Poems

Apple-Pie and Cheese Full many a sinful notion Conceived of foreign powers Has come across the ocean To harm this land of ours; And heresies called […]

At Cheyenne Young Lochinvar came in from the West, With fringe on his trousers and fur on his vest; The width of his hat-brim could nowhere […]

At play Play that you are mother dear, And play that papa is your beau; Play that we sit in the corner here, Just as we […]

At the door I thought myself indeed secure, So fast the door, so firm the lock; But, lo! he toddling comes to lure My parent ear […]

Ballad of women i love Prudence Mears hath an old blue plate Hid away in an oaken chest, And a Franklin platter of ancient date Beareth […]

BÉranger’s Still serve me in my age, I pray, As in my youth, O faithful one; For years I’ve brushed thee every day– Could Socrates have […]

BÉranger’s Misery is my lot, Poverty and pain; Ill was I begot, Ill must I remain; Yet the wretched days One sweet comfort bring, When God […]

BÉranger’s “broken fiddle” I There, there, poor dog, my faithful friend, Pay you no heed unto my sorrow: But feast to-day while yet you may,– Who […]

Beard and baby I say, as one who never feared The wrath of a subscriber’s bullet, I pity him who has a beard But has no […]

Ben apfelgarten There was a certain gentleman, Ben Apfelgarten called, Who lived way off in Germany a many years ago, And he was very fortunate in […]