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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... Poor-House,” his most famous ballad, first ran in Harper's Weekly (June 17, 1871), and was included in Farm Ballads (1873). Readers were so distressed by it that Carleton cheered them up with a sequel, “Over the Hill from the Poor-House ...
... Poor-House,” his most famous ballad, first ran in Harper's Weekly (June 17, 1871), and was included in Farm Ballads (1873). Readers were so distressed by it that Carleton cheered them up with a sequel, “Over the Hill from the Poor-House ...
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... poor-house” to “nursing home” and the heart-rending sentiments of Carleton's famous poem are of course still with us ... Poor-House Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way— I, a woman of seventy, and only a trifle gray ...
... poor-house” to “nursing home” and the heart-rending sentiments of Carleton's famous poem are of course still with us ... Poor-House Over the hill to the poor-house I'm trudgin' my weary way— I, a woman of seventy, and only a trifle gray ...
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... house was small, And she was always a-hintin' how snug it was for us all; And what with her husband's sisters, and what with child'rn three, 'Twas easy to discover that there wasn't room for me. An' then I ... Poor-House Over the hill to.
... house was small, And she was always a-hintin' how snug it was for us all; And what with her husband's sisters, and what with child'rn three, 'Twas easy to discover that there wasn't room for me. An' then I ... Poor-House Over the hill to.
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Martin Gardner. Over the Hill from the Poor-House Over the hill to the poor-house I went, one winter's day: I—who was always considered a “bad stick” anyway; I—who was always gettin' in a large assortment of tricks, And always sure to be ...
Martin Gardner. Over the Hill from the Poor-House Over the hill to the poor-house I went, one winter's day: I—who was always considered a “bad stick” anyway; I—who was always gettin' in a large assortment of tricks, And always sure to be ...
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... poor-house, a-pining away,” says he, To keep dead any longer—I knew that it wouldn't be right; So I'd a private resurrection, and started for her that night. And when I came in the old town, my first act was to buy A snug and handsome ...
... poor-house, a-pining away,” says he, To keep dead any longer—I knew that it wouldn't be right; So I'd a private resurrection, and started for her that night. And when I came in the old town, my first act was to buy A snug and handsome ...
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JULIA A FLETCHER CARNEY 18231908 | |
SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN 18761959 | |
SARAH DOUDNEY 18431926 | |
WILLIAM WESCOTT FINK 1844? | |
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