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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, 54402
2: A Ballad With A Serious Conclusion Crowd about me, little children 92371
3: A Bear Family Wunst, 'way West in Illinoise, 80128
4: A Brave Refrain When snow is here, and the trees look weird, 28113
5: A Bride O I am weary!" she sighed, as her billowy 20103
6: A Canary At the Farm Folks has be'n to town, and Sahry 2495
7: A Child-World The Child-World - long and long since lost to view 21127
8: A Christmas Memory Pa he bringed me here to stay 56111
9: A Country Pathway. I come upon it suddenly, alone 104105
10: A Cup Of Tea. I have sipped, with drooping lashes, 3293
11: A Defective Santa Claus Allus when our Pa he's away 315124
12: A Delicious Interruption All were quite gracious in their plaudits of 28106
13: A Discouraging Model Just the airiest, fairiest slip of a thing, 2079
14: A Discouraging Model. Just the airiest, fairiest slip of a thing, 2093
15: A Ditty Of No Tone. Would that my lips might pour out in thy praise 30122
16: A Diverted Tragedy Gracie wuz allus a careless tot; 2297
17: A Dos't O' Blues. I' got no patience with blues at all! 40110
18: A Dream I dreamed I was a spider; 48106
19: A Dream Of Autumn. Mellow hazes, lowly trailing 4895
20: A Dream Of Long Ago Lying listless in the mosses 6489
21: A Dubious "Old Kriss" Us-folks is purty pore - but Ma 60113
22: A Fantasy A fantasy that came to me 97105
23: A Feel In The Chris'mas-Air They's a kind o' feel in the air, to me. 3286
24: A Fruit Piece The afternoon of summer folds 26100
25: A Full Harvest. Seems like a feller'd ort 'o jes' to-day 1484
26: A Glimpse of Pan I caught but a glimpse of him. Summer was here. 2282
27: A Glimpse Of Pan. I caught but a glimpse of him. Summer was here, 2290
28: A Good Man A good man never dies 16104
29: A Gustatory Achievement Last Thanksgivin'-dinner we 1283
30: A Hobo Voluntary Oh, the hobo's life is a roving life; 80110
31: A Home-Made Fairy Tale Bud, come here to your uncle a spell, 3295
32: A Leave-Taking. She will not smile; 24100
33: A Letter To A Friend The past is like a story 2492
34: A Life Lesson There! Little girl; don't cry! 2185
35: A Liz Town Humorist Settin' round the stove, last night, 3587
36: A Lounger. He leant against a lamp-post, lost 1684
37: A Man Of Many Parts It was a man of many parts, 2491
38: A Masque Of The Seasons Summer or Winter or Spring or Fall, 3881
39: A Monument For The Soldiers. A monument for the Soldiers! 4091
40: A Mother-Song Mother, O mother! forever I cry for you, 2485
41: A New Year's Plaint The bells that lift their yawning throats 4884
42: A New Year's Time at Willards's There's old man Willards; an' his wife; 18282
43: A Noted Traveler Even in such a scene of senseless play 4496
44: A Parent Reprimanded Sometimes I think 'at Parents does 1192
45: A Poet's Wooing What may I do to make you glad, 3281
46: A Prospective Visit While any day was notable and dear 3581
47: A Rough Sketch I caught, for a second, across the crowd 1290
48: A Scrawl I want to sing something - but this is all 1286
49: A Session With Uncle Sidney - I - One Of His Animal Stories Now, Tudens, you sit on this knee - and 'scuse 1869 11979
50: A Session With Uncle Sidney - II - Uncle Brightens Up Uncle he says 'at 'way down in the sea 1895
51: A Session With Uncle Sidney - III - Sings A "Winky-Tooden" Song O here's a little rhyme for the Spring- or Summer-time 1886
52: A Session With Uncle Sidney - IV - And Makes Nursery Rhymes - 1 The Diners In The Kitchen Our dog Fred 1881
53: A Session With Uncle Sidney - IV - And Makes Nursery Rhymes - 2 The Imperious Angler Miss Medairy Dory-Ann 683
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 2480
55: A Session With Uncle Sidney - IV - And Makes Nursery Rhymes - 4 "It" A wee little worm in a hickory-nut 484
56: A Session With Uncle Sidney - IV - And Makes Nursery Rhymes - 5 The Daring Prince A daring prince, of the realm Rangg Dhune, 691
57: A Song There is ever a song somewhere, my dear; 2685
58: A Song By Uncle Sidney O were I not a clod, intent 868
59: A Song Of Long Ago. A song of Long Ago: 3092
60: A Song Of Singing Sing! gangling lad, along the brink 1686
61: A Southern Singer. Herein are blown from out the South 3687
62: A Spring Song And A Later She sang a song of May for me, 16113
63: A Sudden Shower Barefooted boys scud up the street 2892
64: A Summer Afternoon A languid atmosphere, a lazy breeze, 2893
