Richard Burke Poems

She wore a dress with Belgian lace,
And he a morning suit.
Exchanging vows of life-long love,
While gathered friends stood mute.
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It was "sochelnik, " Christmas Eve,
In the tiny Russian town;
Excited children laughed and squealed:
Grandfather Frost will soon be ‘round.
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T'was a boastful warrior's roar,
From Ireland's coast to Scotland's shore;
In Antrim you'll ney longer plunder,
Vowed Finn McCool to Benandonner.
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Its keel was laid in twenty-five,
It launched in twenty-eight;
Among those christening its bow,
Who could have guessed its fate,
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Pray listen while I share with you,
A case that once betide a Jew,
And teaches all to wary be,
Of answering too hastily,
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DAY ONE
I'm almost a whole day old now,
I arrived just yesterday,
If there were any 'days before, '
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'My life is miserable, '
Sighed a daughter to her dad;
'Each problem that gets solved,
Brings another just as bad! '
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I started with one sister,
Marriages brought two more;
Each one a pure delight,
Both easy to adore.
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Knees

I think that I shall never see
A joint more complicated than a knee;
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Taws a week before Christmas,
When in front of our house,
There appeared a flat box,
Sent to me and my spouse.
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