John Hay
Best-known poems
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Pike County Ballads
Wall, no! I can’t tell whar he lives,
Becase he don’t live, you see;
Leastways, he ’s got out of the habit …
All poems (10)
- A Woman’s LoveA Sentinel angel, sitting high in glory,
- Banty Tim[Remarks of Sergeant Tilmon Joy to the White Man’s Committee of Spunky Point, Illinois]
- ChristineThe beauty of the northern dawns,
- Jim Bludso of the Prairie BellePike County Ballads
- LibertyWhat man is there so bold that he should say,
- Little BreechesI don’t go much on religion,
- Pike County BalladsWall, no! I can’t tell whar he lives,
- Religion and DoctrineHe stood before the Sanhedrim;
- The Stirrup-CupMy short and happy day is done,
- The Surrender of SpainLand of unconquered Pelayo! land of the Cid Campeador!