The Old-Home Folks (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Such was the Child-World of the long-ago--The little world these children used to know:--Johnty, the oldest, and the best, perhaps,Of ...
James Whitcomb Riley Poems on Grief (16 Poems)
Told By “The Noted Traveler” (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Coming, clean from the Maryland-endOf this great National Road of ours,Through your vast West; with the time to spend,Stopping for ...
The Hired Man And Floretty (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
The Hired Man's supper, which he sat before,In near reach of the wood-box, the stove-doorAnd one leaf of the kitchen-table, ...
The Silent Victors (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
MAY 30, 1878,Dying for victory, cheer on cheerThundered on his eager ear. --CHARLES L. HOLSTEIN.IDeep, tender, firm and true, the Nation's ...
Billy’s Alphabetical Animal Show (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
A was an elegant Ape Who tied up his ears with red tape, And wore a long veil Half revealing his tail Which was ...
Uncle Mart’s Poem (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
THE OLD SNOW-MANHo! the old Snow-Man That Noey Bixler made!He looked as fierce and sassy As a soldier on parade!--'Cause Noey, when ...
Three Dead Friends (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Always suddenly they are gone-- The friends we trusted and held secure-- Suddenly we are gazing on, Not a _smiling_ face, but the ...
We Must Believe (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
_"Lord, I believe: help Thou mine unbelief."_We must believe--Being from birth endowed with love and trust--Born unto loving;--and how simply ...
August (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
A day of torpor in the sullen heat Of Summer's passion: In the sluggish streamThe panting cattle lave their lazy feet, With drowsy ...
The Sermon Of The Rose (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Wilful we are in our infirmityOf childish questioning and discontent.Whate'er befalls us is divinely meant--Thou Truth the clearer for thy ...
Father William (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
A NEW VERSION BY LEE O. HARRIS AND JAMESWHITCOMB RILEY"You are old, Father William, and though one would think All the ...
Our Kind Of A Man (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
1The kind of a man for you and me!He faces the world unflinchingly,And smites, as long as the wrong resists,With ...
John Walsh (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
A strange life--strangely passed! We may not read the soul When God has folded up the scroll In death at last.We may not--dare ...
A Wrangdillion (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Dexery-tethery! down in the dike, Under the ooze and the slime,Nestles the wraith of a reticent Gryke, Blubbering bubbles of rhyme:Though the ...
Dead In Sight Of Fame (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
DIED--Early morning of September 5, 1876, andin the gleaming dawn of "name and fame,"Hamilton J. Dunbar.Dead! Dead! Dead! We thought him ours alone;And ...
From The Headboard Of A Grave In Paraguay (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
A troth, and a grief, and a blessing,Disguised them and came this way--,And one was a promise, and one was ...