Has She Forgotten? (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I. Has she forgotten? On this very May We were to meet here, with the birds and bees, As on that Sabbath, underneath ...
James Whitcomb Riley Poems on Nature (76 Poems)
A Dream Of Autumn (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Mellow hazes, lowly trailing Over wood and meadow, veiling Somber skies, with wildfowl sailing Sailor-like to foreign lands; And the north-wind overleaping Summer's brink, and ...
Proem (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Where are they-- the Afterwhiles--Luring us the lengthening milesOf our lives? Where is the dawnWith the dew across the lawnStroked ...
On The Banks O’ Deer Crick (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
On the banks o' Deer Crick! There's the place fer me!-- Worter slidin' past ye jes as clair as it kin be:-- See ...
June At Woodruff (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Out at Woodruff Place--afar From the city's glare and jar, With the leafy trees, instead Of the awnings, overhead; With the shadows cool and ...
My Mary (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
My Mary, O my Mary! The simmer-skies are blue;The dawnin' brings the dazzle, An' the gloamin' brings the dew,--The mirk o' nicht ...
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 ...
John McKeen (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
John McKeen, in his rusty dress,His loosened collar, and swarthy throat,His face unshaven, and none the less,His hearty laugh and ...
The Mulberry Tree (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
It's many's the scenes which is dear to my mindAs I think of my childhood so long left behind;The home ...
When The Green Gits Back In The Trees (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
In spring, when the green gits back in the trees, And the sun comes out and stays, And yer boots pulls on ...
The Old Retired Sea Captain (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
The old sea captain has sailed the seas So long, that the waves at mirth, Or the waves gone wild, and the ...
When Early March Seems Middle May (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
When country roads begin to thaw In mottled spots of damp and dust,And fences by the margin draw Along the frosty crust Their ...
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 ...
Babyhood (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Heigh-ho! Babyhood! Tell me where you linger: Let's toddle home again, for we have gone astray; Take this eager hand of mine ...
The Pet Coon (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Noey Bixler ketched him, and fetched him in to me When he's ist a little teenty-weenty baby-coon'Bout as big as little ...
Elizabeth (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
_May 1, 1891_. I. Elizabeth! Elizabeth! The first May-morning whispereth Thy gentle name in every breeze That lispeth through the young-leaved trees, New raimented in white and ...
“A Brave Refrain” (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
When snow is here, and the trees look weird, And the knuckled twigs are gloved with frost;When the breath congeals in ...
Winter Fancies (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
I Winter without And warmth within; The winds may shout And the storm begin; The snows may pack At the window pane, And the skies grow black, And ...
A Brave Refrain (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
When snow is here, and the trees look weird,And the knuckled twigs are gloved with frost;When the breath congeals in ...
Fool-Youngens (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Me an' Bert an' Minnie-Belle Knows a joke, an' we won't tell! No, we don't--'cause we don't know _Why_ we got to laughin' ...
Lockerbie Street (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Such a dear little street it is, nestled awayFrom the noise of the city and heat of the day,In cool ...
The Old Trundle-Bed (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
O the old trundle-bed where I slept when a boy!What canopied king might not covet the joy?The glory and peace ...
On The Sunny Side (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Hi and whoop-hooray, boys! Sing a song of cheer!Here's a holiday, boys, Lasting half a year!Round the world, and half is Shadow we ...
The Noble Old Elm (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
O big old tree, so tall an' fine, Where all us childern swings an' plays, Though neighbers says you're on the line Between ...
A Child-World (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
_The Child-World--long and long since lost to view-- A Fairy Paradise!-- How always fair it was and fresh and new-- How every affluent ...
Old October (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Old October's purt' nigh gone,And the frosts is comin' onLittle heavier every day--Like our hearts is thataway!Leaves is changin' overheadBack ...
A Song (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
There is ever a song somewhere, my dear;There is ever a something sings alway:There's the song of the lark when ...
Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze Lives 'way up in the leaves o' trees. An' wunst I slipped up-stairs to play In Aunty's room, while she ...
The Twins (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
One 's the pictur' of his Pa, And the _other_ of her Ma-- Jes the bossest pair o' babies 'at a mortal ...
The Orchard Lands Of Long Ago (James Whitcomb Riley Poems)
The orchard lands of Long Ago!O drowsy winds, awake, and blowThe snowy blossoms back to me,And all the buds that ...