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FRIENDSHIP
OF
SONGS
RILEY hey!
and
ho!
(With throng.
on
throng
ballads,
And verse
bursting
of
sweets
all
sacks
And along
heart
his
takes
And rhyme,
ripest-blooming
the
scents
He song—
to
song
from
steals
He humming-bird,—
a
he's
Bookman
The everywhere!)
posies
And ablow
pinks
And ho!
and
hi!
(With divine;
tomes
olden
Of rare!)
and
lush
roses
And clover-dew
And hilloo!
hi!
(With honey-fine,—
are
feasts
His humming-bird—
a
he's
bookman
The
His
word
and
phrase
the
are
roses
Allison—Bookman
E.
Young To VAWTER
WILL BY
PICTURES
WITH
1913, 1915
NEW YORK

PUBLISHERS
GROSSET & DUNLAP

JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Copyright 1885, 1887, 1888, 1890,
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

1892, 1893, 1894, 1900, 1903, 1908,

RILEY SONGS OF FRIENDSHIP

3
Allison—Bookman
E.
ToYoung {xv} therein.
swoons
and
wings
her
away
folds
She guesses
Fancy
as
which
of
sweets
the
all
And caresses,
rare
and
palms,
honeyed
of
pats
And chin,
and
apple-cheek
and
cherry-lip
Of presses
but
nought
of
enwrought
rhymes
thousand
A these—
like
rhymes
thousand
a
weave
to
leave
For you
entreat
and
you,
about
arms
my
twine
And you,
greet
and
reach
would
hands
happy
glad,
with
And knees
your
to
clamber
and
feet,
your
at
Fall you—
meet
to
world
the
round
toddle
would
I
And again.
baby-talk
babble
would
tongue
My me,
through
laughing
goes
warm
you
blood
the
how
And me,
do
you
good
the
tell
to
power
had
I
If pen,
and
ink
of
lisps
lost
in
only
Voiced me
to
come
words
kindly
whose
mine,
of
friends
O him!)
for
dreams
only
And away
world
And hey!
and
ho!
(With things!
delicious
such
In beak
his
dips
he
as
him
friend
God sings—
it
as
blossoms
That poem
the
o'er
pendent
poises
He wings
of
airiest
On humming-bird,
featest
the
he's
Ay, everywhere!)
roses
And aglow
pinks
And ho!
and
hi!
(With rim.
rose's
the
o'er
As his
of
page
that
o'er
him
bends
He musty-rare!)
odors
And honey-dew
And hilloo!
hi!
(With grim,—
and
gray
cumbrous,
Though is—
Bookman
the
humming-bird
A shine!)
and
shade
of
brinks
And brae,
and
brook
And
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PAGE

ABE MARTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
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ANCIENT PRINTERMAN, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
ART AND POETRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
BACK FROM TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
BECAUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
CHRISTMAS GREETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
DAN O'SULLIVAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
DOWN TO THE CAPITAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
HER VALENTINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
HERR WEISER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
HOBO VOLUNTARY, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
I SMOKE MY PIPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
IN THE AFTERNOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
IN THE HEART OF JUNE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
JAMES B. MAYNARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
LETTER TO A FRIEND, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
"LITTLE MAN IN THE TINSHOP, THE" . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS, THE . . . . . . . . . 146
MOTHER-SONG, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
MY BACHELOR CHUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
MY FRIEND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
MY HENRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
{xvi}
MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
MY OLD FRIEND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
OLD BAND, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
OLD CHUMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
OLD JOHN HENRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
OLD INDIANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
OLD MAN, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
OLD MAN AND JIM, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
OLD SCHOOL-CHUM, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
POET'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN, THE . . . . . . . . . . . 42
REACH YOUR HAND TO ME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
SCOTTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SONG BY UNCLE SIDNEY, A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
STEPMOTHER, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
THAT NIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
TO ALMON KEEPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
TO THE QUIET OBSERVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
TOM VAN ARDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
TOMMY SMITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
TRAVELING MAN, THE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
UNCLE SIDNEY TO MARCELLUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
WHAT "OLD SANTA" OVERHEARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
WHEN OLD JACK DIED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
WHEN WE THREE MEET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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"SLEEP, FOR THY MOTHER BENDS OVER THEE YET!" . . Frontispiece

BACK FROM TOWN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A HOBO VOLUNTARY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
HE CAMPS NEAR TOWN, ON THE OLD CRICK-BANK . . . . . . . 27
AND SO LIKEWISE DOES THE FARMHANDS STARE . . . . . . . . 31
A HOBO VOLUNTARY--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . 34
BE OUR FORTUNES AS THEY MAY--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . 35
AND WRAPPED IN SHROUDS OF DRIFTING CLOUDS . . . . . . . 37
UNCLE SIDNEY TO MARCELLUS--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 40
THE POET'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . 42
OF THE ORCHARD-LANDS OF CHILDHOOD . . . . . . . . . . . 43
FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 46
FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 47
MY HENRY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
NOTHIN' THAT BOY WOULDN'T RESK! . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
A LETTER TO A FRIEND--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
A LETTER TO A FRIEND--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
THE OLD-FASHIONED BIBLE--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . 54
THE BLESSED OLD VOLUME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
"THE LITTLE MAN IN THE TINSHOP"--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . 61
THE ORCHESTRA, WITH ITS MELODY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
TOMMY SMITH--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
OUR OLD FRIEND NEVERFAIL--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 72
HIS MOUTH IS A GRIN WITH THE CORNERS TUCKED IN . . . . . 75
ART AND POETRY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
DOWN TO THE CAPITAL--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
TO OLD ONE-LEGGED CHAPS, LIKE ME . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
{xviii}
"IT'S ALL JES' ARTIFICIAL, THIS-ERE HIGH-PRICED
LIFE OF OURS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
OLD CHUMS--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SCOTTY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
THE OLD MAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
IN YOUR REPOSEFUL GAZE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
THE OLD MAN--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
THE ANCIENT PRINTERMAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . 101
O PRINTERMAN OF SALLOW FACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
THE OLD MAN AND JIM--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
"WELL, GOOD-BY, JIM" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
THE OLD MAN AND JIM--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 114
AH, FRIEND OF MINE, HOW GOES IT . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . 119
THE OLD BAND--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
I WANT TO HEAR THE OLD BAND PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
THE OLD BAND--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
MY FRIEND--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
MY FRIEND--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
THE TRAVELING MAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
WHO HAVE MET HIM WITH SMILES AND WITH CHEER . . . . . . 129
DAN O'SULLIVAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
DAN O'SULLIVAN--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
MY OLD FRIEND--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
OLD JOHN HENRY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
A SMILIN' FACE AND A HEARTY HAND . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
CHRISTMAS GREETING--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
ABE MARTIN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
HIS MOUTH, LIKE HIS PIPE, 'S ALLUS GOIN' . . . . . . . . 143
THE LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS--HEADPIECE . . . . 146
THE LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS--TAILPIECE . . . . 147
IN THE AFTERNOON--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
YOU IN THE HAMMOCK; AND I, NEAR BY . . . . . . . . . . . 149
IN THE AFTERNOON--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
{xix}
HERR WEISER--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
AND LILY AND ASTER AND COLUMBINE . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
HERR WEISER--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
A MOTHER-SONG--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
WHAT "OLD SANTA" OVERHEARD--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . 160
WHAT "OLD SANTA" OVERHEARD--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . 161
WHEN OLD JACK DIED--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
WE COULDN'T ONLY CRY WHEN OLD JACK DIED . . . . . . . . 165
WHEN OLD JACK DIED--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
THAT NIGHT--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
THAT NIGHT--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
TO ALMON KEEFER--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
UNDER "THE OLD SWEET APPLE TREE" . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
TO ALMON KEEFER--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
TO THE QUIET OBSERVER--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
TO THE QUIET OBSERVER--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
REACH YOUR HAND TO ME--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
REACH YOUR HAND TO ME, MY FRIEND . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
REACH YOUR HAND TO ME--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
THE DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . 180
THE DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . 181
AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . 182
OLD INDIANY--HEADPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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BUT, FELLERS, SHE'S A LEAKY STATE! . . . . . . . . . . . 187
OLD INDIANY--TAILPIECE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
{23}
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FRIENDSHIP
OF
SONGS
RILEY me!
with
leg
friendly
a
shake
And he,
says
fire,
kitchen
the
poke
It's more!—
cowtillion
one
fer
Cleared floor
the
chimbly!—Git
the
From down
fiddle
old
that-air
Wants town
from
come
feller
a
Here's in!
jine
all
neighbors
and
More!"
No ag'in
come
Times'll
"Hard
Sing cold!
the
out
in
chased
Young-folks old
and
nights,
winter
old
These understands;
feller
a
'At hands
old
these
and
friends;
old
These here—
waitin'
comforts
old
These sheer
to
back
git
and
Business, quit
to
is
of,
shet
ain't
I yit
things
good
the
all
of
W'y, to!
ort
I'd
like
home,
at
staid
'At you
like
friends
old
raal
the
'Cept is—
they
friends
the
all
beat
They biz:
their
that's
do—fer
they
And anywhere!—
any
beat
Would there
make
we'd
'at
friends
the
And Settlement,"
"The
beat
Into went
we
world
the
then
thought
We {24} mistake!
old
that
Money—and make
to
town,
fer
out
lit
And kyars"
kivvered
"the
grabbed
we
When bars
the
at
standin'
was
They now!
better
much
blame
so
We're allow
don't
and
first,
us
Knowed heartiest:
and
Halest-like best,
the
is
allus
friends
Old
TOWN
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TOWN
FROM
BACK {27} push.
blame
whole
the
of
dandiest
the
And lush
for
worst
the
and
mug
rankest
The had—
we
best
Lawson"—the
"Pop
old
And Kid"
the
"Sikes
and
Ward"
"Cooney
With Circleville.
from
Ike"
"Brockey
And Bill"
"Flat-wheel
and
Jonny"
"Clog-step bunch,—
blasted
the
in,
swarmin'
a
Comes hunch,
the
gits
they
when
mine,
of
friends
There's mine.)
like
don't
that
friends
like
don't
I
But kind
every
'most
friends,
all
like
I
Oh, too,—
you,
he'ps
that
also
friends
the
And through,
me
he'ps
that
friends
like
I
it's
(Oh, wine!"
and
corn
of
land
the
for
"Bound sign,—
hobo
the
and
name
his
cuts
He water-tank—
the
on
name
his
cuts
he
And crick-bank,
old
the
on
town,
near
camps
He grade.
the
down
off
shunts
hobo
the
Then made
is
eats
his
and
drinks
his
when
But bar;
pigs-feet
the
at
beauty-beaut'
it's
And sidetracked-car,
the
out
mops
beauty
it's
Oh, {26} heart.
valiant
a
with
fate
his
meet
to
For short,
or
long
chances,
his
take
He'll him!
for
one
the
is
path
any
It's dim,
so
dusk
the
or
bright,
morning
the
In stray.
footsteps
hobo's
homeless
The away
far
it's
for
thee,
to
Farewell thee!—
to
farewell,
all,
Sweethearts
it's
Though free,
and
light
is
it
heart
hobo's
The return.
to
never
hobo,
a
of
life
the
For mourn
to
them
causes
it
and
weep
to
them
causes
It delight—
heart's
their
of
maids
pretty
robs
It life;
roving
a
is
life
hobo's
the
Oh, {25}
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HOBO
A view.
of
change
a
for
roads
mud
strikes
And too,
railroad,
the
and
town
the
sheds
He workhouse-fence:
the
through
hisself
wads
And chance
his
takes
he
and
gals!
