Category: Poetry
One who after writing prose all his life suddenly essays to launch a volume of verse, must know something of the feeling with which an old-time sailor after coasting only his native shores found himself setting sail into an unknown sea.
One who after writing prose all his life suddenly essays to launch a volume of verse, must know something of the feeling with which an old-time sailor after coasting only his na...
2. Part 2*Note. It is related that King Philip one day invited a lady to sail with him on a lake, and she replied that she was afraid they might meet "the Dragon."
3. Part 3A mouth red-ripened like a warm, sweet rose, Wherein are gleaming pearls all pure and bright As dewdrops nestled where the zephyr blows With pinion soft across the humid night;...
4. Part 4So we all went to College---'way down to Williamsburg-- But 't warn' much l'arnin out o' books we got; Dem urrs warn' no mo' to him 'n a ole wormy lug; Yes, suh, we wuz de ve'y...