Poems by James Whitcomb Riley
The Old Retired Sea Captain
... He has loved both the storm and the calm, because ...
Becalmed
... 3 Ah! That the winds might rise and blow ...
Father William
... " "You are old," said the youth, "and it grieved me to note, ...
Three Dead Friends
... Through the town's pent streets, and the sick child's room, ...
At Crown Hill
... .. But the birds will sing on, and the rose, in his place, ...
Has She Forgotten?
... Of the clenched eyes, and the soul's vast distress ...
The Old Tramp
... "You're a _purty_ man!--_You_ air!-- ...
The Sphinx
... For last night I dreamed that she ...
Heat-Lightning
... Then he must _Declaim_ for them: In that, he could not trust ...
Fool-Youngens
... "We ist laugh' an' laugh', tel Bert ...
He And I
... Where we meet song-birds that know us, ...
Pan
... Drops quiveringly down, as though to die-- ...
Romancin'
... When you come to cipher on it, than the _old_ times,--and, I swear, ...
At Sea
... O Thou who wroughtest earth and sea, ...
Tugg Martin
... The _Deputy_ wuz at,--"I don't know where," Tugg said,-- ...
