The Pariah (James Edwin Campbell Poems)
Owned her father all the fact'ries Which their black'ning smoke sent up,Miles and miles all 'round the country, From the town by ...
Owned her father all the fact'ries Which their black'ning smoke sent up,Miles and miles all 'round the country, From the town by ...
Hi! yi! Now ain' I s'prise 'em — you Mistah Mule, git up!Prince ob de Tribe of Zeb'lon, an' win ...
You axin' sah 'bout Linkum — w'y sho'ly youse been tol''Bout my po' chil — Gawd bless him — he ...
W'y, Sam, I'se glad to see you, I sho' is fur ur fac';W'y, man, hit teks de lameness right outn' ...
O, hits time fur de plantin' ur de co'n; De groun' am wa'm, de furrers made — ("Caw! caw!" de black crow ...
Bring out my bawnjer, Susan, and Rastus shek de fiah,De coons am all flockin' in, ur Daddy am ur liah.Hyuh's ...
[Aunt Susan sends Uncle Eph to town to sell the cow. Meeting Farmer Johnson with a dun mule, he makes ...
Des come urlong, my honey chile an' sot down on my knee,An' Unker Eph 'll tell you ob de Baid-Bug ...
Shet up dat noise, you chillen! Dar's some one at de do'.Dribe out dem dogs; you 'Rastus, tek Linkum off ...
You kin talk erbout yo' 'lasses an' yo' steamin' buckwheat cakes,'Bout yo' eisters fried in crackers, an' yo' juicy hot ...
Ur ol' Hyar lib in ur house on de hill,He hunner yurs ol' an' nebber wuz ill;He yurs dee so ...
Man never is, but always to be blessed. — Alexander PopeO, mystic Land of Some Day,For thee our sails are ...
When ol' Sis' Judy pray,De teahs come stealin' down my cheek,De voice ur God widin me speak';I see myse'f so ...
The startled quail in covies whir From 'neath your feet as on you strayAlong the narrow thread-like path, This cool October day.The ...
Some friends I had, they numbered three —Tom, Lee and Ben; staunch friends were we.O, life was sweet and life ...
I know 'twas a dream, yet sweet was the theme, And I strive to recall its splendor —My soul upward leaps ...
Way up in a garret high,Just a few feet from the sky, Dwell I in Bohemia.What care I for aught below?There ...
Heinrich, bring us three bottles of wine —What shall it be, boys? Sherry or port?Cheers for old Bacchus, god of ...
O chillen run, de Cunjah man,Him mouf ez beeg ez fryin' pan,Him yurs am small, him eyes am raid,Him hab ...
Hist, Dolores, I am coming,Gently my guitar I'm thrumming,'Neath thy casement softly humming, Dolores, O, carissima!All the world but me is ...
She played,And gleaming fingers touched the keys, As if upon their souls she played,While the mad desire grew fierce to seize Them ...
O, come erlong, come erlong, Wut's de use er hol'in' back;O, hit it strong, er hit it strong, Mek de ol' flo' ...
Mammy's baby, go ter sleep, Hush-er-by, hush-er-by, my honey;Cross de hyarf de cricket creep, Hush-er-by, hush-er-by, my honey.Hoot owl callin' f'um de ...
I stood beside the Summer seaAnd watched far out my Fisher LassRow swiftly in her boat to me,And the sea ...
Before the wide-mouthed hearth I sit, While rudely roars the wind outdoor;Upon the walls strange shadows flit Or dervish-like dance on the ...
O RICH young lord, thou ridest byWith looks of high disdain;It chafes me not thy title high,Thy blood of oldest ...
This pirate of the over sea,No black-hulled brig he sails,No black flag at the mizzen-peakFlaunts death-heads to the gales. Yet fiercer ...
Poor harlot, Mary Magdalene,Into the feast with trembling crept,Past frowns that stabbed her with their hateAnd falling at His feet ...
Friends have I in Bohemia three —My pipe, my dog, myself, you seeWe make a jolly trinity —We three are ...
I wus a settin' by my winder Lookin' out the other day,On the Airth all white with snowdrifts — Look you ever ...
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