May Riley Smith
Poems (6)
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Departure
Adieu, kind Life, though thou hast often been / Lavish of quip, and scant of courtesy, … -
In Prison
God pity the wretched prisoners, / In their lonely cells to-day! … -
My Uninvited Guest
One day there entered at my chamber door / A presence whose light footfall on the floor … -
Sometime
Sometime, when all life’s lessons have been learned, / And sun and stars forevermore have set, … -
Tired Mothers
A Little elbow leans upon your knee, / Your tired knee that has so much to bear; … -
“If we knew”
Or, Blessings of To-day / IF we knew the woe and heart-ache …