Will Carleton

Poems (3)

• Out of the Old House, Nancy

  Out of the old house, Nancy—moved up into the new; / All the hurry and worry is just as good as through. …

• The New Church Organ

  They ’ve got a bran new organ, Sue, / For all their fuss and search; …

• “Over the hill to the poor-house”

  Over the hill to the poor-house I ’m trudgin’ my weary way— / I, a woman of seventy, and only a trifle gray— …