Famous Poems from Bygone DaysMartin Gardner Over 80 poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries, from Hugh Antoine d'Arcy's "The Face on the Barroom Floor" to Phila Henrietta Chase's "Nobody’s Child," rich in rhythm and rhyme, filled with feelings and stories about love and war, ships and the sea, farms and family, life and death, heaven and hell. Introduction. Brief biographies of each poet. Alphabetical indexes of titles and first lines. |
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... Somebody's Mother,” her one famous poem, first appeared in Harper's Weekly (March 2, 1878), and later in Madge, the Violet Girl and Other Poems (New York, 1881). An illustrated twelve-page edition of the poem, titled Somebody's Mother ...
... Somebody's Mother,” her one famous poem, first appeared in Harper's Weekly (March 2, 1878), and later in Madge, the Violet Girl and Other Poems (New York, 1881). An illustrated twelve-page edition of the poem, titled Somebody's Mother ...
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... well content. “She's somebody's mother, boys, you know, For all she's aged and poor and slow. “And I hope some fellow will lend a hand To help my mother, you understand, “If ever she's poor and old and gray, When her.
... well content. “She's somebody's mother, boys, you know, For all she's aged and poor and slow. “And I hope some fellow will lend a hand To help my mother, you understand, “If ever she's poor and old and gray, When her.
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... somebody's mother” bowed low her head In her home that night, and the prayer she said Was “God be kind to the noble boy, Who is somebody's son, and pride and joy!” THOMAS EDWARD BROWN (1830–1897) A PRIEST in the Church of.
... somebody's mother” bowed low her head In her home that night, and the prayer she said Was “God be kind to the noble boy, Who is somebody's son, and pride and joy!” THOMAS EDWARD BROWN (1830–1897) A PRIEST in the Church of.
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Contents
JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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