Good-by
it's
So {30} air,—
country
the
for
sigh
him
Makes there
in
moves
he
circles
laundry
the
But ag'in;
world
the
o'
hang
the
git
To in,
run
gits
he
so
lonesome-like,
He's back-door.
House"
Boardin'
Chance
Last
"The
Or sure,
Lunch-stand,"
Taste
Queen's
"The
at
beauty
There's him—
for
thick
just
there
beauties
There's in
lands
he
that
burg
whatever
And there.
gits
he
till
him
for
wait
Will for
a-striken
he's
town
Whatever time;
schedule
for
cares
he
little
it's
And line,
railroad
the
is
way
hobo's
the
Oh, through.
was
feed
the
when
cheroots
sucked
And too,
ears,
roastin'
and
chicken
fried
hogged
And rest,
the
all
with
chance
my
took
I
When best
remembers
I
times
the
them's
Oh, {29}
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VOLUNTARY
HOBO
A hobo,
pore
the
for
enough
hot-stuff
They're charity—
as
cold
and
old
they
Be pie—
rhuburb
a
and
coffee,
black
o'
tin
A {33} {31} appetite!
an
with
blest
always
he's
And night,
and
day
both
man
handy
a
He's man—
handy
a
he's
natchurly
So can,
he
wherever
meals
his
gits
he
Oh, there.
bulldog
nor
man
no
haint
They where
farmhouse
a
up
size
to
likes
He arm—
his
on
Prince-Albert
bum
his
With warm,
is
days
the
when
best,
the
likes
he
But to.
chooses
he
if
barefoot,
goes
he
Or shoe—
one
and
foot,
one
on
boot
a
With sleet—
and
snow
its
with
cold,
winter's
the
Or heat
summer's
the
in
pike,
the
hits
He care!
hobo
the
does
haids
the
what
But stare—
farmhands
the
does
likewise
so
And scorn,
high
in
hobo
the
on
looks
And town,
to
way
his
on
by
drives
jay
The
Riley
Whitcomb
James
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The
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MAY
THEY
AS
FORTUNES
OUR
BE it;—
of
aching
the
All comprehend
could
scarce
you
For it!—
love
and
heart
your
Bless friend—
a
lost
you
Yesterday remember.
scarce
we
Now about
vexed
so
then
were
We November
drear
the
And out,
is
sun
the
to-day
But {35} overflowing.
and
Brimmed atmosphere
and
earth
and
Sky blowing—
were
winds
the
And here,
was
rain
the
Yesterday to-morrow.
glad
be
May to-day
weep
that
eyes
Saddest sorrow,
or
loss
with
Touched may,
they
as
fortunes
our
Be {34} return.
to
never
hobo,
a
of
life
the
For mourn
to
them
causes
it
and
weep
to
them
causes
It delight—
heart's
their
of
maids
pretty
robs
It life,
roving
a
is
life
hobo's
the
Oh, goin'!"
that
call
you
if
John,
good-by,
"It's tone,—
smilin'
a
in
says,
girl
hired
the
And fire,
kitchen
the
from
coal
a
swipes
And cigar
stub
a
with
pipe
his
fills
he
Then so!"
me
treat
to
for
lady,
kind
"Thanks,
it's
And
MAY
THEY
AS
FORTUNES
OUR
BE Riley
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PIPE
MY
SMOKE
I {37} pipe.
my
smoke
I
so
And alms;
stinted
of
qualms
little
In gripe
bowels
glutted
Whose purse
the
own
to
worse
be
might
It own:—
should
I
than
Perchance views
idler
with
muse
and
sit
I alone,—
I
and
pipe
My bowl—
the
crown
to
coal
golden
A pipe!
my
smoke
so—I
And wink,—
and
hint
who
think
others
Than stripe
different
of
men
Are they
fancy
I
may
haply
But planned;
Fortune
as
not
'Tis so,
it
wish
I
though
matter
No hand—
helping
a
need
In friend
every
to
extend
can't
I {36} to-morrow.
may
Others to-day,
come
another
Here's sorrow—
friend
lost
the
Let say:
and
you
to
sing
I
But
PIPE
MY
SMOKE
I Riley
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PIPE
MY
SMOKE
I write:
I
as
me
on
Smile Paradise
from
eyes
alien
Till flight,
phantom's
the
watch
I clouds
drifting
of
shrouds
in
wrapped
And pipe.
my
smoke
I
so
And myself;
hug
I
elf
an
like
That ripe
so
and
luscious
So taste
in
past
the
waste
can
I
When brain:
my
in
quiet
This wrought
has
spell
narcotic
my
When pain
little
me
give
Can flings
misfortune
stings
subtle
The pipe.
my
smoke
I
so
And worth;
of
line
some
birth
at
mar
To type
of
forms
standing
In hide
errors
inside—as
lurks
That misanthrope
morbid
The death
to
put
will
breath
of
puff
A Hope,
anchor
the
cast
And mind
my
moor
to
inclined
if
And {39}
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MARCELLUS
TO
SIDNEY
UNCLE {42} Spring.
the
in
bluebird
A re-present,—
to
swoons
Echo
That twittering
Divinely-tender rapture-sent,
ecstatic,
pure,
With Wing,
and
Voice
Spirit,
and
Heart
Of embodiment
rare
that
be
I'd thing,
earthly
an
just
being
On intent
clod,
a
not
I
were
O {41} man!
a
be
to
get
you
When Marcellus,
O
it,
prove
must
You can,
visions
only
As us
foretell
dreams
our
though
And name.
your
of
music
Make chorus
in
praise
and
song
While fame,
your
see
dreamers
We us
before
years
the
in
Far days?
future
your
of
What dancer,
eerie
and
rapt
O plays.—
that
band
the
to
But answer
never
with
turn,
You man?
a
be
to
get
you
When Marcellus,
be,
you
will
What can,—
you
if
us,
tell
Truly us—
tell
you
won't
Marcellus, {40} pipe.
my
smoke
I
so
And here;
rises
that
tear
the
Away wipe
I
as
lightly
As live,
that
wrongs
the
forgive
I
And
SIDNEY
UNCLE
BY
SONG
A MARCELLUS
TO
SIDNEY
UNCLE Riley
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SIDNEY
UNCLE
BY
SONG
A {45} {43} Rome—
of
gates
the
from
out
Or Olivet,
from
down
come
Haply tome—
alien
an
many
Of pages
marvelous
the
from
turned
has
He psalm.
blessed
a
speech
his
And prayer
a
was
touch
his
that
own
his
in
close
So palm
childish
each
nestled
He tender,
and
warm
and
Kindly
CHILDREN
THE
FOR
LOVE
POET'S
THE Riley
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CHILDREN
THE
FOR
LOVE
POET'S
THE unaware.
me
blessed
God friend,
me
call
and
hand,
kind
your
Me lend
to
came
you
when
know—for
I there,
it
asked
you
ere
answered
Was prayer
very
your
Why,
me?"
bless
"God {47} land.
unknown
the
Into again
back
you
snatched
you
brought
That train
the
as
you!"
bless
"God
last
Your hail—congratulations—and
First hand—
your
of
pressure
the
thrice
But name.
with—your
talking
And face,
vanished
your
on
smiling
Sit place
haunted
the
within
I
And same;
the
went
and
ghost,
good
some
Like came
you
hour,
wayward
a
of
Friend {46} Galilee.
in
About, wound
were
arms
Savior's
the
that
same
The be
always
not
might
Ye children,
O
because,
was
That wept.—
he
why
wondered
Has welcomer
little
a
many
And stept,
he
shores
the
on
out
As bosom,
his
in
sobs
been
have
there
And white.
and
pink
of
blossoms
The childhood,
of
orchard-lands
the
Of light
glimmering
the
in
As, vision
his
on
flashed
and
Fluttered land,—
native
his
of
groves
And meadows
the
in
about
fluttered
That hand
beckoning
little
each
And him
between
seas
the
o'er
sail
Set
HOUR
WAYWARD
A
OF
FRIEND Riley
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HOUR
WAYWARD
A
OF
FRIEND {49} school.
at
Primer-class
my
In fool
little
the
acrosst
Run letter,
a
knowed
ever
he
'Fore better,
and
ago
year'
Fifteen together!
growed-up
er
Childern, him—whether
liked
o'
kind
Allus dot!
a
to
Henry,
my
That's not—
er
out
helt
school
Whether keerin'
wuzn't
he
Kind-as-ef still-appearin'—
ruther
and
Like, sulkin'—
o'
sort
and
Feller,—humped, hulkin'
awk'ard,
big,
great,
a
jes'
He's {48}
HENRY
MY Riley
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HENRY
MY p'cise!"
jes'
Henry's,
my
Is eyes
baby's
"Them
Think-says-I, kitchen,
the
round
Marthy
Little a-pitchin'
man
that
with
Supper, fryin'
wuz
I
whilse
night
last
But on
much
go
Don't me!
fer
out
cut
be'n
had
Jes' he
fool-head
giddy,
my
Thue runnin'
notion
a
wuz
Allus knowin',
so
seemed
he
say,
to
On goin'
was
I
as
somehow,
But, Nothin' desk—
his
thue
up
Gimlet-holes borin'
er
stove;
the
on
Likely, more'n
pepper,
sprinklin'
er
Pins; crookin'
er
wads;
th'owin'
be
He'd lookin',
wuzn't
Teacher
the
When {51}
that
resk!
wouldn't
boy
Other
cunnin'—
and
cute
and
ways,
prophesyin'
,
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James
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FRIEND
A
TO
LETTER
A grave.
the
o'er
scattered
when
As fragrant
so
ne'er
laurels
his
And brave,
and
one
loyal
a
Though vagrant—
a
but
is
Fame
For worth;
unacknowledged
Of poet
a
die
and
live
To mirth
of
much
as
know
might
I it,
below
fall
I
though
And ought."
it
think
really
you
As stronger
growing
is
fame
"my
That thought
the
for
you
thank
to
Than longer
no
him
bother
I'll rhyme,
a
with
him
trip
I
When flurry
a
such
in
flies
he
And Time—
of
race
rapid
the
At worry
to
vain
in
all
it's
But {53} length.
its
half
of
shorn
it
Leaves advancing
Life
of
Day
the
As strength,
of
loss
a
feel
I glancing—
shadow
my
And—at gleams;
early
Morning's
the
Of glory
the
in
vanished
That dreams
in
to
listened
have
I story
a
like
is
past
The {52}
FRIEND
A
TO
LETTER
A Riley
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James
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The
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BIBLE
OLD-FASHIONED
THE {56} read.
grandfather
my
Bible
leathern-bound
The Bible—
dust-covered
The Bible—
old-fashioned
The read.
grandfather
my
Bible
old
the
hear
To people
God-fearing
the
gathered
solemnly
it
As overhead
out
fluttering
came
that
doves
The steeple,
the
in
bell
the
and
roof,
sloping
low,
The thereto;
tethered
all
horses
and
fence,
rail
The wildwood,
the
of
edge
the
at
meeting-house
old
The review;
sadly
I
mem'ry
in
but
now
That childhood
my
of
scenes
the
are
heart
my
to
dear
How {55}
BIBLE
OLD-FASHIONED
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James
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BIBLE
OLD-FASHIONED
THE Bible—
dust-covered
The Bible—
old-fashioned
The read?
grandfather
my
Bible
old
the
hear
To Heaven
of
out
leaned
listening,
has,
He
long
so
When said,
has
He
words
the
of
tithe
a
but
hear
we
Shall riven?
and
stifled
be
Master
the
of
voice
the
Shall skies?
