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James Whitcomb Riley

October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: A Backward Look As I sat smoking, alone, yesterday, 54911
2: A Ballad With A Serious Conclusion Crowd about me, little children 92705
3: A Bear Family Wunst, 'way West in Illinoise, 80429
4: A Brave Refrain When snow is here, and the trees look weird, 28361
5: A Bride O I am weary!" she sighed, as her billowy 20457
6: A Canary At the Farm Folks has be'n to town, and Sahry 24419
7: A Child-World The Child-World - long and long since lost to view 21410
8: A Christmas Memory Pa he bringed me here to stay 56427
9: A Country Pathway. I come upon it suddenly, alone 104510
10: A Cup Of Tea. I have sipped, with drooping lashes, 32412
11: A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away 315401
12: A Delicious Interruption All were quite gracious in their plaudits of 28393
13: A Discouraging Model Just the airiest, fairiest slip of a thing, 20379
14: A Discouraging Model. Just the airiest, fairiest slip of a thing, 20368
15: A Ditty Of No Tone. Would that my lips might pour out in thy praise 30451
16: A Diverted Tragedy Gracie wuz allus a careless tot; 22365
17: A Dos't O' Blues. I' got no patience with blues at all! 40373
18: A Dream I dreamed I was a spider; 48534
19: A Dream Of Autumn. Mellow hazes, lowly trailing 48478
20: A Dream Of Long Ago Lying listless in the mosses 64349
21: A Dubious "Old Kriss" Us-folks is purty pore - but Ma 60428
22: A Fantasy A fantasy that came to me 97444
23: A Feel In The Chris'mas-Air They's a kind o' feel in the air, to me. 32342
24: A Fruit Piece The afternoon of summer folds 26368
25: A Full Harvest. Seems like a feller'd ort 'o jes' to-day 14388
26: A Glimpse of Pan I caught but a glimpse of him. Summer was here. 22354
27: A Glimpse Of Pan. I caught but a glimpse of him. Summer was here, 22344
28: A Good Man A good man never dies 16449
29: A Gustatory Achievement Last Thanksgivin'-dinner we 12339
30: A Hobo Voluntary Oh, the hobo's life is a roving life; 80529
31: A Home-Made Fairy Tale Bud, come here to your uncle a spell, 32391
32: A Leave-Taking. She will not smile; 24405
33: A Letter To A Friend The past is like a story 24391
34: A Life Lesson There! Little girl; don't cry! 21387
35: A Liz Town Humorist Settin' round the stove, last night, 35347
36: A Lounger. He leant against a lamp-post, lost 16319
37: A Man Of Many Parts It was a man of many parts, 24388
38: A Masque Of The Seasons Summer or Winter or Spring or Fall, 38406
39: A Monument For The Soldiers. A monument for the Soldiers! 40368
40: A Mother-Song Mother, O mother! forever I cry for you, 24369
41: A New Year's Plaint The bells that lift their yawning throats 48367
42: A New Year's Time at Willards's There's old man Willards; an' his wife; 182327
43: A Noted Traveler Even in such a scene of senseless play 44338
44: A Parent Reprimanded Sometimes I think 'at Parents does 11375
45: A Poet's Wooing What may I do to make you glad, 32346
46: A Prospective Visit While any day was notable and dear 35320
47: A Rough Sketch I caught, for a second, across the crowd 12392
48: A Scrawl I want to sing something - but this is all 12368
49: A Session With Uncle Sidney - I - One Of His Animal Stories Now, Tudens, you sit on this knee - and 'scuse 1869 119347
50: A Session With Uncle Sidney - II - Uncle Brightens Up Uncle he says 'at 'way down in the sea 18363
51: A Session With Uncle Sidney - III - Sings A "Winky-Tooden" Song O here's a little rhyme for the Spring- or Summer-time 18377
52: A Session With Uncle Sidney - IV - And Makes Nursery Rhymes - 1 The Diners In The Kitchen Our dog Fred 18364
53: A Session With Uncle Sidney - IV - And Makes Nursery Rhymes - 2 The Imperious Angler Miss Medairy Dory-Ann 6330
54: A Session With Uncle Sidney - IV - And Makes Nursery Rhymes - 3 The Gathering Of The Clans Where's the crowd that dares to go 24348
55: A Session With Uncle Sidney - IV - And Makes Nursery Rhymes - 4 "It" A wee little worm in a hickory-nut 4394
56: A Session With Uncle Sidney - IV - And Makes Nursery Rhymes - 5 The Daring Prince A daring prince, of the realm Rangg Dhune, 6389
57: A Song There is ever a song somewhere, my dear; 26391
58: A Song By Uncle Sidney O were I not a clod, intent 8307
59: A Song Of Long Ago. A song of Long Ago: 30403
60: A Song Of Singing Sing! gangling lad, along the brink 16373
61: A Southern Singer. Herein are blown from out the South 36343
62: A Spring Song And A Later She sang a song of May for me, 16392
63: A Sudden Shower Barefooted boys scud up the street 28473
64: A Summer Afternoon A languid atmosphere, a lazy breeze, 28428
65: A Summer Sunrise The master-hand whose pencils trace 40507
66: A Tale Of The Airly Days Oh! tell me a tale of the airly days 40349
