Poems by James Whitcomb Riley
Some Songs After Master Singers
... Him visits, with fresh school-notes and surprises,-- ...
The Passing Of A Heart
... You once caressed, and kissed, and called so fair ...
Philiper Flash
... That gushed through the holes of her patent churn-dash ...
Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze
... Would bow an' bow, with the leaves in the breeze, ...
Green Fields And Running Brooks
... Sing green fields and running brooks! ...
Illileo
... In my bliss, What were all the worlds above me since I found you thus in this-- ...
"Igo And Ago"
... Then we mount, with shrieks of mirth-- ...
Out Of Nazareth
... Therefore shouldst thou pause to bless ...
Griggsby's Station
... And I want to see 'em hitchin' at their son-in-law's and pilin' ...
"Dream"
... Would tincture death's myrrh-bitter stream ...
Billy's Alphabetical Animal Show
... Who sneered, "I suppose, when they've _caught_ all us, ...
A Variation
... "Darlings," "kings," and "princes!"-- ...
The Way It Wuz
... Roun' Dock an' Mike--till Dock he shot, ...
Dream-March
... _Some go to foreign wars, and camps by the firelight_-- ...
Out Of The Hitherwhere
... Where all of the friends of your youth have gone,-- ...