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James Whitcomb Riley
1849 - 1916
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A Backward Look
As I sat smoking, alone, yesterday, / And lazily leaning back in my chair, / Enjoying myself in a general way -
A Ballad With A Serious Conclusion
Crowd about me, little children - / Come and cluster 'round my knee / While I tell a little story
A Bear Family
Wunst, 'way West in Illinoise, / Wuz two Bears an' their two boys: / An' the two boys' names, you know,
A Brave Refrain
When snow is here, and the trees look weird, / And the knuckled twigs are gloved with frost; / When the breath congeals in the drover's beard,
A Bride
"O I am weary!" she sighed, as her billowy / Hair she unloosed in a torrent of gold / That rippled and fell o'er a figure as willowy,
A Canary At the Farm
Folks has be'n to town, and Sahry / Fetched 'er home a pet canary, / And of all the blame', contrary,
A Christmas Memory
Pa he bringed me here to stay / 'Til my Ma she's well. - An' nen / He's go' hitch up, Chris'mus-day,
A Country Pathway
I come upon it suddenly, alone - / A little pathway winding in the weeds / That fringe the roadside; and with dreams my own,
A Cup Of Tea
I have sipped, with drooping lashes, / Dreamy draughts of Verzenay; / I have flourished brandy-smashes
A Defective Santa Claus
Allus when our Pa he's away / Nen Uncle Sidney comes to stay / At our house here - so Ma an' me
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