the
in
home
a
and
hope
a
of
on
Lisps revision
newer
this
while
past,
the
of
dust
the
In lies
uselessly
it
though
book
old
the
scoff
And derision
and
scorn
with
backward
look
shall
who
Ah! read.
grandfather
my
Bible
leathern-bound
The Bible—
dust-covered
The Bible—
old-fashioned
The read.
grandfather
my
Bible
old
the
hear
To listens
he
as
leans
patriarch's
haloed
a
Like head
his
and
stilled,
is
deacon
the
of
cough
The glistens,
and
trickles
it
features
his
down
as
And, tear,
a
of
lens
the
through
text
the
grander
Makes it
love
to
downward
droops
that
eye
reverent
the
Though severe,
gravely
it—is
recall
I
now
As it—
above
bent
face
The
volume!
old
blessed
The {57}
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HOWDY-DO
ER
GOOD-BY {60} howdy-do!
er
good-by
Say Ef learn:
to
else
nothin'
got
That's concern
this
runnin'
One's
Some us!
on
up
put
job's
the
'Cause fuss,
no
make
to
while
worth
'Taint you;
and
me
to
same
the
Jes' howdy-do—
er
good-by
Say good-by!
then,
and
Howdy-do, sigh.—
your
there's
and
song,
my
Here's knell.—
funer'l
some
up
Skeerin' weddin'-bell
jinglin'
Ev'ry contrariest;
their
Tangled best,
and
worst
and
births,
and
Deaths cry;
and
laugh
like
jes'
Mixes good-by—
then,
and
Howdy-do, {59} howdy-do!
er
good-by
Say you.—
greetin'
while
grip
their
Slips gold
solid
in
weight
their
Than hold
ruther
you'd
hands
of
Grasp away—
go
to
first
friends
Best day—
ev'ry
Comin'—goin', two?
the
betwixt
odds
the
What's howdy-do—
er
good-by
Say {58} read.
grandfather
my
Bible
leathern-bound
The
He's
through—
pull
we'll
willin',
HOWDY-DO
ER
GOOD-BY Riley
Whitcomb
James
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The
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MEET
THREE
WE
WHEN there,
"Leader"
the
me
showed
Uncle
For {62} Tinshop"!
the
in
Man
Little
"The
Of jubilee
and
jingle
and
lilt
the
And melody,
its
with
orchestra,
The oh,
and
lights;
the
of
flash
sudden
The wall;
frescoed
the
and
"drop,"
the
stage,
The that
knew
he
things
the
And all!
it
made
he
pleasant
how
ah,
And so!)
him
loved
boy—I
a
Only be
to
seemed
he
though
course,
of
uncle,
(My me—
took
was
it
brother
Mother's see,
to
went
I
that
one
first
The "show,"
the
as
theater
the
of
spoke
And ago,
long
boy,
little
a
was
I
When {61} meet.
three
we
When nine
Muses
the
all
us
with
Be will
there
singers—for
our-time
Of trill
blither
the
and
ballads,
Old line,
by
line
loosen,
shall
yet
We dine,
or
fast
we
if
thee,
pledge
I meet.
three
we
When thrill
shall
I
only
as
through
Thrilled divine,
warmth
a
with
autumn,
Of sunshine
chill
the
through
thee,
pledge
I thine.
of
lips
those
by
tasted
Since still
sweeter
delicious,
draughts
With fill
dost
thou
fancy
thirsting
My wine,—
as
flow
and
well
verses
Whose mine
of
friend
Ah!
meet?
three
we
When
I
know!—
should
TINSHOP"
THE
IN
MAN
LITTLE
"THE MEET
THREE
WE
WHEN Riley
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James
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TINSHOP"
THE
IN
MAN
LITTLE
"THE {63} Tinshop'!
the
in
Man
Little
'The
Is band
the
all
of
master
little
that
"Why, hand,
his
of
wave
courtliest
the
with
said,
And eye
his
snapped
who
uncle,
Radiant my
toward
joy,
breathless
a
in
leaned,
I
As round,
spun
soul
very
my
that
seemed
it
Till sound
of
skeins
in
tangled
and
Wrangled triangles—
of
tinkles
tipsy
And bells,
riotous
of
ripples
Reeling yet;
me
thrills
that
piccolo
a
Through wail
a
sending
or
twitter
a
Chirping castanet;
or
cymbal
a
Clinking hail,
of
rattle
a
like
drum
a
Raking Tinshop"!
the
in
Man
Little
"The
That's everything,—
on
plays
and
tinkers
And string,
the
of
end
the
at
away
hides
Who rest,
at
never
man,
little
lively
The best,—
and
last
the
to
down
on
Clean learn,
to
laughed
I
that
name
comical
Some turn,
in
each
them,
of
names
me
coined
he
And through;
music
of
bubbles
Silvery blew
he
horn
the
of
end
little
the
At face
his
puffing
and
pouting
"B-Flat,"
the
And "Bass,"
and
"'Cello,"
and
"Second,"
the
me
Showed hair;
black
long,
and
forehead
bleak
pale,
his
With
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TINSHOP"
THE
IN
MAN
LITTLE
"THE harmonies;
unharmonied
your
Than glees
gladder
or
madder,
Sadder, to
listened
I
have
yet
Never began,
life
my
of
show"
"the
first
Since Though And you—
to
joy
Man,
Little
my
Oho! Tinshop.'"
the
in
Man
Little
'The
For fast
roses
my
holding
sit,
still
I last,
at
until,
dimmer,
and
Dimmer sight
swimming
my
on
Glimmering light
operatic
an
many
From low,
and
faint
arias,
heard
I've
And Infinite—
rapturous
the
till
Tranced so
her
held
and
angels',
the
with
Blent bow,
magic
with
master,
her
Karl, tone
matchless
whose
Parepa,
fair
And Mendelssohn,
and
Handel,
Mozart, Bull,
Ole
and
Paganini,
And Wonderful,
the
Verdi,
heard
I've
"And {65}
I've
man,
and
boy
melodies,
heard
—and
yours theirs
through!
lifetime
—your
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SMITH
TOMMY see
I
hair,
your
back
Smoothing wind
the
of
hand
glad
the
And behind,
back
tipped
crown
with
But, Smith.
Tommy
Little see,
I
tears
through
but
is
It mistily,
so
smile
you
Though yet.
you
see
I
love,
first
Of statuette
jaunty
my
O Smith.
Tommy
Little liquidly—
all
"Old—Bob—White!" mimicry,
in
back,
Whistling face—
radiant
rover's
the
Of grace
the
contrast
Elder-blooms Smith.
Tommy
Little me—
on
smiles
he
so
Tilted; rakishly
cap-rim
his
With stand,
he
does
forever
Still land
far
some
of
verge
the
On {67} Smith.
Tommy
Little unceasingly—
sings
Something me
to
tenderly
most
Yet with;
it
rhyme
to
name
a
Scarce Smith—
Tommy
unsung
Little Smith.
Tommy
Little me—
on
smile
Tommy
Little see
can
I
fancy
in
Still tipped,
backward
cap-rim
his
With rosy-lipped,
and
Dimple-cheeked {66} Tinshop."
the
in
Man
Little
"The
To kneels
he
bouquet,
first
his
with
so,
And tears;
brightest
his
and
hopes,
bravest
His cheers,
wildest
his
glories,
his
All feels—
heart
boy's
the
fervor
the
all
To appeals
that
music
the
is
yours
For
SMITH
TOMMY Riley
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ARDEN
VAN
TOM congratulate
we
Vainly loved:
have
we
women
the
Of kiss
the
in
tasted
we
What proved
never
has
us
to
Life this,—
is
truth
saddest
the
And {70} own!
his
is
sorrow
best
Man's alone—
not
but
world,
the
To blessedness"
"single
of
Boast confess,
must
we
Bachelors, lead?—
we
life
jolly
the
In pretend
we
that
all
we
Are indeed?
dogs,"
"lucky
we
Are friend,
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom friend.
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom lend,
to
ears
eager
have
I it—
of
edge
the
feel
me
Let wit,
your
up
sharpen
it
If mine;
from
smile
a
spare
can
I sour,
be
it
if
face,
your
Warp wine—
the
taste
and
pipe,
your
Fill hour:
mellow
a
make
we'll
So enough.
soft
are
souls
old
Our rough,
be
touch
the
though
Feeling, tenderness;
affection's
All caress,
rude
the
in
Feeling, own—
your
grasp
and
hand
old
This extend
I
as
now
me
Thrill known
have
we
pleasures
the
All friend,
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom {69} friend.
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom blend,
murmurs
and
thoughts
Fragrant bees,
of
hum
drowsy
the
With trees
of
bloom
the
blends
as
And cast;
has
Time
shadow
the
In lies
beggar
weary
a
Like Past
the
where
Midsummer,
Of guise
the
in
vision,
a
There's away.
lives
lazy
their
Dream astray,
boys,
truant
two
Where days,
other
of
land
a
Gleams gaze
my
before
Mirage-like begun:
first
was
bond
its
Where comprehend
to
old
too
Far one
is
fellowship
warm
Our friend,
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom {68} Smith.
Tommy
Little me,—
on
smile
angel
best
Heaven's
ARDEN
VAN
TOM Riley
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ARDEN
VAN
TOM friend.
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom
.
.
. end!
without
child-love
and
Wife- have
Who those
to
health
a
propose
I wine,—
the
to
color
Higher lend
to
leaps
firelight
the
While mine:
of
theme
this
then,
Pardon, friend,
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom friend.
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom balls.—
jugglers'
like
hearts
with
Played halls
public
crowded
in
And Romance,
of
curtain
the
Up ring
fiddle
the
heard
we
When dance,
the
in
Limber-jointed fling
to
used
we
legs
the
Humph! .
.
.
legs!
our
in
rheumatics
With begs,
nature
our
warmth
of
Much room.—
the
in
dampness
a
There's presume
restless:—I
are
You .
.
.
fire.
failing
the
up
prod
To bend
I
while
glasses
the
Fill tire;
you
and
prosy,
grow
I friend,
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom {71} friend.
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom mend,
to
hard
are
hearts
Broken lost!"
and
loved
have
to
"Better boast,—
to
dare
nor
tears,
our
Through to-day
it
on
back
look
We truth,
in
while,
future,
the
In away
far
seems
Happiness youth
with
cramped
are
souls
our
When summer-time.
of
blood
the
Pours rhyme
of
vein
every
through
And May,
of
taste
November
Makes to-day
me
for
regard
Your them:
over
falls
frost
the
As contend,
I
sweetest,
Ripen stem,
the
upon
fruit
like
Hearts, friend,
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom friend!
old
my
Arden,
Van
Tom send,
could
lips
lying
their
As fate
a
such
from
escape
Our
homes
repose,
home's
and
,
Feats of mountebanks, depend!
