RETROSPECT)What was it filled my youthful dreams,In place of Greek or Latin themes,Or beauty's wild, bewildering beams? ...
Beg your pardon, old fellow! I thinkI was dreaming just now when you spoke.The fact is, the musical clinkOf the ...
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