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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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No Boy Knows

... --   And know that the ice and the snow and the rain-- ...

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The Quest

... When the truce-bird pipes: Has he passed this way ...

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From The Headboard Of A Grave In Paraguay

... And the doubt it gibbered and hugged itself, ...

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Lawyer and Child

... Waiving all claims, of course, to heights pretentious,&mdash ...

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Art And Love

... First time she smiles for love's sake with no fear ...

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A Liz Town Humorist

... "Well, I'll jes' stand, in with Wess-- ...

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Kneeling With Herrick

...   Then, with good friends, the rarest few ...

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Limitations Of Genius

... --But _he_-- _Well_, as he's answering _you_, he answers _me_,-- ...

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In Bohemia

...   With this great round world of gold!-- ...

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The Loehrs And The Hammonds

...   We have crunched and splashed through "Flint-bed Ford" ...

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A Dost O' Blues

...   Er a cyarbuncle, say, on the back of his neck, ...

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The Little Town O' Tailholt

... You kin harp about yer churches, with their steeples in the clouds, ...

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Her Beautiful Eyes

...   As the morn shirts the mists and the clouds from the skies-- ...

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The Raggedy Man

...  An' the Squidgicum-Squees 'at swallers the'rselves: ...

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Elizabeth

...   That lispeth through the young-leaved trees, ...