Category: Poetry
Transcriber’s Note: New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. The table of contents lists a poem “WHY SHOULD I FEAR TO DIE?” that doesn’t actually appear in the magazine.
Transcriber’s Note: New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. The table of contents lists a poem “WHY SHOULD I FEAR TO DIE?” that doesn’t...
2. Part 2But that night many of the women of New Orleans slept with small daggers in their bosoms. And well may the handsome Creole women of New Orleans have been afraid. Badajos, San Se...
3. Part 3“I got ter git my saddle an’ bridle. Come on an’ I’ll find yer a hat,” answered Gabe, as he put off in the direction of his stable, followed by the other. And in a few minutes t...
4. Part 4And now, Ladies of the American Revolution, I feel that we honor ourselves in paying this tribute to one who, by his goodness, as well as his greatness, has his “name written in...
5. Part 5“An’ dar’s de majuh, er settin’ an’ er smilin’ an’ er aigin’ dis thing on. Mebbe he’d lakter kno’ whut I gotter say erbout it! Lemme ax you, majuh, ef you disremembers de week b...
6. Part 6Out of the gloom and smoke came the sound of drum and fife. I looked back down the pike and saw a long line of bayonets coming at a double-quick with “trailing arms.” They were...
7. Part 7Glorious Boswell, we know not what was his life, nor how nor when his taking off; nay, nor whom he took off—though we may be sure that in his day and generation he did his share...
8. Part 8In 1840 I went from Clinton College to attend the Nashville convention, in what has been called “the log cabin and hard cider” campaign, and we stopped at the Hermitage to see G...