67: A Test Of Love He wooed her first in an atmosphere 24349
68: A Variation I am tired of this! 42354
69: A Very Youthful Affair I'm bin a-visitun 'bout a week 4398
70: A Voice From the Farm It is my dream to have you here with me, 14351
71: A Water-Color. Low hidden in among the forest trees 12347
72: A Wild Irishman Not very many years ago the writer was for some months stationed at 446293
73: A Worn-Out Pencil. Welladay! 35363
74: A Wraith Of Summertime. In its color, shade and shine, 18345
75: A Wrangdillion Dexery-tethery! down in the dike, 24359
76: A' Old Played-Out Song It's the curiousest thing in creation, 48337
77: Abe Martin Abe Martin! - dad-burn his old picture! 32332
78: Almon Keefer Ah, Almon Keefer! what a boy you were, 113384
79: America's Thanksgiving Father all bountiful, in mercy bear 40334
80: An Autumnal Extravaganza With a sweeter voice than birds 50367
81: An Empty Nest I find an old deserted nest, 20332
82: An Impetuous Resolve When little Dickie Swope's a man, 16328
83: An Impromptu Fairy-Tale When I wuz ist a little bit 36360
84: An Old Friend Hey, Old Midsummer! are you here again, 21355
85: An Old Settler's Story William Williams his name was 1044353
86: An Old Sweetheart of Mine The ordered intermingling 152520
87: An Old Sweetheart Of Mine As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, 44392
88: An Old Sweetheart Of Mine An old sweetheart of mine! - Is this her presence here with me, 72345
89: An Old Year's Address I have twankled the strings of the twinkering rain; 42346
90: An Out-Worn Sappho How tired I am! I sink down all alone 99350
91: Anselmo Years did I vainly seek the good Lord's grace, 18354
92: Art and Love He faced his canvas (as a seer whose ken 14371
93: Art And Poetry Wess he says, and sort o' grins, 24397
94: As Created There's a space for good to bloom in 8401
95: As My Uncle Used To Say. I've thought a power on men and things, 24374
96: At Aunty's House One time, when we'z at Aunty's house 30334
97: At Broad Ripple. Ah, Luxury! Beyond the heat 32376
98: At Last A dark, tempestuous night; the stars shut in 36364
99: At Noey's House At Noey's house - when they arrived with him 81426
100: At Noon - And Midnight. Far in the night, and yet no rest for him! The pillow next his own 8360
101: At Sea O we go down to sea in ships 16367
102: At Utter Loaf. An afternoon as ripe with heat 33329
103: At Zekesbury. The little town, as I recall it, 157375
104: August. A day of torpor in the sullen heat 40380
105: Autumn. As a harvester, at dusk, 100385
106: Away I cannot say, and I will not say 24466
107: Babyhood. Heigh-ho! Babyhood! Tell me where you linger: 24383
108: Back From a Two-years' Sentence Back from a two-years' sentence! 24411
109: Back From Town Old friends allus is the best, 32369
110: Be Our Fortunes As They May Be our fortunes as they may, 20382
111: Beautiful Hands. O your hands - they are strangely fair! 40445
112: Becalmed Would that the winds might only blow 20330
113: Because Why did we meet long years of yore? 18350
114: Bedouin. O love is like an untamed steed! - 18351
115: Being His Mother. Being his mother - when he goes away 14323
116: Bewildering Emotions The merriment that followed was subdued 31351
117: Billy And His Drum Ho! it's come, kids, come! 18407
118: Billy's Alphabetical Animal Show. A was an elegant Ape 135442
119: Blind. You think it is a sorry thing 214333
120: Blooms Of May But yesterday!... 18346
121: Bryant The harp has fallen from the master's hand; 14473
122: Bud's Fairy-Tale Some peoples thinks they ain't no Fairies now 230389
123: By Any Other Name. First the teacher called the roll, 32332
124: By Her White Bed. By her white bed I muse a little space: 14306
125: Chairley Burke It's Chairley Burke's in town, b'ys! He's down til "Jamesy's Place," 20336
126: Christmas Greeting A word of Godspeed and good cheer 6403
127: Climatic Sorcery When frost's all on our winder, an' the snow's 8358
128: Company Manners When Bess gave her Dollies a Tea, said she, 4346
129: Cousin Rufus' Story My little story, Cousin Rufus said, 163320
130: Craqueodoom The Crankadox leaned o'er the edge of the moon 24330
131: Curly Locks Curly Locks! Curly Locks! wilt thou be mine? 24330
132: Dan O'Sullivan Dan O'Sullivan: It's your 24360
133: Dan Paine. Old friend of mine, whose chiming name 40360
134: Das Krist Kindel I had fed the fire and stirred it, till the sparkles in delight 60378
135: Das Krist Kindel I had fed the fire and stirred it, till the sparkles in delight 60358
136: Dawn, Noon And Dewfall. Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin 12390
137: Dead In Sight Of Fame Dead! Dead! Dead! 24369
138: Dead Leaves As though a gipsy maiden with dim look, 42367
139: Dead Selves How many of my selves are dead? 63326
