Here - am I here? Or is it fancy, born of fear? Yes - O God, save me! - this is I, And not some wretch of whom I've read, In that bright girlhood, when the sky...
I'm very glad you sent that money through, By Cousin Seth, an' not by mail, as I requested you! The fam'ly's just so much ahead: 'twere best it never came....
We got here safe - my worthy wife an' me, An' then I looked the village through to see what I could see: I rode upon the cur'us track with stations all up-stairs;...
"Flash" was a white-foot sorrel, an' run on Number Three: Not much stable manners - an average horse to see; Notional in his methods - strong in loves an' hates;...
Yes, it's straight and true, good Preacher, every word that you have said; Do not think these tears unmanly - they're the first ones I have shed! But they kind o' beat and pounded 'gainst my aching heart and brain,...
I'd rather sit here, Mr. Sheriff - up near to the end of the car; We won't do so much advertising if we stay in the seat where we are. That sweet little dude saw the bracelets that you on my wrists have bestowed,...
He lay on the beach, just out of the reach Of waves that had cast him by: With fingers grim they reached for him As often as they came nigh. The shore-face brown had a surly frown,...
The Editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the top of a chair, His chair-arm an elbow supporting, his right hand upholding his head,...
Through these broad streets do I fly - Furlongs and miles I defy, Till the "magnificent distance" Vanishes out of existence. Let me with pencil prolong...
"A first-class professional fight!" I'm really doing the town! There were thousands on thousands to-night To see a man knock a man down. Two dollars I willingly (?) paid...
Some men were born for great things, Some were born for small; Some--it is not recorded Why they were born at all; But Uncle Sammy was certain he had a legitimate call. ...
When Prometheus stole the flame, Did he know what with it came? Did he look afar and see All the blessings that would be? Could he view the gentle gloam...