—
Riley
Whitcomb
James
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of
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of
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NEVERFAIL
FRIEND
OLD
OUR {75} spring;
in
roses
rival
three
As red
as
are
cheeks
chubby
two
his
and
nose
his
And thing;
glittering
a
and
bald
a
Is head
his
of
top
the
and
least;
at
forty,
is
He so.
him
favor
to
used
youth
in
That pace
the
forgotten
had
bow-legs
little
His though
uncertain—as
wobble
a
And case,
the
of
out
clear
is
grace
for
that
walk
a
With stick;
the
for
enough
big
fist
a
And drum,
a
as
big
as
him
on
abdomen
An thick—
and
apoplectic
neck
a
With chum,
bachelor
my
is
man
corpulent
A {74} tail!
his
wags
dog
old
an
as
honest
as
hand
yer
wags
he
When Neverfail,
friend
old
boy—our
my
you,
like—with
I
most
But gentleman;
a
still
'at's
tramp
ragged
a
meet
to
like
I can;
he
when
'em
he'ps
and
pore
the
likes
that
man
the
like
I all;
after
scoundrel
a
was
elected,
git
didn't
That fall,
last
fer
voted
I
man
the
that
out
find
to
like
I thataway;
folks
su'prise
and
borried,
I've
things
back
take
And pay,
can
I
time
same
the
owe
I
man
the
strike
to
like
I tail!
his
wags
dog
old
an
as
honest
as
hand
yer
wags
he
When Neverfail,
friend
old
our
world's
the
in
thing
best
the
jes'
But back;—
the
on
you
pat
anybody
most
have
to
good
it's
And black,
leetle
a
jes'
painted
Devil's
the
know
to
good
It's {73} red-hot;
really
'at's
lukewarm
call
they
chap
some
strike
Er not,
he's
out
find
then
and
bad
called
man
a
hear
to
good
It's fun;
his
have
and
joke
and'll
up,
hold
to
out
holler
you
When run
don't
and
richer
'at's
relative
a
ketch
to
good
it's
O {72}
CHUM
BACHELOR
MY NEVERFAIL
FRIEND
OLD
OUR Riley
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CHUM
BACHELOR
MY chum.
bachelor
my
of
tears
the
On wall
the
from
down
smiles
that
girl-face
little
the
As dumb
be
and
ways,
ridiculous
His all
for
him,
love
would
you
there
him
on
look
to
And room.
the
in
mirth
of
phantom
a
But become
to
away
died
lips
his
of
laugh
the
When gloom,
the
in
there
him
with
sat
have
I chum!)—
bachelor
my
den—(Ah,
his
in
up
But known.
has
never
he
comforts
the
Of thinks
he
as
snap
to
ready
ever
thumb
a
With alone,
all
wines,
he
and
dines
he
And winks,
he
and
jokes
he
and
drinks,
he
and
smokes
he
So wife!"
a
for
miss
boarding-school
a
And mother-in-law
a
with
compared
blisses,
Are life
bachelor's
a
of
ills
"the
That straw"—
a
care
"don't
he
declaring
of
fond
is
He delight.
of
look
billowy
a
With chin
his
dimples
and
features
his
ripples
it
That bright
and
breezy
so
is
laugh
his
And in,
tucked
corners
the
with
grin
a
is
mouth
His {77}
Riley
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POETRY
AND
ART twins."
is
Poetry
and
"Art grins,
o'
sort
and
says,
Wess
So weather."
summer
and
birds
as
Same together
go
pictures
and
"Songs apart.
tell
to
hard
'Smighty Art
and
Rhymes
say,
I
as
"Still, undertakers!
more
lots
be
They'd picture-makers,
funny
the
"'Thout Picture-book.
first
our
in
Was took
ever
we
delight
"Most History.
in
out
hacked
Find we
language
first
is
"Pictures Elysian.
Lands
in
Life-work
Of vision
pet
my
's
"Picture-drawin' you!
with
pens
swop
jes'
to
Like drew,
have
you
as
draw
could
I
"'F sings.
who
straw
a
keer
not
I'll me
"Let {79} Poetry!
over
laid
Clean to
'peared
allus,
"Pictures, mistake!
no
and
Poetry, shake
I'd
pick,
my
I'd
if
"Yit, twins!
is
Poetry
and
"Art grins,
o'
sort
and
says,
he
Wess
{78}
me
,
draw
jings,
i
then,
and
,
POETRY
AND
ART Riley
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James
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DAVENPORT
HOMER
TO {83} there.
a-talkin'
set
we
o'clock
five
tel
and
follered,
He air,
open
fer
made
and
was,
I
tired
how
said
I
when
But understand;
you
all,
and
'em—crutch
amongst
in
sashay
And hand
a
take
to
me
with
pled
and
begged
and
coaxed
he
Fluke
And shade.
the
in
there
round
sneakin'
'peared-like,
marble,
puore
o'
Out made
statutes,
and
time;
the
all
stiddy
squirtin'
fountains,
And perfume;
and
pinies
and
plants
hothouse
o'
full
chokin'
Jes' room
other
some
in
'way
circus-tunes,
a-tootin'
bands
And there!
'em
with
a-waltzin'
round
shamblin'
men
old
even
And declare,
I
roses,
and
gauze
in
dressed
jes'
know,
you
girls,
And Ripresentatives;
and
Senators,
and
all!
and
Injuns lives,
'at
kind
ever'
world—jes'
the
all
from
there
people
They's {82} out.
goin'
money
and
on,
goin'
reception
blame
Some about,
night,
ever'
and
house;
the
about
room
ever'
In nigh
mighty
burnin'
gas
now:
livin'
he's
how
you
tell
To try
to
goin'
a-ruther
you—er
tell
to
goin'
was
I
But what
know
don't
millions;
His made
and
stayed
and
stuck
he
and
onwindlassed,
and
weakened
I there;
gittin'
bu'sted
both
and
Forty-niners,
was
both
We square:
money
his
made
Fluke—he
a-faultin'
not
I'm
mind,
Now Hall!
Masonic
bigger'n
buildin'
a
in
livin'
And all,
and
Congerssman
a
and
money,
o'
stacks
worth
man
A please;
they
what
jes'
do
kin
know,
you
him,
as
rich
as
men
'At agrees—
folks
most
guess
I
idy—and
the
got
I'd
see
You day.
ever'
Flukens
with
sociabler
a-feelin'
yit
And away,
git
o'
kind
to
jes'
a-wantin'
kep'
I
more
The stayed
I
'at
longer
and
there;
was
I
whilse
him
with
stay
Me made
and
tuck
and
in
turned
jes'
deestrick,
our
from
Flukens,
Old {81} are!
we
proud
how
yit
all—and
at
pairs
in
pants
their
wear
Don't war
the
sence
'at
me,
like
chaps,
one-legged
old
to
Allowed be
to
ort
pensions
the
on
passes
and
meets
Congerss
Where C.,
D.
Washington,
at
Capital
the
to
down
be'n
I' {80}
I'm
paid.
pension's
my
untel
worth
CAPITAL
THE
TO
DOWN Riley
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James
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CAPITAL
THE
TO
DOWN jes'
all
"It's {86} anywhere!
tackle
er
taste,
er
tetch,
er
see,
er
hear,
I a'
jes'
That's there—
music
ain't
that
but
does;
it
way
the
out
feller
A wear
couldn't
music
'at
think
to
ust
there!—I
in
band
"That be?
to
ust
I
what
am—and
I
what
am—and
I
where
Knows she
ef
now
wonder
"I
on,
went
Fluke
and
nodded-like,
I he.
says
her?"
remember
You
livin'.
was
wife
first
my
When be
to
ust
it
what
as
though,
purty,
so
not
purty;
"Night's eye.
yer
of
achin'
the
and
yender
up
sky
the
Betwixt dry
and
high
anchored
thataway—jes'
jes'
stays
it
then
And by,
and
by
changes,
it
but
it;
see
you
time
first
grand,
It's sky?
the
ag'inst
up
"humped
he,
says
dome,"
old
that-air
see
"You you.
tireder'n
I'm
man;
old
you,
tireder'n
I'm do;
shadder—that'll
the
in
furder
leetle
a
back
Set chew.
a
man
a
give
you
tel
tobacker
yer
up
putt
Don't you!
tireder'n
"I'm
me,
to
says
he—Fluke
says
God!"
"My {85}
artificial
ours;
of
life
high-priced
this-'ere
,
imitation
swear,
I
ever'thing,
like
and
,
Riley
Whitcomb
James
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CAPITAL
THE
TO
DOWN {87} rich!
a-bein'
jes'
patheticker'n
much
nothin'
They's sich,
and
wealth
o'
think
I
when
notion,
the
struck
half-way
I've bill,
pension
that-air
on
soul,
and
heart
me,
fer
A-leggin' a-still
Fluke
left
I
where
Washington,
from
back
I'm
sence
Well, handkercher.
his
guess
grass—I
the
in
'nuther
o'
Somepin' fer
fumbled
and stooped
and
coughed,
o'
kind
and
turned,
and
stopped
Then ag'in;
hisse'f
to
over
thing
whole
the
say
to
'Peared-like, in,
a-startin'
Fluke,
says
do,"
to
ust
I
like
there,
set
"Jes' know.
you
joke,
and
laugh
and
do,
to
ust
I
like
there,
set
Jes' so,—
me
rest
'u'd
that
stove—Lord!
kitchen
the
by
down
set
And go
to
jes'
instance,
fer
life;
homely
of
things
homely
The know
to
is
fer,
sob
and
down
lay
could
and
want,
I
all
"And flowers!
artificial
artificialer'n
thing's
whole
The no
They's sours.
and
down
saps
it
tel
enough,
sweet
it's
theory,
The
ner
left,
home ties

powers,
the
By
it.
about
home
o'
Riley
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CHUMS
OLD bar,
the
before
first
up
Stood cigar:
first
the
smoked
and
Stold one:
my
to
whippin's
two
Got begun,
first
schoolin'
our
When boots!
yer
bet
you
first,
be'n
He's cahoots
went
we
sence
Ever his!—
of
luck
old
same
that
Jes' is!
he
course
dead—Of
Scotty's {90} glad.
were
we
laughed—whisperingly—and
I
And here:
body
broken
his
brought
they
Then—then more.—
and
more
me—strengthened
with
Abided had
he
faith
wholesome
of
force
and
hope,
Hale clear,
the
of
something
Yet
.
.
.
and—closed.
Opened door
the
then
and
stair;
the
on
gaily
Rang roundelay
His
eyes.
misted
with
turned,
And head
my
shook
and
sighed
speaking,
even
Though, said,
I
try,"
"I'll
me."
with
joy
comes,
word
The day
the
mingle.—So,
shall
mirth
our
that
But away
far
very
so
lodge
not
shall
I dead,
shall.—Being
I
as
glad,
be
and
Laugh regret:—instead,
of
whimper
a
not
"Mind! say,
to
paused
chum
old
my
first,"
die
I
"If {89}
SCOTTY CHUMS
OLD Riley
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SCOTTY between
pause
patient
In serene,
and
steadfast
Lo! {92} he's
now
Luckiest—And said,
I've
as
allus,
Scotty anyhow—
together
Stuck now,
tel
up
allus,
we've
Though be,—
could
pore
as
pore
as
Both me—
ner
him
prospered,
hain't
We won—
and
fought
battles
the
All done—
and
said
that's
all
fer
Yit ornriest!
and
last
the
Me best—
and
first
allus
Scotty cuss
o'
kind
the
That's Sam"—
"Uncle
of
beg
to
Had I
pension-money
the
Fer would
even
Never me.—
more'n
Scotty
liked
Luck man
o'
kind
the
That's cause,—
the
in
glory
more
And hide,
his
in
bullets
more
With side
my
by
there
fell
and
Fought tramp:
the
on
troubles,
more
And camp,
the
around
scrapes
more
In through!
way
whole
the
on
clean
And too,
Army,
the
in
me
Beat {91} "blackberry"!
on
time
Wastin' me
whisky-straight—and
Takin'
I
he
Scotty,
married:
got
I
am!—
he
was!
dead
!
apply

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MAN
OLD
THE essayed,
face
roguish
Your tan,
and
dust
with
brown
When, way,
restless
wayward,
the
In astray
went
you
that
as
Just day,
truant
a
age
Hasn't Man?
