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Born in October 1, 1832 / Died in June 8, 1884 / United States / English

Poems by Henry Clay Work

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Now Moses

... ) 'Tis thus without stopping, the music keeps dropping, ...

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Shadows on the Floor

... But now the child's prattle brings tears to his eyes ...

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Nellie Lost and Found

... While their tears, for lips that now are dumb, ...

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Tis Finished

... We've wept with the weeping-now let us wish the blest rejoice, ...

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Grand-father's Clock

...  Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime, ...

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The Buckskin Bag of Gold

... Tall! (Ha! ha!) slim! (ha! ha!) quick as a flash! ...

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Lillie of the Snowstorm

... Lillie prays - the harps are hush'd in Heaven - ...

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We Are Coming, Sister Mary

... When the song so strange had ended, ...

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Tie the Knot Tightly

... Tho's here's a stray husband, and ther's a stray wife, ...

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Corporal Schnapps

... Der nightmare comes -- I catch him ferry pad -- ...

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The Mystic Veil

... ], Methinks I hear a murmur'd alto blending: ...

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Come Back to the Farm!

... "By dead mother's prayers - by father's gray hairs - ...

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The Song of the Red Man

... When the oaks, pines and cedars were fell'd to the ground, ...

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King Bibler's Army

... With their wives and their children, a rag-robed procession, ...

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The Old Village Doctor

... Though his drugs were deadly, yet his heart was kind, ...