140: Dear Hands. The touches of her hands are like the fall 19327
141: Dearth I hold your trembling hand to-night - and yet 14434
142: Dedication To Hewitt Hanson Howland With Halest Christmas Greetings And Fraternal Little Boy! Halloo! - halloo! 4353
143: Dedication: Riley Child-Rhymes He owns the bird-songs of the hills 10366
144: Doc Sifers. Of all the doctors I could cite you to in this-'ere town 60348
145: Donn Piatt Of Mac-O-Chee. Donn Piatt - of Mac-o-chee, 56322
146: Dot Leedle Boy. Ot's a leedle Christmas story 121300
147: Down Around The River Noon-time an' June-time, down around the river! 32380
148: Down On Wriggle Crick Mostly folks is law-abidin' 73318
149: Down To The Capital I' be'n down to the Capital at Washington, D. C., 64329
150: Dream Because her eyes were far too deep 32377
151: Dream-March Wasn't it a funny dream! - perfectly bewild'rin'! 36359
152: Dreamer, Say Dreamer, say, will you dream for me 24400
153: Dusk The frightened herds of clouds across the sky 14434
154: Elizabeth. Elizabeth! Elizabeth! 30349
155: Elmer Brown Awf'lest boy in this-here town 30482
156: Envoy Many pleasures of youth have been buoyantly sung 40316
157: Envoy. Just as of old! The world rolls on and on; 12330
158: Evensong Lay away the story, 16314
159: Extremes A little boy once played so loud 8373
160: Fame Once, in a dream, I saw a man, 82367
161: Fame Once, in a dream, I saw a man 82367
162: Farmer Whipple. - Bachelor. It's a mystery to see me - a man o' fifty-four, 112361
163: Father William You are old, Father William, and though one would think 32389
164: Find The Favorite Our three cats is Maltese cats, 56351
165: Floretty's Musical Contribution All seemed delighted, though the elders more, 124366
166: Fool-Youngens Me an' Bert an' Minnie-Belle 30358
167: For You For you, I could forget the gay 24339
168: Friday Afternoon Of the wealth of facts and fancies 130420
169: Friend Of A Wayward Hour Friend of a wayward hour, you came 15328
170: From the Headboard of a Grave in Paraguay A troth, and a grief, and a blessing, 8418
171: George Mullen's Confession For the sake of guilty conscience, and the heart that ticks the time 124306
172: Go, Winter! Go, Winter! Go thy ways! We want again 16323
173: Good-By Er Howdy-Do Say good-by er howdy-do 24370
174: Grandfather Squeers My grandfather Squeers," said The Raggedy Man, 72367
175: Granny Granny's come to our house, 40373
176: Grant. At Rest - August 8, 1885 What shall we say of the soldier. Grant, 80376
177: Green Fields And Running Brooks Ho! green fields and running brooks! 16317
178: Griggsby's Station Pap's got his patent-right, and rich is all creation; 40534
179: Harlie Fold the little waxen hands 24381
180: Has She Forgotten? Has she forgotten? On this very May 42332
181: He And I Just drifting on together 40427
182: He Called Her In He called her in from me and shut the door. 125367
183: Heat-Lightning There was a curious quiet for a space 57387
184: Her Beautiful Eyes. O her beautiful eyes! they are as blue as the dew 18356
185: Her Beautiful Hands O your hands - they are strangely fair! 40340
186: Her Face And Brow Ah, help me! but her face and brow 14369
187: Her Hair The beauty of her hair bewilders me 14337
188: Her Valentine Somebody's sent a funny little valentine to me. 12335
189: Her Waiting Face In some strange place 4377
190: Herr Weiser Herr Weiser! Three-score-years-and-ten 40381
191: Hik-Tee-Dik! - The War-Cry Of Billy And Buddy When two little boys - renowned but for noise 32339
192: His Mother's Way Tomps 'ud allus haf to say 12287
193: His Mother. DEAD! my wayward boy - my own 16361
194: His Room I'm home again, my dear old Room, 64311
195: His Vigil. Close the book and dim the light, 14332
196: Home At Night. When chirping crickets fainter cry, 16369
197: Honey Dripping From The Comb How slight a thing may set one's fancy drifting 16335
198: How Did You Rest, Last Night? How did you rest, last night? 24337
199: How It Happened I got to thinkin' of her - both her parents dead and gone 32366
200: How John Quit The Farm. Nobody on the old farm here but Mother, me and John, 104321
201: I Smoke My Pipe I can't extend to every friend 40312
202: If I knew What Poets Know If I knew what poets know, 24368
203: Igo And Ago We're The Twins from Aunt Marinn's, 32447
204: Ike Walton's Prayer I crave, dear Lord, 58327
205: Illileo Illileo, the moonlight seemed lost across the vales 24314
206: In Bohemia. Ha! My dear! I'm back again 56318
207: In Fervent Praise Of Picnics Picnics is fun 'at's purty hard to beat. 4293
208: In The Afternoon You in the hammock; and I, near by, 24361
209: In The Dark. O in the depths of midnight 24335
210: In The Evening In the evening of our days, 24350
211: In The Heart Of June In the heart of June, love, 16347
212: In The South. There is a princess in the South 32412
