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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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To My Good Master

...   Thou haltest thy glib quill, and, laughing-eyed, ...

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The Little Coat

... Dotting,--"Vine grows round the stump," ...

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When The Green Gits Back In The Trees

...   When the groun's all bald where the hay-rick stood, ...

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"Tradin' Joe"

... But thinks I to myse'f, "There's a dog in the well!" ...

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Uncle Mart's Poem

... --   What wonder that, with yearning bold, ...

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Regardin' Terry Hut

... but no, Yer clean dead wrong--! And I maintain ...

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The Old Home By The Mill

...   The old home, though, and old folks, and the old spring, and a few ...

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Want To Be Whur Mother Is

...   Nights like these and whipperwills allus brings that voice of his! ...

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The Noble Old Elm

...   An' say _she'll_ find--ef we'll keep still-- ...

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Intellectual Limitations

...   'Cause we ketch 'em, lots o' times, ...

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The Boy's Candidate

... --An' he Says, when we et it,--_"Gracious me! ...

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A Wrangdillion

... The Gryke blots his tears with a scrap of his grief, ...

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Scraps

...   Though you wheel yourselves in line, ...

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The Clover

... But my childhood comes back jest as clear and as plane ...

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The Boy Lives On Our Farm

... An' could stand up like him an' drive, ...