Poems by Ellis Parker Butler
Partners
... Thought across the street Id go ...
Ridden Down
... To worship her,and, for her part, ...
Says Mister Doojabs
... Say, mister, I guess Ill have to beg Your pardon, ...
Song For Heroes
... Each year on his grave pretty flowers we place ...
Speaking Of Operations
... It seems it can hardly be true!I know something wonderfulwonderful ...
The Ballad Of A Bachelor
... He watched its whirling transit well,And off some twenty yards or more ...
The Ballade Of The Automobile
... Then ho! For a gallon of gasoline!When our coach rides smoothly on iron-shod wheel ...
The Ballade Of The Mistletoe Bough
... ENVOYThese customs of Christmas may shock the wise, ...
The Charge of the Second Iowa Cavalry
... We ride. We must show our steel today! "Gallop! Charge!" On the rebels ears ...
The Final Tax
... Heres what our people are defraying:Tariff tax, income tax, ...
The Golf Walk
... The golf-walk is a gruesome thing!See how his arms and shoulders ride ...
The Poor Boys Christmas
... Observe, my child, this pretty scene, ...
The Rich Boys Christmas
... MORAL:Mere worldly wealth does not possess ...
The Romance Of Patrolman Casey
... Eighteens or twenty-threes!)What last they were I dont know, but ...
The Tearful Tale Of Captain Dan
... Youve done deserted me!She pointed to that ferry-craft ...