213: Indiana Our Land - our Home - the common home indeed 14363
214: Inscribed: Riley Love-Lyrics To the Elect of Love, or side-by-side 20317
215: Intellectual Limitations Parunts knows lots more than us, 17334
216: Iry And Billy And Jo. Iry an' Billy an' Jo! 43308
217: It's Got To Be When it's got to be," - like! always say 60376
218: Jack The Giant Killer. Tell you a story - an' it's a fac': 36348
219: Jack-In-The-Box In childish days! O memory, 28321
220: James B. Maynard His daily, nightly task is o'er 16335
221: Jap Miller. Jap Miller down at Martinsville's the blamedest feller yit! 32332
222: Jim He was jes a plain ever'-day, all-round kind of a jour 48348
223: Job Work Write me a rhyme of the present time 32316
224: John Alden And Percilly. We got up a Christmas-doin's 72330
225: John Brown. Writ in between the lines of his life-deed 14362
226: John McKeen John McKeen, in his rusty dress, 45340
227: John Mckeen. John McKeen, in his rusty dress, 45483
228: John Walsh A strange life - strangely passed! 32353
229: Johnson's Boy The world is turned ag'in' me, 48312
230: Joney Had a hare-lip - Joney had: 32349
231: Judith. O her eyes are amber-fine - 26318
232: June O queenly month of indolent repose! 14341
233: June At Woodruff. Out at Woodruff Place - afar 48349
234: Just To Be Good. Just to be good 18361
235: Kingry's Mill On old Brandywine - about 80345
236: Kissing The Rod. O heart of mine, we shouldn't 24357
237: Knee Deep in June Tell you what I like the best 99479
238: Kneeling With Herrick Dear Lord, to Thee my knee is bent 26350
239: Last Night - And This Last night - how deep the darkness was! 16334
240: Last Night - And This. Last night - how deep the darkness was! 16322
241: Laughter Holding Both His Sides Ay, thou varlet! Laugh away! 12361
242: Leedle Dutch Baby Leedle Dutch baby haff come ter town! 24343
243: Leonainie Leonainie - Angels named her; 32354
244: Let Us Forget. Let us forget. What matters it that we 14395
245: Liberty For a hundred years the pulse of time 1878 216334
246: Like His Mother Used To Make I was born in Indiany," says a stranger, lank and slim, 24469
247: Limitations Of Genius The audience entire seemed pleased - indeed 30374
248: Lines For An Album I would not trace the hackneyed phrase 12344
249: Little Dick And The Clock When Dicky was sick 32335
250: Little Jack Janitor And there, in that ripe Summer-night, once more 167411
251: Little Orphant Annie Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay, 48389
252: Little-Girl-Two-Little-Girls I'm twins, I guess, 'cause my Ma say 19352
253: Lockerbie Street Such a dear little street it is, nestled away 24318
254: Long Afore He Knowed Who Santy-Claus Wuz. Jes' a little bit o' feller - I remember still 40447
255: Longfellow The winds have talked with him confidingly; 14322
256: Longfellow. The winds have talked with him confidingly; 14320
257: Lullaby. The maple strews the embers of its leaves 15362
258: Luther Benson Poor victim of that vulture curse 40307
259: Man's Devotion A lover said, "O Maiden, love me well, 60339
260: Marthy Ellen. They's nothin' in the name to strike 54319
261: Maymie's Story Of Red Riding Hood W'y, one time wuz a little-weenty dirl, 172393
262: Moon-Drowned. Twas the height of the fete when we quitted the riot, 24330
263: Morton The warm pulse of the nation has grown chill; 32335
264: Mr. Hammond's Parable He was a Dreamer of the Days: 108312
265: Mr. What's-His-Name. They called him Mr. What's-his-name: 60352
266: Mrs. Miller John B. McKinney, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 104309
267: My Bachelor Chum A corpulent man is my bachelor chum, 32336
268: My Bride That Is To Be O soul of mine, look out and see 73326
269: My Dancin'-Days Is Over What is it in old fiddle-chunes 'at makes me ketch my breath 36369
270: My Father's Halls My father's halls, so rich and rare, 8329
271: My Friend. He is my friend," I said, 20338
272: My Henry He's jes' a great, big, awk'ard, hulkin' 30383
273: My Jolly Friend's Secret Ah, friend of mine, how goes it 64350
274: My Mary My Mary, O my Mary! 56362
275: My Old Friend You've a manner all so mellow, 32372
276: Mylo Jones's Wife Mylo Jones's wife" was all 60366
277: Natural Perversities I am not prone to moralize 56417
278: Naughty Claude When Little Claude was naughty wunst 8336
279: Nessmuk. I hail thee, Nessmuk, for the lofty tone 14428
280: No Boy Knows There are many things that boys may know 32360
281: Noey Bixler Another hero of those youthful years 168372
282: Noey's Night-Piece They ain't much 'tale' about it!" Noey said. 88341
283: North And South. Of the North I wove a dream, 35321
284: Not Always Glad When We Smile We are not always glad when we smile: 30366
285: Nothin' To Say Nothin' to say, my daughter! Nothin' at all to say! 20329
