#Americans
Prudence Mears hath an old blue p… Hid away in an oaken chest, And a Franklin platter of ancient… Beareth Amandy Baker’s crest; What times soever I’ve been their…
A little boy whose name was Tim Once ate some jelly-cake for tea— Which cake did not agree with him, As by the sequel you shall see. ‘My darling child,’ his mother sai…
My books are on their shelves agai… And clouds lie low with mist and r… Afar the Arno murmurs low The tale of fields of melting snow… List to the bells of times agone
Sweetheart, be my sweetheart When birds are on the wing, When bee and bud and babbling floo… Bespeak the birth of spring, Come, sweetheart, be my sweetheart
Sweet, bide with me and let my lov… Be an enduring tether; Oh, wanton not from spot to spot, But let us dwell together. You’ve come each morn to sip the s…
The image of the moon at night All trembling in the ocean lies, But she, with calm and steadfast l… Moves proudly through the radiant… How like the tranquil moon thou ar…
In Mrs. Potter’s latest play The costuming is fine; Her waist is made decollete— Her skirt is new design.
The hero of Affairs of love By far too numerous to be mentione… And scarred as I’m, It seemeth time
Once on a time a friend of mine pr… To see the dazzling splendors of a… And after we had reveled in the sa… We sought a neighboring cafe for m… When I demanded of my friend what…
When I was broke in London in the… I chanced to spy in Oxford Street… ‘A Splendid Horace cheap for Cas… Upon the vaunted bargain, and it w… A finer one I ‘ve never seen, nor…
Achievin’ sech distinction with hi… Ez to make his Red Hoss Mountain… Our old friend Casey innovated so… In hopes he would ameliorate the s… 'Nd uv the many features Casey ma…
One night a tiny dewdrop fell Into the bosom of a rose,— “Dear little one, I love thee wel… Be ever here thy sweet repose!” Seeing the rose with love bedight,
In an ocean, 'way out yonder, (As all sapient people know) Is the land of Wonder-Wander, Whither children love to go; It’s their playing, romping, swing…
Full many a sinful notion Conceived of foreign powers Has come across the ocean To harm this land of ours; And heresies called fashions
