Jeremiah Eames Rankin

  • Nae shoon to hide her tiny taes,
      Nae stockin’ on her feet;
    Her supple ankles white as snaw,
      Or early blossoms sweet.

    Her simple dress o’ sprinkled pink,
      Her double, dimplit chin,
    Her puckered lips an’ baumy mou’,
      With na ane tooth...

  • Nae shoon to hide her tiny taes,
      Nae stockin’ on her feet;
    Her supple ankles white as snaw,
      Or early blossoms sweet.

    Her simple dress o’ sprinkled pink,
      Her double, dimplit chin,
    Her puckered lips, and baumy mou’,
      With na ane...

  • The word of God to Leyden came,
      Dutch town by Zuyder-Zee;
    Rise up, my children of no name,
      My kings and priests to be.
    There is an empire in the West,
      Which I will soon unfold;
    A thousand harvests in her breast,
      Rocks ribbed with...