Old grace,
inner
its
preserve
To face
childish
the
mask
you
Where place
a
just
but
age
Isn't can?
we
when
caress
And bless
we
child
little
the
Than less
any
man
old
an
Is confess:
honestly,
Now, Man.
Old countenance,
secret
Your perchance—
rebuke,
keen
of
And glance—
a
half
with
read
Could ran,
and
feet
his
bared
he
As town,
in
boy
fleetest
the
Why, down!
pulling
are
brows
your
That frown
the
up
put
just
So {94} Man.
Old me,
on
perpetrate
You'd fallacy
the
betrays
That glee
of
shout
Internal an
simply
is
laugh
Little shy
whisperingly
your
And eye;
your
in
twinkle
Little sly
a
find
I
yet
And Man.
Old good,
was
world
the
all
When babyhood—
rosy
Of bud
the
of
bursting
The began
old
of
when
As haze,
April
with
blent
Is days
Autumn
of
dusk
The gaze
reposeful
your
In Man?
Old glorious—
chorus
In thus,
Angel-voices
Hear us,
to
dull
senses,
Your can
mutely,
listening
And, through;
Heaven
happy
Of blue
the
pierce
Glory,
Of view
nearer
in
you,
Can {93} Man?
Old prayer,
a
like
you
round
Breathes air
diviner
what
And hair,—
silver
silken
Your fan
zephyrs
gentle
What unseen,
the
and
seen
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MAN
OLD
THE Man?
Old too,
pockets,
your
filled
And grew—
jewels
where
trees
The through
clambered
him,
with
And, clan;
his
and
Afrite
The dared
and
you,
with
lamp
His shared
Aladdin
glad
Where fared
have
you
haply,
When, Man?
Old Nights,"
"Arabian
old
the
Of delights
and
splendors
the
And sights,
enchanted
strange,
the
With overran
and
brimmed
it
When do
to
used
it
youth
in
As through,
tremble
soul
old
your
Don't true,
and
square,
and
fair,
Now, {97} {95} Man?
Old made,
it
smile
the
hide
To masquerade,
solemn
In
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MAN
OLD
THE Man.
Old yours,
of
heart
old
hale
that
In endures
boy
selfsame
the
That assures,
love
Master's
The plan
mysterious
same
the
On assume,
I
blossoms,
the
Of perfume
and
sweetness,
the
And bloom,
the
lives
as
to-day,
So, {99} Man,—
Old you,
sweet—and
sugar
And blue—
violet
the
red,
Was hue
rose's
the
Wherein Nan—
or
Belle,
Nelly,
By sent
letter
the
kiss
To sentiment,
boyish
In leant,
have
you
often
And—as Man.
Old blue,
and
pink
in
girls
the
And you;
censured
often
he
Though too,
School-Teacher,
old
the
And Dan;
and
Dick,
and
Tom,
Charley, had—
you
friends
of
host
the
And bad!
were
you
as
good
as
Just lad—
lucky
a
were
you
Oh, Man!
Old Paul,
and
Nell
Little
Over all—
is
that
faster,
Only fall—
will
tears
warm
same
the
And can
you
if
them,
review
And sly!
the
on
novels
Reading dry,
as
wet
were
eyes
your
That deny
not
need
you
And {98} Man?
Old likewise,
art
his
learned
And eyes,
and
mouth
open
With lies,
his
to
listened
you
Have can?—
or
will,
or
would,
Or he,
as
bad
as
sinned
has
Who veracity
in
And sea—
at
Sinbad,
with
Or,
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MAYNARD
B.
JAMES file?
Memory's
from
call
You scrap
treasure
old
some
it
is
Or smile?
to
you
causes
That 'case'
your
on
'copy'
the
it
Is guile,
absent
of
look
And face,
sallow
of
Printerman
O {101} dew.
the
falls
as
tears
our
hears
He to,
listens
he
which
silence
Of sign
hallowed
the
by
even
So, mine—
and
yours
of
kin
he
was
So do.
to
lived
he
that
duty
World's true
the
of
recognition
In neighbor-hand
a
of
clasp
warm
The demand,—
meek
his
return,
in
While, of—
unmeasured
opulence
In love
human
his
abroad
poured
He hear;
to
world
grateful
a
all
For his
is
silent
All thought.
gracious
of
word
further
One not
say
pen
his
and
pencil
His more.
no
desk
his
above
leans
He o'er—
is
task
nightly
daily,
His {100}
voice
clear
yet
,
PRINTERMAN
ANCIENT
THE MAYNARD
B.
JAMES Riley
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PRINTERMAN
ANCIENT
THE {103} face.
his
upon
smile
a
With him
left
I
dumb!"
and
deaf
am
"'I "case,"—
his
above
card
a
On printed
were
words
the
where
To grace
of
full
motion
a
With hinted
Printer
ancient
The true?"
spoken
I
have
O, angel-echoes—
but
now
Are to
listen
you
laughs
the
Of measures
music-burdened
the
And view;
your
from
faded
have
That pleasures
old
of
dreaming
are
"You pipe!
asthmatic
old
your
At pucker
that
lips
on
Again ripe
kisses,
old
taste
you
And a-maying,'
'gone
has
heart
Your type—
and
'stick'
from
Afar straying
you're
Printerman,
"Ah, {102} race!
retrospective
a
In riot
running
fancy's
Your face;
the
haunts
it
Whene'er history
dreamer's
fellow
A trace
can
I
often
For mystery—
its
guess
would
fain
"I
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JIM
AND
MAN
OLD
THE Jim,—
to
'Ceptin' say—
to
much
had
never
man
Old {105}
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AND
MAN
OLD
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JIM
AND
MAN
OLD
THE {107} hisse'f."
of
keer
take
And Good-by, Jim
"Tell
said:
'at
us,
to
read
Cap.
'At him
to
letter
a
up
wound
man
old
The seen,—
ever
you
battle
bloodiest
the
Through flag
the
carried
and
thigh,
his
through
Bored clean
bullet
a
with
led,
had
he
'At bad—
farmin'
his
as
good
fightin'
his
And black,
er
white
rigiment,
dern
whole
the
In had
we
boy
bravest
the
was
Jim
'At back
writ
he
Biggler
Cap.
when
But him;
in
up
wrapped
'peared
man
old
The why
wonder
to
ust
all
Neighbors Jim;
Disting'ished the
about
nothin'
was
Never yourse'f!"
of
keer
Take Jim:
good-by,
"Well, say,
him
a-heerin'
deepo
the
at
down
And Jim—
a-watchin'
drillin',
was
we
While way
the
in
round
stood
and
come
man
old
The day
the
mind
I
over
and
over
And him!
in
up
wrapped
jes'
was
he
'Cause see?—
hisse'f-like,
to
all
him
likin'
And Jes' satisfied
more
was
he
'Peared-like, {106} yourse'f!"
o'
keer
Take Jim:
good-by,
"Well, away,—
start
to
turned
we
as
jes'
Was, say
man
old
the
heerd
I
'at
all
And months;
three
fer
him,
backin'
man
old
The went,
he
Jim
and
out,
broke
army
the
When was
time
first
life,—and
my
in
twice
Er once
but
speak
him
heerd
Never him!
in
up
wrapped
jes'
man
old
the
And had—
he
boy
wildest
the
was
Jim
And
farm
lookin'
Jim
at
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JIM
AND
MAN
OLD
THE yourse'f!"
of
keer
Take Jim:
good-by,
"Well, say,—
man
old
the
was
heerd
he
last
And away,
rid
he
finally
Tel dress-parade—
on
Jim
Watchin' so,
er
week
a
fer
around
laid
And Wade,
Ben
Camp
to
over
him
follered
And raised,
he'd
colt
a
him
give
man
old
the
And more.
years
three
her
tackle
he'd
Guessed afore,
luck
sich
had
he'd
'at
'lowed
Jim him!
in
up
wrapped
jes'
man
old
the
And calvery—
the
in
back
go
to
like
he'd
'At whim
the
take
To enough
long
jes'
home
come
Jim {109}
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JIM
AND
MAN
OLD
THE yourse'f!"
of
keer
Take Jim:
good-by,
"Well, ears,—
his
in
voice
old
the
father's,
His to
clung
boy
dyin'
the
of
hand
the
As years,
and
years
fer
leaked
hadn't
'At tears
with
away
turnin'
surgeon
The him—
over
bendin'
man,
old
the
And Jim,
over
down
news
the
A-laughin' Red-White-and-Blue
old
glorious
the
And through,
plum'
war
the
him—with
of
Think him!
in
up
wrapped
jes'
man
old
the
And shoulder-straps—
the
to
up
clean
dumb
'At's Jim,
like
say
We'll perhaps,
now,
private,
a
of
Think yourse'f!"
of
keer
Take Jim:
good-by,
"Well, day,—
all
mind
his
in
words
man's
old
the
And gone,
arm
one
and
lieutenant,
a
Jim on—
and
on
and
timber,
fer
scooted
they
As gray
in
boys
the
to
home
it
socked
And way,
t'other
'em
p'inted
and
'em,
tuk
And there,
cannons
their
into
right
rid
Jim where
instunce,
fer
Petersburg,
At drum—
a
of
tap
the
like
up
him
stirred
'At come
'u'd
word
the
time
a
many
And mark
his
make
he'd
believin'
Fully Jim—
fer
A-watchin' did,
man
old
the
papers,
the
Tuk
Some
him!—
in
up
wrapped
way—jes'
{111}
{110}
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SCHOOL-CHUM
OLD
THE to-day.
themselves
not
are
eyes
His say
to
tears,
his
dries
he
smiles,
Of disguise
poor
a
through
failure,
In sighs
who
one
as
and,
follow;
To tried
vainly
has
he
poem
The aside
puts
he
is
it
so
And Nell."
lesson—"Little
the
Above fell
that
tears
the
hide
might
he
That child,
a
when
truant
him
drove
That wild,
and
sweet
emotion,
old
The again;—
him
troubling
seems
boy
A when
lashes
his
wet
to
used
That tenderness
the
of
something
Yet guess,—
I
childishness,
not
is
It {113} him!
to
darkness—strange
swimming
In dim
and
dusk
all
mind
the
leaves
And lines,
the
of
meaning
printed
The blinds
that
blur
oft-recurring
An indefinite—
vague,
something
A sight—
his
o'er
glamour
sudden
A to-day!
themselves
not
are
eyes
His say
to
by,
poem
the
puts
He {112}
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SECRET
FRIEND'S
JOLLY
MY {115} wine.
of
two
or
glass
a
With fancy
your
lubricate
And dine,
and
down
you
sit
must
You necromancy!
Cupid's
Dan state!
happy
very
a
Is it
shows
plainly
though,
smile,
Your mate?—
a
you
taken
you've
Since it
goes
how
mine,
of
friend
Ah, {114}
SECRET
FRIEND'S
JOLLY
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SECRET
FRIEND'S
JOLLY
MY bachelor";
"jolly
a
Of sample
perfect
am—a
I
What for
me
take
hardly
would
You ample,
so
acknowledgment
From wine.
with
out
'em
drown
I
When misses
only
mem'ry
My mine
of
mustache
this
Under kisses
of
ghosts
are
there
Yet the
Of twinkles
the
up
cover
to
As quite,
plenty,
so
not
Are wrinkles
but
yes,
'un!"
"old
an
I'm Time!
of
hand
sportive
the
By bald-headed"
"snatched
manner,
a
In I'm,
here—that
see—look
Till—you unwedded,
remained
I've
And one—-
by
one
off
drop
you
As diverted,
alone
laugh
I
While done,
have
chums
other
my
As "deserted,"
have
you
as
And {117}
boy
right?
