Poems by James Whitcomb Riley
Almost Beyond Endurance
... But I ain't goin' to cry no more, no more!An' I clumbed up an' nen failed off the fence, ...
The Ripest Peach
... Her heart down to me where I worship now! She looms aloft where every eye may see ...
Knee-Deep in June
... June, you know, I'm talkin' of! March ain't never nothin' new! -- ...
Ylladmar
... That showered from the moon at night ...
A Parting Guest
... "Thanks. -- So fine a time! Good night ...
A Song of the Road
... The road you take's the path o' love, an' that's the bridth o' two-- ...
The Old Times Were the Best
... CHORUSAll about is bright and pleasant ...
The Song of Yesterday
... And all the honeyed sweets thereof! -- O lad and lass, ...
We to Sigh Instead of Sing
... Shine and shine! and shine and shine! ...
A Poet's Wooing
... "Do not read--it will make me sad!""What shall I do to make you glad-- ...
To a Boy Whistling
... That can buy one hour of the life you live ...
At Broad Ripple
... A "silver-side"-- yea, even that!In eloquent tranquility ...
Unless
... -- Unless, in some strange throng, perchance, ...
Ike Walton's Prayer
... For gold;- The tanned face, garlanded with mirth, ...
A Noon Interval
... To brim his dreams with--there comes o'er the day ...