The Complete Poetical Works of James Whitcomb RileyFew lives have left so vivid an impression upon a native environment as that of James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier Poet. His folksy, down-home rhymes are still enormously popular in his native state and beyond. This publication brings back into print the complete Riley repertoire of more than 1,000 poems, including such all-time favorites as "Little Orphant Annie" (far and away the best-loved of all Riley characters), "The Raggedy Man," "Our Hired Girl," "A Barefoot Boy," "The Bumblebee," "Granny," and "When the Frost Is on the Punkin." |
Contents
PHILIPER FLASH | 2 |
A POETS WOOING | 9 |
OLD INDIANY | 13 |
MY JOLLY FRIENDS SECRET | 17 |
DOT LEEDLE | 24 |
SQUIRE HAWKINSS STORY | 30 |
THE OLD GUITAR | 37 |
SCRAPS | 45 |
SPIRITS AT HOME | 345 |
JONEY | 352 |
THE WAY IT WUZ | 358 |
DAVE FIELD | 366 |
A OLD PLAYEDOUT SONG | 369 |
A TALE OF THE AIRLY DAYS | 375 |
HAS SHE FORGOTTEN | 381 |
IN DAYS TO COME | 393 |
IN THE DARK | 46 |
A LETTER TO A FRIEND | 52 |
THAT OTHER MAUDE MULLER | 59 |
PRIOR TO MISS BELLES APPEARANCE | 65 |
HARLIE | 71 |
AN AUTUMNAL EXTRAVAGANZA | 77 |
WE ARE NOT ALWAYS GLAD WHEN WE SMILE | 79 |
WHEN EVENING SHADOWS FALL | 85 |
TOM VAN ARDEN | 93 |
THE LOVELINESS | 99 |
DO MOCK | 100 |
A MOTHERSONG | 114 |
UNSPOKEN | 120 |
TO LEONAINIE | 126 |
OLDFASHIONED ROSES | 129 |
FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR | 135 |
THE WITCH OF ERKMURDEN | 141 |
BELLS JANGLED | 147 |
STANZAS FOR A NEW SONG | 153 |
AFTER DEATH | 159 |
FROM BELOW | 165 |
WENT MAD | 171 |
KISSING THE ROD | 176 |
210 | 177 |
MY HENRY | 182 |
A CASE IN PINT | 188 |
JUST AS OF OLD | 194 |
A NONSENSE RHYME | 198 |
GOODBY OLD YEAR | 211 |
LAST NIGHT AND THIS | 217 |
AT DUSK | 222 |
AN EMPTY GLOVE | 228 |
A TWINTORETTE | 234 |
THE BROOKSONG | 240 |
SHADOW AND SHINE | 245 |
A SONG OF THE CRUISE | 252 |
AUGUST | 258 |
THE CLOVER | 264 |
A BRAVE REFRAIN | 270 |
A GLIMPSE OF PAN | 275 |
WHILE CIGARETTES TO ASHES TURN | 281 |
MY MARY | 287 |
GOOD BY ER HOWDYDO | 293 |
GIVE ME THE BABY | 299 |
ME AND MARY | 305 |
LAUGHTER HOLDING BOTH HIS SIDES | 311 |
UNINTERPRETED | 317 |
FROM DELPHI TO CAMDEN | 323 |
A CANARY AT THE FARM | 329 |
THE KING | 333 |
WHATEVER THE WEATHER MAY BE | 339 |
WHEN THE HEARSE COMES BACK | 399 |
AFTERWHILES | 406 |
SHE DISPLAINS IT | 412 |
THE WIFEBLESSÈD | 418 |
THATAIR YOUNGUN | 424 |
CHAIRLEY BURKES IN TOWN | 430 |
YOUTH AND AGE | 431 |
JOHN TARKINGTON JAMESON | 437 |
IRY AND BILLY AND JO | 443 |
GUINEYPIGS | 449 |
BILLY GOODIN | 454 |
MY RUTHERS | 460 |
CHRISTMAS GREETING | 466 |
THE FIRST BLUEBIRD | 472 |
THOUGHTS ON A PORE JOKE | 478 |
GOIN TO THE FAIR | 482 |
WHAT CHRISMAS FETCHED THE WIGGINSES 184 | 489 |
HIS MOTHERS WAY 196 | 496 |
JOHN ALDEN AND PERCILLY | 502 |
LITTLE COUSIN JASPER | 508 |
ToTHE J W R LITERARY CLUB | 513 |
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THE YOUTHFUL PATRIOT | 525 |
THE GREAT EXPLORER | 531 |
THE YELLOWBIRD | 534 |
DREAMMARCH | 540 |
A DUBIOUS OLD KRISS | 610 |
HYMN EXULTANT | 612 |
WHERE THE CHILDREN USED TO PLAY | 633 |
TO THE BOY WITH A COUNTRY | 639 |
HER WAITING FACE | 645 |
UNCLE SIDNEYS LOGIC | 651 |
A SHORTNIN BREAD SONGPIECED | 653 |
HIS HEART OF CONSTANT YOUTH | 667 |
BILLY AND HIS DRUM | 673 |
TO JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS | 682 |
INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS | 686 |
LOCKERBIE FAIR | 709 |
A DEFECTIVE SANTA CLAUS | 715 |
ON READING DR HENRY VAN Dykes Volume of PoemsMUSIC | 720 |
HENRY IRVING | 725 |
EF UNCLE REMUS PLEASE TER SCUSEN | 734 |
WHAT TITLE? | 740 |
GRAMPAS CHOICE | 746 |
THE BOYS OF THE OLD GLEE CLUB | 752 |
BENJAMIN HARRISON | 758 |
MY CONSCIENCE | 764 |
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