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James Whitcomb Riley
1849 - 1916
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A Fruit Piece
The afternoon of summer folds / Its warm arms round the marigolds, / And with its gleaming fingers, pets
A Full Harvest
Seems like a feller'd ort 'o jes' to-day / Git down and roll and waller, don't you know, / In that-air stubble, and flop up and crow,
A Glimpse Of Pan
I caught but a glimpse of him. Summer was here, / And I strayed from the town and its dust and heat / And walked in a wood, while the noon was near,
A Good Man
I / A good man never dies - / In worthy deed and prayer
A Gustatory Achievement
Last Thanksgivin'-dinner we / Et at Granny's house, an' she / Had - ist like she alluz does -
A Hobo Voluntary
Oh, the hobo's life is a roving life; / It robs pretty maids of their heart's delight - / It causes them to weep and it causes them to mourn
A Home-Made Fairy Tale
Bud, come here to your uncle a spell, / And I'll tell you something you mustn't tell - / For it's a secret and shore-'nuf true,
A Leave-Taking
She will not smile; / She will not stir; / I marvel while
A Letter To A Friend
The past is like a story / I have listened to in dreams / That vanished in the glory
A Life Lesson
There! Little girl; don't cry! / They have broken your doll, I know; / And your tea-set blue,
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