65: A Summer Sunrise The master-hand whose pencils trace 40152
66: A Tale Of The Airly Days Oh! tell me a tale of the airly days 4084
67: A Test Of Love He wooed her first in an atmosphere 2485
68: A Variation I am tired of this! 4282
69: A Very Youthful Affair I'm bin a-visitun 'bout a week 488
70: A Voice From the Farm It is my dream to have you here with me, 1474
71: A Water-Color. Low hidden in among the forest trees 1298
72: A Wild Irishman Not very many years ago the writer was for some months stationed at 44679
73: A Worn-Out Pencil. Welladay! 3591
74: A Wraith Of Summertime. In its color, shade and shine, 1894
75: A Wrangdillion Dexery-tethery! down in the dike, 2496
76: A' Old Played-Out Song It's the curiousest thing in creation, 4888
77: Abe Martin Abe Martin! - dad-burn his old picture! 3283
78: Almon Keefer Ah, Almon Keefer! what a boy you were, 11383
79: America's Thanksgiving Father all bountiful, in mercy bear 4072
80: An Autumnal Extravaganza With a sweeter voice than birds 5086
81: An Empty Nest I find an old deserted nest, 2082
82: An Impetuous Resolve When little Dickie Swope's a man, 1676
83: An Impromptu Fairy-Tale When I wuz ist a little bit 3689
84: An Old Friend Hey, Old Midsummer! are you here again, 2194
85: An Old Settler's Story William Williams his name was 104472
86: An Old Sweetheart of Mine The ordered intermingling 152138
87: An Old Sweetheart Of Mine As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, 4488
88: An Old Sweetheart Of Mine An old sweetheart of mine! - Is this her presence here with me, 7280
89: An Old Year's Address I have twankled the strings of the twinkering rain; 4276
90: An Out-Worn Sappho How tired I am! I sink down all alone 9987
91: Anselmo Years did I vainly seek the good Lord's grace, 1887
92: Art and Love He faced his canvas (as a seer whose ken 1491
93: Art And Poetry Wess he says, and sort o' grins, 2486
94: As Created There's a space for good to bloom in 881
95: As My Uncle Used To Say. I've thought a power on men and things, 2482
96: At Aunty's House One time, when we'z at Aunty's house 3080
97: At Broad Ripple. Ah, Luxury! Beyond the heat 3295
98: At Last A dark, tempestuous night; the stars shut in 3690
99: At Noey's House At Noey's house - when they arrived with him 8188
100: At Noon - And Midnight. Far in the night, and yet no rest for him! The pillow next his own 895
101: At Sea O we go down to sea in ships 1690
102: At Utter Loaf. An afternoon as ripe with heat 3383
103: At Zekesbury. The little town, as I recall it, 15785
104: August. A day of torpor in the sullen heat 4099
105: Autumn. As a harvester, at dusk, 10090
106: Away I cannot say, and I will not say 24148
107: Babyhood. Heigh-ho! Babyhood! Tell me where you linger: 2489
108: Back From a Two-years' Sentence Back from a two-years' sentence! 2482
109: Back From Town Old friends allus is the best, 3288
110: Be Our Fortunes As They May Be our fortunes as they may, 2082
111: Beautiful Hands. O your hands - they are strangely fair! 40104
112: Becalmed Would that the winds might only blow 2078
113: Because Why did we meet long years of yore? 1899
114: Bedouin. O love is like an untamed steed! - 1883
115: Being His Mother. Being his mother - when he goes away 1471
116: Bewildering Emotions The merriment that followed was subdued 3175
117: Billy And His Drum Ho! it's come, kids, come! 18109
118: Billy's Alphabetical Animal Show. A was an elegant Ape 13579
119: Blind. You think it is a sorry thing 21472
120: Blooms Of May But yesterday!... 1873
121: Bryant The harp has fallen from the master's hand; 1474
122: Bud's Fairy-Tale Some peoples thinks they ain't no Fairies now 230121
123: By Any Other Name. First the teacher called the roll, 3270
124: By Her White Bed. By her white bed I muse a little space: 1465
125: Chairley Burke It's Chairley Burke's in town, b'ys! He's down til "Jamesy's Place," 2077
126: Christmas Greeting A word of Godspeed and good cheer 688
127: Climatic Sorcery When frost's all on our winder, an' the snow's 879
128: Company Manners When Bess gave her Dollies a Tea, said she, 474
129: Cousin Rufus' Story My little story, Cousin Rufus said, 16379
130: Craqueodoom The Crankadox leaned o'er the edge of the moon 2471
131: Curly Locks Curly Locks! Curly Locks! wilt thou be mine? 2480
132: Dan O'Sullivan Dan O'Sullivan: It's your 2497
133: Dan Paine. Old friend of mine, whose chiming name 4088
134: Das Krist Kindel I had fed the fire and stirred it, till the sparkles in delight 6091
