What Twigs We held by —
Oh the View
When Life's swift River striven through
We pause before a further plunge
To take Momentum —
As the Fringe
Upon a former Garment shows
The Garment cast,
Our Props disclose
So scant, so eminently small
Of Might to...
What we see we know somewhat
Be it but a little —
What we don't surmise we do
Though it shows so fickle
I shall vote for Lands with Locks
Granted I can pick 'em —
Transport's doubtful Dividend
Patented by Adam.
What would I give to see his face?
I'd give — I'd give my life — of course —
But that is not enough!
Stop just a minute — let me think!
I'd give my biggest Bobolink!
That makes two — Him — and Life!
You know who "June" is —
I'd give her —
Roses a day from Zanzibar —
...
Whatever it is — she has tried it —
Awful Father of Love —
Is not Ours the chastising —
Do not chastise the Dove —
Not for Ourselves, petition —
Nothing is left to pray —
When a subject is finished —
Words are handed away —
Only lest she be lonely
In thy...
When a Lover is a Beggar
Abject is his Knee —
When a Lover is an Owner
Different is he —
What he begged is then the Beggar —
Oh disparity —
Bread of Heaven resents bestowal
Like an obloquy —
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When a Man has Married a Wife
he finds out whether
Her knees & elbows are only
glued together
When Bells stop ringing — Church — begins
The Positive — of Bells —
When Cogs — stop — that's Circumference —
The Ultimate — of Wheels.
'Twas to a small, up-country town,
When we were boys at school,
There came a circus with a clown,
Likewise a bucking mule.
The clown announced a scheme they had
Spectators for to bring --
They'd give a crown to any lad
Who's ride him round the ring.
And, Gentle reader,...
When Diamonds are a Legend,
And Diadems — a Tale —
I Brooch and Earrings for Myself,
Do sow, and Raise for sale —
And tho' I'm scarce accounted,
My Art, a Summer Day — had Patrons —
Once — it was a Queen —
And once — a Butterfly —
When Etna basks and purrs
Naples is more afraid
Than when she show her Garnet Tooth —
Security is loud —