I
—ain't
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JUNE
OF
HEART
THE
IN love,
noon,
till
dawn
from
On together,
I
and
You love,
June,
of
heart
the
In {120} all!
tight—that's
purty
am
I Well, recall?
to
life
past
My recitation
in
start
I
Did connection,—
this
in
Well,—just heavens!—le'-me-see—
Ah, complexion—
a
and
eyes
And light?
the
and
you
Between as
red
As As— golden
as
hair
girl—with
a
And {119} enjoy—
to
leisure
the
And plenty,
money's
fellow's
a
When boy,
my
age,
lordly
a
It's twenty—
was
I
see—when
me
Let know?
you
journey—don't
the
On lazy
o'
sort
gets
heart
my
And go,
to
have
fancies
my
Where mazy
o'
kind
is
path
The please;
decanter,
wine
That me
slide
to
you
trouble
I'll ease—
at
yourself
put
And me
beside
down
you
sit
And glisten—
will
that
tear-drops
the
And "
the
boy!
my
Ah, listen?
to
like
you'd
say
you
Did mystery!
hidden
my
Of garret
Blue-Beardish
old
the
Of key
the
holds
Fatima,
Like claret,
this
chum,
old
ha!
Ah, {118} wife!
a
have
to
ought
he
That agreeing
soul's
and
heart
his
But life
married
at
laughs
he
When being
has
bachelor
a
Not
that
lips—well—quite
and
;
this
holdin'
I'm
that's
indication
an
Sad No More!
"
Turn the catch upon the door,

Did you lock that door for me?

JUNE
OF
HEART
THE
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BAND
OLD
THE favo-
Was 'Leven"
"Number
and
Nine"
'em—"Number
of
others
dozent
a
And Jo";
my
Anderson,
"John
and
A-comin',"
is
Camels
"The
And know;
you
don't
Alice,"
"Sweet
and
Body"
Brown's
"John
as
tunes
Sich the
hear
to
want
I somehow—anyway,
but
tunes;
grander
and
stylisher
And hand,
by
play
they
what
than
note
by
more
music
their
plays
And yer
doubt
no
make
I him?
o'
become
what's
carpenter—say,
the
Kerns,
Hi
old
And Jim;
as
big
as
twic't
as
drum
the
played
him
of
brother
Air that-
and
Richa'son
Tom
Hart;
Bill
Meek;
Bony
and
Nate
And at?
Barnett
War
where's
And
Snow?
Nat
and
Eastman,
of
come
What's {122} the
hear
to
want
I fellers—say?
Saxhorn
the
and
Lindsey
Bill
old
of
come
What's
.
.
. street—
the
on
out
play
and
all,
and
uniforms
fancy
In meet,
band-fellers
new
yer
when
evening
at
Especially strange;
and
me
to
new
that's
things
notice
and
back,
A-comin' change,
a
see
I
course
of
Kansas,
to
then
moved
I
Sence more.
and
year
twenty
away
be'n
I've
Considerin' shore,
town,
old
the
to
back
git
to
good
mighty
It's {121} June.
of
heart
the
In love,
dream,
luscious
this
With aswoon
half
and
Drugged love,
seem,
to
sweet
how
Ah! together.
I
and
You love,
moon,
the
Underneath weather,
golden
its
With love,
June,
of
heart
the
In June.
of
heart
the
In love,
holds,
life
all
Drinking tune,
selfsame
the
In love,
souls,
our
both
Blending weather;
the
with
Laughing
old
old
play.
band play.
band
rites
Heaven.
o'
dream
feller
a
made
fairly
that
a
now's
new band competenter
band,
BAND
OLD
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BAND
OLD
THE the
hear
to
want
I And ag'in
West
back
git
and
here
o'
out
right
light
and
take
And She says
o'
sort
and
jaws
her
squares
Mem'ry
and
out,
drownded
Nigh jes'
is
eyes
blame'
my
when
musicianer,
no
I'm
whilse
And, head;
my
in
somepin'
with
chord
o'
kind
to
'peared
allus
It Yer {125} {123} the
hear
to
want
I
.
.
. away—
died
and
sobbed
had
Dell,"
"Hazel
er
Dale,"
"Lilly
When shed
the
on
droppin'
locus'-blossoms
the
heerd
even
I've bed
in
still
so
laid
I've
saranade,
'u'd
boys
the
when
And
old
old
play.
band play.
band
stay
say
to
haf
never
I
where
there,
git
I
when
there,
the
but
it,
beats
ma'by
band
ner
won't never
in
turn
jes'
to
want
I
fergit,
will
new old band's
said—
I
what
Riley
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James
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The
53
FRIEND
MY friend."
thy
is
he
"Still
With end
measure
mute
each
Let ear,
the
to
laughter
As clear
perfume
of
trills
Their blow
lilies
and
Between, grow
grasses
waving
Though alway!
sing
it
may
So to-day.—
sings
it
so
And {127} strong.
and
brave,
tender,
Warm, song,
into
rippled
And rhyme
running
into
Thawed winter-time
my
all
And birds;
the
and
summer
Brought words
The
friend!"
my
is
"He again!
out
shone
sun
The then
heart—and
my
on
Smiled him
of
thought
the
lo!
And dim;
and
drear
were
skies
The Overhead
patient!"
"Be said,—
I
friend,"
my
is
"He {126}
FRIEND
MY Riley
Whitcomb
James
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MAN
TRAVELING
THE {129} wears.
he
ulster
the
as
warm
as
And Man's,
Traveling
a
is
trust
must
she
heart
the
Since prayers,
serious
all
with
drink,
would
I hands
of
fairest
her
and
hearts
of
truest
her
To kiss;
her
of
sweet
the
salted
That eye
her
in
tear
the
of
thinks
he
as
hour,
Very this
him
thrilling
tenderness
a
With good-by
him
gave
who
sweetheart
the
to
drink
And again—
goblet
the
up
fill
would
I laughed,
has
he
laughs
the
and
told
has
he
jokes
the
And then,
him
to
drank
I
as
smiles,
his
With draught
glorious
the
tincture
but
I
could
And him;
by
represented
house
the
And Man,
Traveling
the
of
success
the
drink
And brim
the
to
glass
my
up
fill
would
I can,
only
gods
the
nectar
the
out
pour
I
Could {128}
I MAN
TRAVELING
THE Riley
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I Man!
Traveling
the
welcome
Will Road
the
of
End
the
at
Inn
the
of
Host
Mine can,
he
that
fare
last
the
pays
And abode
earthly
this
from
turns
he
when
pledge,
I
And here:
journeying
wayfarer
the
To extends
landlord
the
that
hand
generous
the
To cheer—
with
and
smiles
with
him
met
have
Who friends
the
to
health
a
and
life
long
a
drink
would
I one.
wandering
the
of
thinks
she
As knits,
she
stocking
the
o'er
weeps
and
murmurs
And son
her
of
fireside
warm
the
At sits
who
mother
old
feeble
the
to
drink
I'd
And again!
and
again
them
reads
And tremulously
so
letters
brave
his
breaks
Who vain—
in
returning
his
awaits
Who knee,
her
on
babe
the
with
wife,
the
to
drink
would
I {131}
II Riley
Whitcomb
James
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II {134} song!
and
wit
beauty,
with
Shpiked wrong,
parts
three
and
right,
parts
Three air,
we
here
us—and
av
Muggs quare
the
in
whusky
the
Wid mistletoe
and
dew
the
And dough,
the
wid
in
birds
the
Mixt Irishman
the
made
that
Him O'Sullivan!—
Dan
yez!
Whist {133} down!
av
inshtid
up
run
To woun'
that's
clock
any
ax
Or wax,
or
wane
to
shtar
Any ax
to
b'y
the
be
not
I'll resht:—
the
all
than
more
songs
My blesht
ye've
because
shtop
cry
To can,
ye
loike
singin',
yer
Whilst man,
the
not
I'm
thrue,
and
Dade it!
to
up
shwells
head
me
Av fit
the
whilst
aisy
be
Jusht anything—
for
off
lave
Don't sing—
ye
have
not
I'd
that
Not poethry!—
wid
swhate
Dhrippin' me,
av
praise
trillin'
be
To sure!—
Blarney,"
"The
kissed
have
Lips your
It's
O'Sullivan:
Dan {132}
O'SULLIVAN
DAN Riley
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O'SULLIVAN
DAN friend.
old
My white,
purer
a
soul
my
And sight,
surer
of
faith
my
And light,
clearer
of
hopes
my
Makes friend,
old
My me,
near
are
still
you
know
to
For friend,
old
My me,
cheer
you
is
it
so
And friend.
old
My yours,
of
heart
that
young
Leaves secures,
he
trophies
the
In lures
his
all
with
Time,
Old friend,
old
My jaded,
trifle
a
step
your
And friend,
old
My faded,
is
hair
your
though
For friend.
old
My too,
merry,
as
laugh
your
And knew,
ever
childhood
your
As blue
a
true
as
eyes
your
And friend,
old
My tender,
as
still
are
smiles
Your friend,
old
My splendor,
youthful
in
dimmed
Though {135} friend.
old
My understand,
may
one
That hand
a
of
pressure
the
Feel and
you,
greet
and
meet
to
Just friend,
old
My fellow,
a
warms
and
cheers
it
That friend,
old
My mellow,
so
all
manner
a
You've
FRIEND
OLD
MY Riley
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James
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FRIEND
OLD
MY {137} Henry!
John
Old had:
he
best
the
it's
'lows
simply
He sad—
git
don't
he
ner
none,
fret
don't
He bad,
best's
his
when
and
best,
his
does
He Henry.
John
old
Says enough!
not
than
better
though's
tough
Too tough—
too
none
reckon,—but
I
tough,
He's Henry—
John
Old stuff—
commonest
the
o'
made
jes'
John's
Old {136}
HENRY
JOHN
OLD Riley
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HENRY
JOHN
OLD Henry!
John
Old him—but
fit
don't
clothes
his
Ner poetry,
o'
statutes
the
fit
To be
to
ort
he'd
as
refined
hain't
He Henry.
John
old
Says bread,
home-made
and
Heaven
o'
dreams
And bed—
to
goes
he
when
babe
a
like
sleeps
And Henry—
John
Old fed—
all
stock's
the
when
hisse'f
feeds
He Henry!
John
Old is:
eye-teeth
his
cut—but
hain't
hair
his
And his,
o'
shoes
them
on
shine
no
hain't
they
And rhumatiz,
the
with
some
up
stove
He's Henry.
