My wife lost her health, And dwindled until she weighed sca… Then that woman, whom the men Styled Cleopatra, came along. And we—we married ones

How does it happen, tell me, That I who was the most erudite o… Who knew Blackstone and Coke Almost by heart, who made the grea… The court-house ever heard, and wr…

The pine woods on the hill, And the farmhouse miles away, Showed clear as though behind a le… Under a sky of peacock blue! But a blanket of cloud by afternoo…

This weeping willow! Why do you not plant a few For the millions of children not y… As well as for us? Are they not non-existent, or cell…

Were you not ashamed, fellow citiz… When my estate was probated and ev… How small a fortune I left?— You who hounded me in life, To give, give, give to the churche…

Ye who are kicking against Fate, Tell me how it is that on this hil… Running down to the river, Which fronts the sun and the south… This plant draws from the air and…

I was the Sunday school superinte… The dummy president of the wagon w… And the canning factory, Acting for Thomas Rhodes and the… My son the cashier of the bank,

Not “a youth with hoary head and h… But an old man with a smooth skin And black hair! I had the face of a boy as long as… And for years a soul that was stif…

I have studied many times The marble which was chiseled for… A boat with a furled sail at rest… In truth it pictures not my destin… But my life.

The cooper should know about tubs. But I learned about life as well, And you who loiter around these gr… Think you know life. You think your eye sweeps about a…

We quarreled that morning, For he was sixty-five, and I was… And I was nervous and heavy with… Whose birth I dreaded. I thought over the last letter wri…

If I could have lived another yea… I could have finished my flying ma… And become rich and famous. Hence it is fitting the workman Who tried to chisel a dove for me

Suppose you stood just five feet t… And had worked your way as a groce… Studying law by candle light Until you became an attorney at la… And then suppose through your dili…

Father, thou canst never know The anguish that smote my heart For my disobedience, the moment I… The remorseless wheel of the engin… Sink into the crying flesh of my l…

Here! You sons of the men Who fought with Washington at Val… And whipped Black Hawk at Starve… Arise! Do battle with the descend… Who bought land in the loop when i…