286: Old Aunt Mary's (AKA "Out To Old Aunt Mary's") Wasn't it pleasant, O brother mine, 48401
287: Old Bob White Old Bob White's a funny bird! 35350
288: Old Chums If I die first," my old chum paused to say, 14356
289: Old Fashioned Roses They ain't no style about 'em, 32366
290: Old Indiany. Intended For A Dinner Of The Indiana Society Of Chicago Old Indiany, 'course we know 63350
291: Old John Henry Old John's jes' made o' the commonest stuff 27334
292: Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze 24344
293: Old Man's Nursery Rhyme In the jolly winters 40398
294: Old October Old October's purt' nigh gone, 36324
295: Old Winters On The Farm I have jest about decided 12367
296: On The Banks O' Deer Crick. On the banks o' Deer Crick! There's the place fer me! 32344
297: On The Sunny Side Hi and whoop-hooray, boys! 40328
298: Only A Dream Only a dream! 36414
299: Orlie Wilde A goddess, with a siren's grace, 204349
300: Our Boyhood Haunts Ho! I'm going back to where 28306
301: Our Hired Girl Our hired girl, she's 'Lizabuth Ann; 45341
302: Our Kind of a Man The kind of a man for you and me! 36350
303: Our Little Girl Her heart knew naught of sorrow, 24337
304: Our Old Friend Neverfail O it's good to ketch a relative 'at's richer and don't run 16359
305: Our Own They walk here with us, hand-in-hand; 8357
306: Out of Nazareth He shall sleep unscathed of thieves 36371
307: Out Of Nazareth. He shall sleep unscathed of thieves 36337
308: Out Of Reach? You think them "out of reach," your dead? 8374
309: Out Of The Hitherwhere Out of the hitherwhere into the Yon 24428
310: Over The Eyes Of Gladness The voice of One hath spoken, 24363
311: Pan This Pan is but an idle god, I guess, 14346
312: Philiper Flash Young Philiper Flash was a promising lad, 100333
313: Pipes O' Pan At Zekesbury The pipes of Pan! Not idler now are they 14361
314: Plain Sermons I saw a man - and envied him beside 16308
315: Prior To Miss Belle's Appearance What makes you come HERE fer, Mister, 54326
316: Private Theatricals A quite convincing axiom 35359
317: Proem (AKA "Afterwhiles") Where are they - the Afterwhiles 60403
318: Reach Your Hand To Me. Reach your hand to me, my friend, 24412
319: Red Riding-Hood Sweet little myth of the nursery story 18370
320: Regardin' Terry Hut Sence I tuk holt o' Gibbses' Churn 64319
321: Right Here At Home. Right here at home, boys, in old Hoosierdom, 36326
322: Robert Burns Wilson. What intuition named thee? - Through what thrill 14315
323: Romancin' I' b'en a-kindo' "musin'," as the feller says, and I'm 52312
324: Say Something To Me Say something to me! I've waited so long 24372
325: Says He Whatever the weather may be," says he 27368
326: Scotty Scotty's dead - Of course he is! 34341
327: Scraps There's a habit I have nurtured, 40363
328: September Dark The air falls chill; 18330
329: September Dark. The air falls chill; 18361
330: Silence Thousands of thousands of hushed years ago, 14340
331: Sister Jones's Confession. I thought the deacon liked me, yit 20355
332: Sleep Thou drowsy god, whose blurred eyes, half awink 14365
333: Sleep. Orphaned, I cry to thee: 18326
334: Some Scattering Remarks Of Bub's. Wunst I looked our pepper-box lid 18337
335: Song With a hey! and a hi! and a hey-ho rhyme! 16351
336: Song - Born To The Purple Most-like it was this kingly lad 36328
337: Song - Subtlety Whilst little Paul, convalescing, was staying 9317
338: Song - The Dolly's Mother A little maid, of summers four 16358
339: Song - To The Child Julia Little Julia, since that we 25311
340: Song - Wind Of The Sea Wind of the Sea, come fill my sail - 16346
341: Song Of Parting Say farewell, and let me go; 24349
342: Song Of The New Year I heard the bells at midnight 48364
343: Squire Hawkins's Story I hain't no hand at tellin' tales, 329364
344: Suspense. A woman's figure, on a ground of night 14420
345: Sweet-Knot And Galamus As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, 44469
346: Thanksgiving. Let us be thankful - not only because 24393
347: That Little Dog That little dog 'ud scratch at that door 71339
348: That Night You and I, and that night, with its perfume and glory! 21305
349: That Other Maud Muller Maud Muller worked at making hay, 26301
350: The Ancient Printerman O Printerman of sallow face, 30345
351: The Artemus Of Michigan. Grand Haven is in Michigan, and in possession, too, 36362
352: The Bat. Thou dread, uncanny thing, 19333
353: The Bear-Story W'y, wunst they wuz a Little Boy went out 142382
354: The Beautiful City The Beautiful City! Forever 48376
355: The Best Is Good Enough I quarrel not with Destiny, 19345
356: The Best Times When Old Folks they wuz young like us 4379
357: The Blossoms on the Trees Blossoms crimson, white, or blue, 22327
358: The Blossoms On The Trees. Blossoms crimson, white, or blue, 22363
