Poems by Eugene Field
Swing high and swing low
... While the breezes they blow!""Swing high and swing low " - ...
The "happy isles" of horace
... Where the song of the sun-kissed breeze beguiles, ...
The Bench-Legged Fyce
... his white flannel suit with our bench-legged fyce!He wuz good to us kids - when we pulled at his fur ...
The Bibliomaniac's Bride
... Should see her charms, but mine!With such a fair unique as this ...
The Bibliomaniac's Prayer
... Which I shall purchase, hold, and keep, ...
The bottle tree
... Heigh-ho for a bottle, I say!The Bottle Tree bloometh by night and by day! ...
The bow-leg boy
... What a dear little bow-leg boy!"With his eyes aflame and his cheeks aglow, ...
The brook
... That is wroth with the flame of the morning sky!"I look in the brook and see a face - ...
The Conversazzhony
... Three-fingered Hoover fell a martyr to reform!Three-fingered Hoover said it was a terrible mistake, ...
The cunnin' little thing
... The cunnin' little thing!When baby goes a-walking, ...
The Death of Robin Hood
... You know, sweet friend, you know!"Now mark this arrow ...
The delectable ballad of the waller lot
... And they could not hope to be!"Have done with tears," they rudely quoth, ...
The Dinkey Bird
... There the gum-drops grow like cherries, ...
The discreet collector
... But no--I will not tell!'T is there to find the loveliest plates ...
The Divine Lullaby
... "Fear not, and sleep!"Speak on--speak on, dear Lord! ...
