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| 4961. | The Tearful Tale Of Captain Dan by Ellis Parker Butler | | A sinner was old Captain Dan;
His wives guv him no rest:
He had one wife to East Skiddaw
And one to Skiddaw West.
Now Ann Eliza was the name... |
| 4962. | The Twenty Hoss-Power Shay by Ellis Parker Butler | | You have heard of the wonderful one-hoss shay
That was built in such a logical way
It ran a hundred years to a day.
And then, of a sudden, it up an... |
| 4963. | The Water Nymphs by Ellis Parker Butler | | They hide in the brook when I seek to draw nearer,
Laughing amain when I feign to depart;
Often I hear them, now faint and now clearer—
Innoc... |
| 4964. | The Wood Nymph by Ellis Parker Butler | | A glint of her hair or a flash of her shoulder —
That is the most I can boast to have seen,
Then all is lost as the shadows enfold her,
Fores... |
| 4965. | To Phyllis And May by Ellis Parker Butler | | O! fair, sweet Phyllis and sweet, fair May,
Which of you carried my heart away?
Who has my heart? I would like to know
Which was the guilty one of ... |
| 4966. | Trespassers by Ellis Parker Butler | | When Love and I drew softly nigh
And gazed in modest Chloe’s eye
We saw reflected there in part
The lovely mansion of her heart,
A sight so fair... |
| 4967. | When Ida Puts Her Armor On by Ellis Parker Butler | | The Cowboy had a sterling heart,
The Maiden was from Boston,
The Rancher saw his wealth depart—
The Steers were what he lost on.
The Villain w... |
| 4968. | When Ida Puts Her Armor On by Ellis Parker Butler | | When Ida puts her armor on
And draws her trusty blade
The turnips in the bin turn pale,
The apples are afraid.
The quiet kitchen city wakes
... |
| 4969. | Mayakovsky In New York: A Found Poem by Annie Dillard | | New York: You take a train that rips through versts.
It feels as if the trains were running over your ears.
For many hours the train flies along t... |
| 4970. | Of Politics & Art by Norman Dubie | | for Allen
Here, on the farthest point of the peninsula
The winter storm
Off the Atlantic shook the schoolhouse.
Mrs. Whitimore, dying
Of tube... |
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