359: The Book Of Joyous Children Bound and bordered in leaf-green, 48313
360: The Book Of Joyous Children Gratefully And Affectionately Inscribed To Joel Chandler Harris You who to the rounded prime 16340
361: The Boy Lives On Our Farm The boy lives on our Farm, he's not 24359
362: The Boy Patriot I want to be a Soldier! 36287
363: The Boys Where are they? - the friends of my childhood enchanted 18328
364: The Boys' Candidate Las' time 'at Uncle Sidney come, 6378
365: The Brook-Song Little brook! Little brook! 38304
366: The Bumblebee You better not fool with a Bumblebee! 18382
367: The Chant Of The Cross-Bearing Child. I bear dis cross dis many a mile. 42341
368: The Child-World A Child-World, yet a wondrous world no less, 146367
369: The Circus-Day Parade Oh, the Circus-Day parade! How the bugles played and played! 28307
370: The Clover Some sings of the lily, and daisy, and rose, 24360
371: The Curse Of The Wandering Foot. All hope of rest withdrawn me? 32349
372: The Cyclone. So lone I stood, the very trees seemed drawn 24316
373: The Days Gone By O the days gone by! O the days gone by! 18352
374: The Dead Joke And The Funny Man Long years ago, a funny man, 24414
375: The Dead Lover Time is so long when a man is dead! 12327
376: The Drum. O the drum! 53352
377: The Evening Company Within the sitting-room, the company 88345
378: The Frog Who am I but the Frog - the Frog! 36381
379: The Funny Little Fellow Twas a Funny Little Fellow 56509
380: The Gilded Roll. Nosing around in an old box 445335
381: The Good, Old-Fashioned People When we hear Uncle Sidney tell 36359
382: The Happy Little Cripple I'm thist a little cripple boy, an' never goin' to grow 40285
383: The Harp Of The Minstrel The harp of the minstrel has never a tone 24385
384: The Harper Like a drift of faded blossoms 16281
385: The Hereafter. Hereafter! O we need not waste 8413
386: The Hired Man And Floretty The Hired Man's supper, which he sat before, 178375
387: The Home-Going. We must get home - for we have been away 30362
388: The Hoodoo. Owned a pair o' skates onc't. - Traded 20328
389: The Hoosier Folk-Child. The Hoosier Folk-Child - all unsung 80413
390: The Hoss The hoss he is a splendud beast; 72359
391: The Iron Horse. No song is mine of Arab steed 62297
392: The Jaybird The Jaybird he's my favorite 16319
393: The Jolly Miller It was a Jolly Miller lived on the River Dee; 42367
394: The Katydids Sometimes I keep 24310
395: The King They rode right out of the morning sun 40309
396: The Legend Glorified. I deem that God is not disquieted" - 16311
397: The Little Coat Here's his ragged "roundabout"; 48328
398: The Little Fat Doctor. He seemed so strange to me, every way 24301
399: The Little Lady O The Little Lady's dainty 28328
400: The Little Man In The Tinshop When I was a little boy, long ago, 65311
401: The Little Old Poem That Nobody Reads The little old poem that nobody reads 24357
402: The Little Tiny Kickshaw. O the little tiny kickshaw that Mither sent tae me, 12349
403: The Little Town O' Tailholt You kin boast about yer cities, and their stiddy growth and size, 20329
404: The Loehrs And The Hammonds Hey, Bud! O Bud!" rang out a gleeful call, 122263
405: The Lost Kiss I put by the half-written poem, 40312
406: The Lost Path Alone they walked - their fingers knit together, 20363
407: The Lugubrious Whing-Whang The rhyme o' The Raggedy Man's 'at's best 33333
408: The Merman Who would be 40444
409: The Mulberry Tree It's many's the scenes which is dear to my mind 32311
410: The Nine Little Goblins They all climbed up on a high board-fence 48375
411: The Noble Old Elm O big old tree, so tall an' fine, 24336
412: The Old Band It's mighty good to git back to the old town, shore, 32345
413: The Old Days The old days - the far days 24311
414: The Old Guitar Neglected now is the old guitar 36347
415: The Old Hay-Mow The Old Hay-mow's the place to play 24327
416: The Old Home By The Mill. This is "The old Home by the Mill" - far we still call it so, 24381
417: The Old Man Lo! steadfast and serene, 112339
418: The Old Man And Jim Old man never had much to say 80310
419: The Old Retired Sea Captain. The old sea captain has sailed the seas 32325
420: The Old School-Chum He puts the poem by, to say 22322
421: The Old Swimmin'-Hole Oh! the old swimmin'-hole! whare the crick so still and deep 40377
422: The Old Times Were The Best Friends, my heart is half aweary 12346
423: The Old Tramp A Old Tramp slep' in our stable wunst, 8282
424: The Old Trundle-Bed O the old trundle-bed where I slept when a boy! 24352
425: The Old Year And The New. As one in sorrow looks upon 32320
426: The Old-Fashioned Bible How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood 33456
427: The Old-Home Folks Such was the Child-World of the long-ago 417339
