Adeline Foster Poems

The child cried out in unaffected glee.
The adult smiled impassively,
'Tis common, they are all around, ' said he.
The child saw not the yellow dotted lea.
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~ To See


I saw a man unreasoning
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Smoke from the chimney against a gray sky,
Wherever you're going, thither go I.
The heart of a youth will forever repeat
The natural longing of youth's itchy feet.
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.Leave Leaves

A wind bespoke the silent morn
And shuddered trees that stood half shorn,
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~ The Protagonist


The old man's heart was heavy as he sat down by the fire;
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~ Spring *


Gray death, the winter's cover,
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~ Forgotten Old Cabin

A forgotten old cabin at sunset,
Whose chinks have loosened and fell,
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~ Clowns


Three rings were in my circus,
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~ Woman's Lot

A woman's is a sorry lot,
As many a one would say;
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Here it is, it’s two o’clock;
I haven’t gone to bed
Because a jingle of a rhyme
Was jingling in my head.
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