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Born in October 7, 1849 / Died in July 22, 1916 / United States / English

Poems by James Whitcomb Riley

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At Utter Loaf

...   That shields me from the sun, but weaves ...

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We Must Get Home

... With dreams--not tear-drops--brimming our clenched eyes,-- ...

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A Glimpse Of Pan

... With vines in the wave like the vines in the breeze, ...

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The Boy Patriot

... --   I want to hear the cannon clear their throats and catch the prattle ...

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Where The Children Used To Play

... Our sloping pasture-lands are filled with herds ...

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Longfellow

... and the sea, In clamorous waves, and murmurs exquisite, ...

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The Train Misser

... Like a blamed old sandwitch warped in two! ...

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A Letter To A Friend

...   Leaves it shorn of half its length ...

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A Passing Hail

... Than the wind that waves the wheat, ...

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An Autumnal Extravaganza

...   Fails, and falls, and swoons away ...

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To Hear Her Sing

...   Them, hastening home, with smiles and tears ...

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At Noon--And Midnight

...   Still silently, as though he prayed, his lips moved lightly as she ...

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When Evening Shadows Fall

... Whose prayerful eyes are things divine ...

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When Early March Seems Middle May

...   And troughs are chunked beneath the trees, ...

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A Ballad

...   While her features flushed and burned ...