John
old
Says understand,
folks
all
'at
religen
'S hand
hearty
a
and
face
smilin'
A Henry—
John
Old brand—
plainest
the
o'
jes'
doctern's
His {139}
fits
he me
:
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VALENTINE
HER {142} it.
on
smile
God's
with
face,
world's
The lit
and
forth
bloomed
star
the
when
Heard divine,
voice
the
of
echo
In mine—
or
thine
or
foe,
or
friend
Or near,
or
far
or
earth,
on
all
To cheer
good
and
Godspeed
of
word
A {141} me.
for
love
burning
his
of
whisper
lightest
the
breathe
not
Can be—
can
he
as
cute
as
it—though
above
god
little
the
And are
they
roses
the
For A-B-C!—
as
plain
as
It's
it!
sent
who
lad
the
know
I
But me.
for
meant
is
one
and
Loves,"
Who
"One
for
meant
is
one
That see
and
read
may
I
that
labeled
so
hearts
of
pair
a
At unerringly
most
aiming
arrow,
and
bow
golden
his
With glee,
his
in
knowing
so
looks
fellow
little
prankish
the
And poetry.
of
scarf
a
in
tangled
Cupid
fairy
a
Is be—
can
he
as
cute
as
them—just
above
hovering
And filigree,
of
vase
a
in
baby-roses
of
bunch
a
It's me.
to
valentine
little
funny
a
sent
Somebody's {140}
stands
vase
the
and
,
blushing awkwardly
,
GREETING
CHRISTMAS VALENTINE
HER Riley
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MARTIN
ABE in
drowns
nearly
ducks
his
there
rains
the
And in;
Brown's
old
climate
steep
purty
a
It's automo
newfangled
Er "Rover"
er
"Rambler"
some
at
stiff
Skeert clover,
er
ragweed
up
A-rootin' over
clean
er
fence
the
to
on
Whuther conceal,—
to
tries
he
'at
fun
with
Er cheerless
him
pictured
yet
never
he's
But earless,
and
eyeless
'most
Abe
draws
He keerless
so
's
Hubbard,
Kin
artist,
The {145} {143} baseball!
to
clean
Genesis
From knowin'—
wuth
ain't
know
don't
he
what
And flowin',
is
whiskers,
his
like
thoughts,
his
And goin',
allus
's
pipe,
his
like
mouth,
His all!
at
sense
no
and
hoss-sense
Of mixture
comical
a
of
kind
A fixture—
County
Brown
a
he's
P'tends picture!
old
his
Martin!—dad-burn
Abe
beel
!
MARTIN
ABE Riley
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James
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READS
NOBODY
THAT
POEM
OLD
LITTLE
THE bleeds
warmly
that
heart
a
of
wound
The above
here
you
Holding reads,
nobody
that
poem
old
little
But, reads.
nobody
that
poem
old
little
The creeds—
of
worst
the
is
creed
its
maybe
And shame,
of
tears
with
o'er
brimmed
heart
a
Was came
it
whence
fountain
the
Maybe pen:
the
held
it
as
Thrilled deeds
goodly
of
hand
a
Maybe when?
written—where?—and
Was reads
nobody
that
poem
old
little
The {147} reads.
nobody
that
poem
old
little
The heeds,
or
loves,
or
wants,
one
no
For by,
hurries
and
yawn,
a
through
Stares eye
reader's
the
perchance,
Unless, face—
its
sees
nobody
That weeds
the
in
low
so
blossom,
ground-vine
a
Like space,
crowded
a
in
Blooms reads
nobody
that
poem
old
little
The {146} Facts.
on
Joker
The
Martin,
Abe Hour,
the
of
Man
Notable
This flower—
its
in
itse'f
genius
Of power
the
of
back
him—clean
makes
Which cracks
miraculous
comic,
His at
shakes
and
back
lays
you
and
me
Both 'at
makes
yit
and
all,
at
see
don't
Abe 'at
fool-breaks
the
all's
'em
of
best
But die.
to
pleasure
a
was
it
That throttled
well
so
'most
him
had
mumps
the
Like wattled
rooster
old
the
er
cow,
Milch mottled
the
er
handsaw-hawg,
old
the
As nigh
mighty
serene,
and
ca'm
As in
rounds
his
wades
hisse'f
man
old
The
READS
NOBODY
THAT
POEM
OLD
LITTLE
THE Riley
Whitcomb
James
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AFTERNOON
THE
IN {149} thought.
I
was,
poem
the
Than fair
more
far
was
it
afternoon,
the
But there—
was
believe,
I
Guinevere,
And Launcelot
of
and
love
of
Something air,—
open
the
in
read
parlor—to
the
From brought
we'd
book
The
hammock.
the
in
You sigh.
a
with
much,
as
say
To you
to
book
the
from
looked
I
often
That blue,
and
cool
so
maples
the
of
shade
the
And eye,
the
to
kind
so
was
sward
the
of
green
the
And too;
you,
swing
to
and
read,
to
trying
Was by,
near
I,
and
hammock;
the
in
You {148} reads.
nobody
that
poem
old
little
the
Is needs
it
all
that
it
tell
would
friend
That you,
in
find
I
as
friend
a
dear
As knew
World
old
the
if
believe
well
I love,
not
knows
that
all
For
AFTERNOON
THE
IN Riley
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AFTERNOON
THE
IN dear!
my
again,
me
Kiss and—Yes—
still,
hammock
the
in
You lordliness!—
their
and
Launcelot
her
And Guinevere
their
for
care
we
do
what
And guess—
I
ago,
year
a
Fully year—
a
was
that
hammock—and
the
in
You "lawn."
odorous
your
and
hair
your
Of fluff
the
in
swathed
you,
at
gaze
caressingly
To page—enough
the
of
top
the
Over gone
vision
my
of
half
a
always
with
But, stuff—
rhythmic
the
through
droned
and
droned
I on.
and
on
and
hammock;
the
in
You {151}
Riley
Whitcomb
James
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BECAUSE loam,
Hoosier
the
in
here
Transplanted countrymen,
his
of
rose
white
hale
A ten,—
and
years
Weiser!—Threescore
Herr {153} was.
it
why
knew
God
only
And because,
just
was
because
Because speak!
and
thankfulness
in
up
Look brow?
your
on
kisses
my
why
And cheek?
your
upon
tears
happy
And now,
you
about
arms
my
are
Why was.
it
why
knew
I
nor
you
And because,
just
was
because
Because again?
shores
these
touched
I
Until blue
own
heaven's
not
love
I
did
Why main?
the
across
sail
I
did
Why you?
to
good-by
say
I
did
Why was.
it
why
just
knew
one
no
And because,
just
was
because
Because to-day?
thus
musing
we
are
Why more";
nothing
and
friends
be
will
"We say
and
hands
strike
we
did
why
And yore?
of
years
long
meet
we
did
Why {152}
WEISER
HERR BECAUSE Riley
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WEISER
HERR {155} mine?—
and
yours
as
love,
in
Offered columbine,
and
aster
and
lily
And mignonette
and
pansy
of
beds
In set
are
knees
master's
prayerful
the
While dropped,
be
place
the
of
plans
tireless
the
And stopped
be
farm
the
of
toil
the
though
what
And me!
and
you
welcome
to
there
Be honesty,
unassuming
Of grace
and
eyes,
his
of
blue
gentle
the
And face,
wholesome
his
with
Weiser,
Herr upon.
smiled
and
pelted
and
powdered
Is dawn,
till
on
maunders
it
as
stream,
the
Till delight,
lush
and
ripeness
of
lumps
With night
at
bridge
wooden
the
thumping
And there,
trailing
trees
pear
the
Under fare
onward
we
as
horse,
the
Tether abode.—
quaint
his
of
ways
orchard
the
Through road
winding
the
by
down
Jostling dust,
and
heat
city's
the
of
Quit gust!—
balmy
a
what
rest,
of
Breath {154} life!
tranquil
his
trouble
not
May strife,
and
stress
and
fever,
and
fret
Whose down,
and
up
clamoring
goes
trade
Where town
noisy
the
from
withdrawn
Far retreat,
calm
his
of
glen
green
cool
the
As sweet
and
pure
as
and
blossomy
As home—
German
his
as
blossomy
And
Riley
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James
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WEISER
HERR Paradise.
in
lily
a
of
Born bloom-wise
babe,
a
of
soul
the
as
sweet
As is—
lily
the
of
life
the
as
sweet
As his,—
like
help
a
demanding
days
In me
to
known
made
man,
old
dear
the
Of memory
odorous
an
but
What, above!—
bends
he
aster
the
as
White love
lustrous
of
spirit
a
but
What, forget-me-not!—
of
breath
the
as
Sweet thought,
kindly
of
blessing
a
but
What, {157}
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MOTHER-SONG
A mother,
me,
Answer to-morrow?
meeting
a
of
hope
the
never
And wet,
ever
eyes
with
darkness,
in
me
Leave sorrow
and
longing
must
mother!
O
Mother, yet!"
thee
over
bends
mother
thy
for
Sleep, brother,
"Little
sing,
O mother,
sweet
Mother, forever,—
vainly
all
out
cry
I
Now—must fret;
to
trouble
nor
me,
denied
wish
One never
had
I
old
of
mother!
O
Mother, yet!"
thee
over
bends
mother
thy
for
Sleep, brother,
"Little
sing,
And mother,
my
Mother, only,
to-night
me—for
to
back
come
you
Can't regret!
and
doubt
weariness,
with
but
Filled lonely,
so
are
years
the
mother!
O
Mother, {159} yet!"
thee
over
bends
mother
thy
for
Sleep, brother,
"Little
low,
Sing mother,
O
Mother, you.—
for
sigh
and
murmur
I
slumber
in
Even forget;
never
may
I
song
old
the
Sing you,
for
cry
I
forever
mother!
O
Mother, {158}
MOTHER-SONG
A Riley
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OVERHEARD
SANTA"
"OLD
WHAT me!"
like
boy
little
a
ist
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bet
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why,
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toys
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all
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be
him
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Clause,
Santa
Old care,
don't
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world!—But
the
all
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ever'
Down go
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awful
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I
good,
mighty
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"Old {161} bird,—
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like
chirp
voice
little
A heard
I
as
laughter,
in
broke
It thought,
the
at
quaver
first
its
To got
had
sigh
rising
my
ere
But Claus,"—
Santa
"Old
just
always
I'm because
enviously,
listen
To choose
but
could
I
which
at
joy
A shoes—
and
socks
little
bulging
Of out
turned
toys
the
at
rapture
In shout
children
happy
the
heard
I in,
morning
the
leads
ever
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early
the
in
Christmas,
One {160} yet!"
thee
over
bends
mother
thy
for
Sleep, brother,
"Little
sing,
And
with
trade
wouldn't
I
he
why!—
knows
when
Clause
Santa
no
I him
be
and
,
wuz he
'Tis said old Santa Claus one time
Told this joke on himself in rhyme:
OVERHEARD
SANTA"
"OLD
WHAT Riley
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STEPMOTHER
THE {163} was!
Mother
as
good
nigh
purt'
She's because
too,
her,
love
all
we
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the
from
in
peeked
And banister
the
down
slid
Tom
'Cause all—
us
around
arms
Her her,
was
it
Yes,
Stepmother!
Our us!
as
same
cryin'
who—was
Tell jus'
couldn't
one—we
some
nen
And cried;
and
cried
only
But look,
wouldn't
and
shook
and
sobbed
We tried,—
and
tried
he
Pa
And us;
stop
couldn't
she
Nurse
And dead!
was
we
'at
wisht
all
we
'At said
all
we
died,—and
Mother
When did
we
like
jus'
cried
We me
and
Bob
and
Emily
And hid;
and
run
Tommy house,
our
to
come
she
First {162}
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DIED
JACK
OLD
WHEN {165} died.
Jack
Old
knew—when
we
motionless,
Deaf, remain
must
they
yet
and
ears,
tousled
The kissed
and
knees
our
on
down
gone
have
might
We replied;
not
had
he
and
"Speak,"
called
thumbs,
Snapped vain,
wildly
as
or,
us)
let
had
sobs
(If hist,
whistle,
him,
for
up
halloo
old
The send
might
we
coax—aye,
and
call
him,
with
Plead race,
and
romp
him,
o'er
fingers
chubby
Our interlace
him,
above
eyes
tearful
With bend
might
We
forever.
us
on
smile
To condescend
would
more
no
babyhood,
From embrace
and
fondle
to
loved
had
we
That face
some
that
us;
from
gone
suddenly
Had friend
human
a
seemed
it
died,
Jack
Old
When {164} died.