428: The Orchard Lands Of Long Ago The orchard lands of Long Ago! 30339
429: The Passing Of A Heart. O touch me with your hands 18346
430: The Pathos Of Applause The greeting of the company throughout 36388
431: The Penalty Of Genius When little 'Pollus Morton he's 18347
432: The Pet Coon Noey Bixler ketched him, and fetched him in to me 24359
433: The Pixy People It was just a very 64346
434: The Plaint Human Season of snows, and season of flowers, 8333
435: The Poet's Love For The Children Kindly and warm and tender, 24329
436: The Quarrel. They faced each other: Topaz-brown 41326
437: The Quest I am looking for Love. Has he passed this way, 24358
438: The Quiet Lodger. The man that rooms next door to me: 80326
439: The Raggedy Man O The Raggedy Man! He works fer Pa; 40362
440: The Rain. The rain! the rain! the rain! 24387
441: The Rainy Morning The dawn of the day was dreary, 24347
442: The Rambo-Tree When Autumn shakes the rambo-tree 24323
443: The Rider Of The Knee Knightly Rider of the Knee 16334
444: The Ripest Peach The ripest peach is highest on the tree 16316
445: The Rival. I so loved once, when Death came by I hid 12384
446: The Rivals; Or The Showman's Ruse Guess 'at Billy haint got back, 74310
447: The Rose. It tossed its head at the wooing breeze; 42322
448: The Runaway Boy Wunst I sassed my Pa, an' he 40304
449: The Same Old Story The same old story told again 32476
450: The Serenade The midnight is not more bewildering 14319
451: The Sermon Of The Rose Wilful we are in our infirmity 42354
452: The Shoemaker. Thou Poet, who, like any lark, 40345
453: The Shower The landscape, like the awed face of a child, 20295
454: The Silent Victors Deep, tender, firm and true, the Nation's heart 128374
455: The Singer. While with Ambition's hectic flame 8369
456: The Song Of Yesterday But yesterday 72331
457: The South Wind and the Sun O The South Wind and the Sun! 160352
458: The South Wind And The Sun O the South Wind and the Sun 160344
459: The Speeding Of The King's Spite A king - estranged from his loving Queen 136359
460: The Sphinx I know all about the Sphinx 8350
461: The Squirtgun Uncle Maked Me Uncle Sidney, when he wuz here, 30379
462: The Stepmother First she come to our house, 18329
463: The Touches Of Her Hands The touches of her hands are like the fall 19342
464: The Town Karnteel The Town Karnteel! It's who'll reveal 39306
465: The Train Misser Ll where in the world my eyes has bin 28357
466: The Traveling Man Could I pour out the nectar the gods only can, 34375
467: The Treasure Of The Wise Man O the night was dark and the night was late, 16296
468: The Tree-Toad S cur'ous-like," said the tree-toad, 28398
469: The Tree-Toad. Scurious-like," said the tree-toad, 28329
470: The Twins. One 's the pictur' of his Pa, 25350
471: The Wandering Jew The stars are falling, and the sky 48439
472: The Wandering Jew. The stars are failing, and the sky 48411
473: The Watches Of The Night. O the waiting in the watches of the night! 28357
474: The Way It Wuz. Las' July - an', I persume 73370
475: The Wife-Blessed. In youth he wrought, with eyes ablur, 18338
476: Their Sweet Sorrow They meet to say farewell: Their way 20311
477: Their Sweet Sorrow. They meet to say farewell: Their way 20336
478: Them Flowers. Take a feller 'at's sick and laid up on the shelf, 24329
479: Them Old Cheery Words Pap he allus ust to say, 72358
480: Thinkin' Back I've ben thinkin' back, of late, 42315
481: This Man Jones. This man Jones was what you'd call 64326
482: Thomas The Pretender Tommy's alluz playin' jokes, 16310
483: Thoughts Fer The Discuraged Farmer The summer winds is sniffin' round the bloomin' locus' trees; 40430
484: Three Dead Friends. Always suddenly they are gone 80335
485: Through Sleepy-Land Where do you go when you go to sleep, 25316
486: Time 1 The ticking - ticking - ticking of the clock! 14318
487: Time 2 Wait for the morning! Ah! We wait indeed 14321
488: Time Of Clearer Twitterings Time of crisp and tawny leaves, 64329
489: Tired Out tired out!" Yet face and brow 24408
490: To A Boy Whistling The smiling face of a happy boy 16365
491: To Almon Keefer This first book that I ever knew 24295
492: To An Importunate Ghost. Get gone, thou most uncomfortable ghost! 14304
493: To Annie When the lids of dusk are falling 8295
494: To Hear Her Sing. To hear her sing - to hear her sing 32330
495: To My Good Master. In fancy, always, at thy desk, thrown wide, 14302
496: To My Old Friend, William Leachman Fer forty year and better you have been a friend to me, 62317
497: To Robert Burns Sweet Singer that I loe the maist 60332
498: To Santa Claus Most tangible of all the gods that be, 32360
499: To The Good Old-Fashioned People The deadnin' and the thicket's jes' a b'ilin' full o' June, 12312
500: To The Judge Friend of my earliest youth, 40284
