Poems by James Whitcomb Riley
The Cyclone
... While from the elms there came strange twitterings, ...
Wash Lowry's Reminiscence
... And gittin' along with the school, you see, ...
A Parent Reprimanded
... An' she ist _cried_, she did! An' I ...
Marthy Ellen
... Jest agged the gyrl, and said she 'lowed ...
Song Of Parting
... They might pour as pours the rain, ...
Thomas The Pretender
... Says, "Tom can't _crow_, but he kin _cry_ ...
Gratefully And Affectionately Inscribed To Joel Chandler Harris
... _Rich, in sooth, the volume's worth_-- ...
Told By "The Noted Traveler"
... "'Hail, all hail! don't you see the stars a-fallin' ...
Who Santy-Claus Wuz
... An' me a-dreamin' sleigh-bells when the clock 'ud whir an' buzz, ...
A Session With Uncle Sidney
... O here's a little rhyme for the Spring- or Summer-time-- ...
John Alden And Percilly
... And _Claircy_ whispered "_Christmas-gift_!" ...
Craqueodoom
... Raised his dank, dripping fins to the skies, ...
The Dead Lover
... But to hear the throb of the pulse of a wing ...
Lockerbie Street
... With their leaves lifted up to shake hands with the breeze ...
The Hired Man And Floretty
... Ner haint _had_ none--I'd think, '_Well, where's the use!_' ...
