James Whitcomb Riley Poems

The audience entire seemed pleased--indeed
_Extremely_ pleased. And little Maymie, freed
From her task of instructing, ran to show
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I can't extend to every friend
In need a helping hand--
No matter though I wish it so,
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Awf'lest boy in this-here town
Er anywheres is Elmer Brown!
He'll mock you--yes, an' strangers, too,
An' make a face an' yell at you,--
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He was jes a plain ever'-day, all-round kind of a jour.,
Consumpted-Iookin'-- but la
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When little Dickie Swope's a man,
He's go' to be a Sailor;
An' little Hamey Tincher, he's
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'Wasn't it a funny dream!--perfectly bewild'rin'!--
Last night, and night before, and night before that,
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I.

Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin
Up and at it airly, and the orchard-blossoms bobbin'!
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O heart of mine, we shouldn't
Worry so!
What we've missed of calm we couldn't
Have, you know!
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The Crankadox leaned o'er the edge of the moon
And wistfully gazed on the sea
Where the Gryxabodill madly whistled a tune
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I am not prone to moralize
In scientific doubt
On certain facts that Nature tries
To puzzle us about,--
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