501: To The Quiet Observer Dear old friend of us all in need 16348
502: To The Serenader. Tinkle on, O sweet guitar, 24307
503: To Young E. Allison - Bookman The bookman he's a humming-bird 53302
504: Told By "The Noted Traveler" Coming, clean from the Maryland-end 204308
505: Tom Johnson's Quit. A passel o' the boys last night 56348
506: Tom Van Arden. Tom Van Arden, my old friend, 88290
507: Tommy Smith Dimple-cheeked and rosy-lipped, 30324
508: Tradin' Joe I'm one o' these cur'ous kind o' chaps 129333
509: Tugg Martin. Tugg Martin's tough. - No doubt o' that! 82298
510: Uncle Mart's Poem - The Old Snow-Man Ho! the old Snow-Man 120380
511: Uncle Sidney To Marcellus Marcellus, won't you tell us 16292
512: Up And Down Old Brandywine Up and down old Brandywine, 104294
513: Wait For The Morning. Wait for the morning: - It will come, indeed, 16369
514: Waitin' Fer The Cat To Die Lawzy! don't I rickollect 48354
515: Want To Be Whur Mother Is. Want to be whur mother is! Want to be whur mother is! 24326
516: Wash Lowry's Reminiscence And you're the poet of this concern? 96351
517: We Are Not Always Glad When We Smile We are not always glad when we smile: 30303
518: We Must Believe We must believe 42274
519: We Must Get Home We must get home! How could we stray like this? 66359
520: We To Sigh Instead of Sing Rain and rain! And rain and rain! 24375
521: We To Sigh Instead Of Sing. Rain and rain! and rain and rain! 24375
522: Wet-Weather Talk It hain't no use to grumble and complane; 48337
523: What "Old Santa" Overheard Tis said old Santa Claus one time 24323
524: What Chris'mas Fetched The Wigginses. Wintertime, er Summertime, 354336
525: What Smith Knew About Farming There wasn't two purtier farms in the state 158323
526: What The Wind Said I muse to-day, in a listless way, 144311
527: When Age Comes On. When Age comes on! 20360
528: When Bessie Died If from your own the dimpled hands had slipped, 31360
529: When De Folks Is Gone What dat scratchin' at de kitchin do'? 20364
530: When Early March Seems Middle May When country roads begin to thaw 36352
531: When Evening Shadows Fall When evening shadows fall, 24422
532: When June Is Here. When June is here - what art have we to sing 14299
533: When Lide Married Him When Lide married him - w'y, she had to jes dee-fy 24362
534: When Mother Combed My Hair When Memory, with gentle hand, 32368
535: When My Dreams Come True When my dreams come true - when my dreams come true 24329
536: When Old Jack Died When Old Jack died, we stayed from school (they said, 42326
537: When She Comes Home When she comes home again! A thousand ways 14328
538: When The Frost Is On The Punkin When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock, 32350
539: When The Green Gits Back In The Trees In Spring, when the green gits back in the trees, 30327
540: When The Hearse Comes Back A thing 'at's 'bout as tryin' as a healthy man kin meet 48294
541: When We First Played "Show" Wasn't it a good time, 56354
542: When We Three Meet When we three meet? Ah! friend of mine 15323
543: Where Shall We Land? All listlessly we float 42351
544: Where the Children used to Play The old farm-home is Mother's yet and mine, 32367
545: Where The Children Used To Play The old farm-home is Mother's yet and mine, 32386
546: Where-Away. O the Lands of Where-Away! 40297
547: While The Musician Played. O it was but a dream I had 40352
548: Who Bides His Time Who bides his time, and day by day 24316
549: Who Santy-Claus Wuz Jes' a little bit o' feller - I remember still 40349
550: Winter Fancies Winter without 37344
551: Wortermelon Time Old wortermelon time is a-comin' round again, 52294
552: Writin' Back To The Home-Folks My dear old friends - It jes beats all, 48321
553: Ylladmar Her hair was, oh, so dense a blur 26307




About:
James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer and poet. Known as the "Hoosier Poet", National Poet and the Children's Poet, he started his career during 1875 writing newspaper verse in Indiana dialect for the Indianapolis Journal.
His verse tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one-thousand poems that Riley published, over half are in dialect. Claiming that simple sentiments that come direct from the heart were the reason for his success, Riley vended verse about ordinary topics that were heart high. Riley was a bestselling author during the early 1900s and earned a steady income from royalties; he also traveled and gave public readings of his poetry. His favorite authors were Robert Burns and Charles Dickens, and Riley himself befriended bestselling Indiana authors such as Booth Tarkington, George Ade and Meredith Nicholson. Many of his works were illustrated by the popular illustrator Howard Chandler Christy.


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