Jack
Old
when
cry
only
couldn't
We smile—
didn't
we
things—although
funny
And Jack,
Old
of
things
good
many
so
thought
We cried.
and
there
stood
we
like,
ourselves,
to
All while,
long
a
for
Then,
kitchen.
the
Into back
went
she
Mamma,
and
away;
went
And head
his
dropped
and
turned
Pa
loud,
out
cry
To begun
we
When
shade.
the
in
half-way
And sun
the
in
half-way
lying,
was
Jack
Where shed
the
by
were,
we
where
round
came
he
When red
were
eyes
his
Papa—and
was
that
And one,
breakfast—only
any
ate
us
Of none
and
day),
that
go
needn't
we
home,
At said,
(they
school
from
stayed
we
died,
Jack
Old
When
DIED
JACK
OLD
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DIED
JACK
OLD
WHEN died.
Jack
Old
when
Here,"
Lies
Love
First
"Our
Wrote bottom-lands,
the
down
'way
grave,
his
o'er
And paws,
his
crossed
we
as
that,
thought
children
We satisfied?
they
were
not,
could
he
that
Now, hands—
their
lick
to
leaped
he
them
of
love
For because,
perchance,
alive,
when
him,
cuffed
Had they
how
remembering
Dog!"
"Poor
sigh
To deigned
and
fence,
board
high
the
above
heads
Their craned
neighbors
while
there,
tribute
sad
last,
A pay
to
though
as
state,
in
Jack
visit
To day
that
on
collars
their
unslipped
Even, chained,
were
that
some
and
bereavement,
our
With pained
were
town
in
dogs
other
the
all
That way,
some
us,
to
seemed
it
died,
Jack
Old
When {167}
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NIGHT
THAT away.
you
waltzed
and
us,
found
who
rival
My blessing
and
secret,
Our confessing
here,
sit
I
As to-day,
it
hear
I
fancy
music!—in
the
And kisses!—
spilled
of
nest
a
was
throat
your
at
rose
the
And Cathay!
from
breeze
a
was
fan
your
of
breath
The blisses!
of
sachet
odorous
an
was
glove
your
O night.
the
in
out
bloomed
lily
a
like
love
Whose it
near
that
as
faint
Fell spirit
my
on
lisp
its
And delight;
with
full
burst,
forever
Forever, leaping
heart,
fountain's
the
where
mists,
moon-smitten
Crystal, bright
the
in
outlined
tresses
shadowy
Their sleeping,
were
cedars
the
midnight
the
with
through
Soaked {169} June.
the
in
drank
we
trellis
the
under
While curtain,
the
on
round
Reeled uncertain
shadows
their
Till tune,
the
of
weft
the
in
feet
their
Enmeshing story,
a
waltzers
the
weaving
violin
the
And moon;
the
of
light
locusts—the
the
of
scent
The glory!—
and
perfume
its
with
night,
that
and
I,
and
You {168}
NIGHT
THAT Riley
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KEEFER
ALMON
TO {171} happiness.
childish
wildest
Of excess
sheer
and
awe,
wonder,
With athrill
all
were
soul
and
heart
Brain, until
interpreting,
your
At elate,
all
listening
words,—but
Big great
such
read
could
myself
I
Ere tree,"
apple
sweet
old
"the
Under me,
to
read
first
"Tales"
selfsame
The sake—
times'
old
for
me,
from
back
It take
therefore
boyhood,
my
of
Friend you—
by
me
to
aloud
read
Was knew
ever
I
that
book
first
This {170}
KEEFER
ALMON
TO Riley
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OCEAN"
THE
OF
"TALES
IN
INSCRIBED read.
you
as
listen
will
I
And indeed—
boy
barefoot
veriest
The made,
orchard
old-home
breezy
The shade
the
beneath
again,
out
Sprawl ago,
long
of
swards
grassy
On lo,
book—And
enchanted
the
Take door!
the
at
roses
the
as
Once more,
no
seen
faces
the
for
Tears vain;
in
all
lifted
have
we
Prayers attain,
ne'er
we
joys
the
for
Sighs regret;
hopes,
lost
years,
else,—long
All again—forget
book
the
take
So {173}
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OBSERVER
QUIET
THE
TO things.
good
all
But sings,
that
bird
the
only
not
us
give
You weep!—
or
laugh
may
hearts
grateful
As deep
welcomes
with
then,
you,
to
Hail you.
of
think
We too,
camp
old
the
and
birds,
the
of
song
the
And these
of
memory
the
as
Even again.
tapped
They're when
maples
the
in
sugar-bird
the
Of song
the
miss
might
March
as
Even long—
so
voice
your
missed
have
who
We {175} return.
glad
your
Of learn
to
all
we
are
rejoiced
How indeed,
friend
a
of
worth
the
know
Who need
in
all
us
of
friend
old
Dear {174}
Blended
trees
the
of
sap
sweets,—the
OBSERVER
QUIET
THE
TO Riley
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SILENCE
LONG
HIS
AFTER {177} me.
from
back
ever
it
Holds sea
or
land
us
between
When again,
it
of
touch
the
For vain
in
ask
may
I
Sometime faithfulness—
present
its
To end
an
come
will
there
Sometime caress—
heartiest
its
With friend,
my
me,
to
hand
your
Reach {176}
ME
TO
HAND
YOUR
REACH Riley
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ME
TO
HAND
YOUR
REACH friend!
my
me,
to
hand
your
Reach end—
must
path
the
somewhere
Still way—
selfsame
the
each
Faring day,
and
night
Meeting—greeting, us?—
for
waits
what
say
can
Who street
the
of
corner
the
Round thus!
forever
on
go
To sweet
too
is
present
the
O hour.
fair
this
to
tears
my
Of April-shower
an
through
me
Lead way
sunny
some
along
And day,
darkness
the
all
make
Would light,
however
touch,
a
Just though
as
me
to
seem
will
It night,
the
in
somewhere
Groping so,
it
need
may
I
Sometime {179}
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MAN
FUNNY
THE
AND
JOKE
DEAD
THE Outright. Sobbed And thing!"
funny
old
dear
"You
cried,
He thing!"
funny
exchange—"O,
an
In thing
funny
selfsame
this
found
He bring!)
changes
may
what
(Ah! ago.
two
or
day
a
but
Till remembering,
worth
It thought
ever
nor
too,
it,
Forgot thing—
funny
this
Printed man
funny
this
was
it
so
And {181} Outright. Laughed He thing,
funny
wonderfully
This thing,
funny
very
a
such
O, thing,
funny
a
such
was
it
For might.
his
all
with
laughed
And hands
his
clapped
he
wrote
he
as
And night;
solemn
the
in
All thing
funny
a
wrote
and
down
Sat delight,
strange
a
with
Flushed man,
funny
a
ago,
years
Long {180}
MAN
FUNNY
THE
AND
JOKE
DEAD
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THANKSGIVING
AMERICA'S dare
we
Thee
to
here
As pride;
mortal
of
taint
lingering
any
Nor aside,
self
all
with
Thee,
thank
us
let
So, design.
Thy
fulfilment
to
fashion
And will,
Thy
work
to
strength
And skill,
with
endowed
hands
And divine,
hearts
of
inheritors
are
We Thine,
being
that,
know
and
feel
us
let
And end.
the
in
blessings,
are
deeds
Thy
all
Since Thee,
to
debt
boundless
Our see
to
sight
clearer
Us lend
and
Thou
lean
Thee;
from
come
can
ill
No comprehend,
to
first
us
give
Father,
And, {183} rain.
summer
as
soft
though
tears,
of
drip
Nor loneliness,
of
moan
Nor distress,
of
murmur
No pain—
of
sob
lightest
no
hear
Thee
have
Wouldst fain
we
wherein
voice,
multitudinous
A everywhere.
children
Thy
from
Father,
O Thee,
to
thanks
in
Upraised be
must
needs
that
voice
The prayer—
of
voice
universal
our
this
With bear
mercy
in
bountiful,
all
Father {182}
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1900 boys
you
all
of
think
to
jes'
Law! out.
dribbled
that's
ones
the
them's
Her, about
most
the
boasts
that
them
And State!
leaky
a
she's
fellers,
But, bein'
her
about
doubt
No {186} away!—
gits
many
how
sons,
Of array
proud
her
all
fer
yet,
And be,
will
or
was,
ever
She She's bet
kin
you
and
man;
to
known
Made And shore!—
that's
ever'thing,
in
first
She's Of and
best,
and
first,
Is know
we
'course
Indiany,
Old {185} rest.
and
peace
of
pastoral-song
a
Into away
dies
discord
Whose fray
clanging
the
all
For best—
and
worst,
its
at
battle
the
for
Thanks expressed—
thanks
the
tremulous
thanks—though
Ay, blue.
starry
and
white
and
red
the
Beneath ranged
brothers
as
more
Once estranged,
long
brothers
With to,
battled
heroes
that
right
a
Into grew
that
wrong
the
for
Thee
thank
we
thus
E'en {184} abidingly.
all
o'er
hand
shielding
Thy poor—
the
to
welcome
Of door
ever-open
With industry,
and
thrift
of
home
blessed
The Thee
of
loved
is
land
our
that
Thee
thank
We glorified.
the
of
fervor
some
it
Lend prayer,
faltering
our
Uplift
all
forty-four:—
whole
States'
the
less
!
best
yet
as
ever'way
in
most
most
confess
won't
she
because
, also,
,
great
,
INDIANY
OLD Riley
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CHICAGO
OF
SOCIETY
INDIANA
THE
OF
DINNER
A
FOR
INTENDED days
old
them
in
than
Better pays
that
job
a
found
you've
So fer.
workin'
yer
all
hain't
Fun jour.,
old
the
like
though,
Maybe, {189} {187} away.—
fur
so
home
old
Your Lookin' fun!"
fer
work
didn't
they
Where one
fer
hunt
to
town,
blame
The shed
and
boss
the
sacked
"he
When said
tramp-shoemaker
the
As pike,"
the
up
"sidin'
wasn't
You like
and
well,
a-lookin'
all
You're do.
to
ort
you
like
comin',
From you
a-keepin'
what's
wonderin'
And week
a
once
ye
for
A-prayin' speak,
to
so
ages,
dark
the
In there
back
'way
Indiany,
Old air,
ye
like
A-celebratin', Illinoise
in
here
over
'Way
extry
say,
I'd
well,
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CHICAGO
OF
SOCIETY
INDIANA
THE
OF
DINNER
A
FOR
INTENDED lots.
country
and
town
both
Of plots
in
up
it
cut
to
So's state,—
old
dear
the
in
Buyin' late,
of
here
is,
Ade
why
That's on!
apples
roasted
whole
With swan!
i
orchard-trees,
some
Next store
drug
burnt
a
like
smelt
And door
the
shet
he
when
there
In hid
was
things
strange
what
Wondered {190} always.)
leaked
('T
rainin'.
when
As days
shiny
on
same
the
Light sky-
his
with
foolin'
kep'
He why
wondered
even
you
And wanted—bad!
you
snap
the
Jes' had
it,
in
pictures
took
And car
a
owned
that
kuss
Gazin' far-
the
thought
o'
kind
you'd
Er pay!"
porer
and
work,
hard
"Yes, say,—
to
mutterings
squshed
Some thought"
bitter
his
from
"Shapin' wrought,
he
as
finecut
chewed
And hand,
by
lambs
little
out
Hacked and
marble
on
designs
Out laid
that
man's
dusty
the
Er trade,
tinner's
the
of
Notion half-
a
with
Operatin', telegraph-
a-learnin'
Er less;
er
more
things,
run
Heppin' Press,
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