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, ...
(NORTHERN MEXICO, 1640)As you look from the plaza at Leon westYou can see her house, but the view is bestFrom ...
It was noon by the sun; we had finished our game,And was passin' remarks goin' back to our claim;Jones was ...
Did I ever tell you, my dears, the wayThat the birds of Cisseter--"Cisseter!" eh?Well "Ciren-cester"--one OUGHT to say,From "Castra," or ...
We meet in peace, though from our native EastThe sun that sparkles on our birthday feastGlanced as he rose on ...
(SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA)Shrewdly you question, Senor, and I fancyYou are no novice. Confess that to littleOf my poor gossip of Mission ...
(MR. INTERVIEWER INTERVIEWED)Know me next time when you see me, won't you, old smarty?Oh, I mean YOU, old figger-head,--just the ...
(YREKA, 1873)Which it is not my style To produce needless painBy statements that rile Or that go 'gin the grain,But ...
(BEING THE ONLY GENUINE SEQUEL TO "MAUD MULLER"Maud Muller all that summer dayRaked the meadow sweet with hay;Yet, looking down ...
(MOUTH OF THE SHAFT)What I want is my husband, sir,-- And if you're a man, sir,You'll give me an answer,-- ...
If Mr. Jones, Lycurgus B.,Had one peculiar quality,'Twas his severe advocacyOf conjugal fidelity.His views of heaven were very free;His views ...
(SIMPSON'S BAR, 1858)So you've kem 'yer agen, And one answer won't do?Well, of all the derned men That I've struck, ...
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