135: Das Krist Kindel I had fed the fire and stirred it, till the sparkles in delight 6075
136: Dawn, Noon And Dewfall. Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin 1290
137: Dead In Sight Of Fame Dead! Dead! Dead! 2478
138: Dead Leaves As though a gipsy maiden with dim look, 4293
139: Dead Selves How many of my selves are dead? 6387
140: Dear Hands. The touches of her hands are like the fall 1964
141: Dearth I hold your trembling hand to-night - and yet 14139
142: Dedication To Hewitt Hanson Howland With Halest Christmas Greetings And Fraternal Little Boy! Halloo! - halloo! 468
143: Dedication: Riley Child-Rhymes He owns the bird-songs of the hills 1072
144: Doc Sifers. Of all the doctors I could cite you to in this-'ere town 6082
145: Donn Piatt Of Mac-O-Chee. Donn Piatt - of Mac-o-chee, 5672
146: Dot Leedle Boy. Ot's a leedle Christmas story 12173
147: Down Around The River Noon-time an' June-time, down around the river! 3272
148: Down On Wriggle Crick Mostly folks is law-abidin' 7371
149: Down To The Capital I' be'n down to the Capital at Washington, D. C., 6473
150: Dream Because her eyes were far too deep 32108
151: Dream-March Wasn't it a funny dream! - perfectly bewild'rin'! 36108
152: Dreamer, Say Dreamer, say, will you dream for me 24101
153: Dusk The frightened herds of clouds across the sky 1477
154: Elizabeth. Elizabeth! Elizabeth! 3073
155: Elmer Brown Awf'lest boy in this-here town 3075
156: Envoy Many pleasures of youth have been buoyantly sung 4075
157: Envoy. Just as of old! The world rolls on and on; 1263
158: Evensong Lay away the story, 1682
159: Extremes A little boy once played so loud 872
160: Fame Once, in a dream, I saw a man, 8270
161: Fame Once, in a dream, I saw a man 8277
162: Farmer Whipple. - Bachelor. It's a mystery to see me - a man o' fifty-four, 11266
163: Father William You are old, Father William, and though one would think 3290
164: Find The Favorite Our three cats is Maltese cats, 5665
165: Floretty's Musical Contribution All seemed delighted, though the elders more, 12473
166: Fool-Youngens Me an' Bert an' Minnie-Belle 3073
167: For You For you, I could forget the gay 2485
168: Friday Afternoon Of the wealth of facts and fancies 13087
169: Friend Of A Wayward Hour Friend of a wayward hour, you came 1575
170: From the Headboard of a Grave in Paraguay A troth, and a grief, and a blessing, 890
171: George Mullen's Confession For the sake of guilty conscience, and the heart that ticks the time 12471
172: Go, Winter! Go, Winter! Go thy ways! We want again 1671
173: Good-By Er Howdy-Do Say good-by er howdy-do 2498
174: Grandfather Squeers My grandfather Squeers," said The Raggedy Man, 7290
175: Granny Granny's come to our house, 4090
176: Grant. At Rest - August 8, 1885 What shall we say of the soldier. Grant, 8079
177: Green Fields And Running Brooks Ho! green fields and running brooks! 1675
178: Griggsby's Station Pap's got his patent-right, and rich is all creation; 4091
179: Harlie Fold the little waxen hands 2471
180: Has She Forgotten? Has she forgotten? On this very May 4282
181: He And I Just drifting on together 40110
182: He Called Her In He called her in from me and shut the door. 12575
183: Heat-Lightning There was a curious quiet for a space 5797
184: Her Beautiful Eyes. O her beautiful eyes! they are as blue as the dew 1877
185: Her Beautiful Hands O your hands - they are strangely fair! 4077
186: Her Face And Brow Ah, help me! but her face and brow 1485
187: Her Hair The beauty of her hair bewilders me 1482
188: Her Valentine Somebody's sent a funny little valentine to me. 1282
189: Her Waiting Face In some strange place 480
190: Herr Weiser Herr Weiser! Three-score-years-and-ten 4081
191: Hik-Tee-Dik! - The War-Cry Of Billy And Buddy When two little boys - renowned but for noise 3277
192: His Mother's Way Tomps 'ud allus haf to say 1274
193: His Mother. DEAD! my wayward boy - my own 1676
194: His Room I'm home again, my dear old Room, 6478
195: His Vigil. Close the book and dim the light, 1478
196: Home At Night. When chirping crickets fainter cry, 1683
197: Honey Dripping From The Comb How slight a thing may set one's fancy drifting 1669
198: How Did You Rest, Last Night? How did you rest, last night? 2474
199: How It Happened I got to thinkin' of her - both her parents dead and gone 3282
200: How John Quit The Farm. Nobody on the old farm here but Mother, me and John, 10488
201: I Smoke My Pipe I can't extend to every friend 4071
202: If I knew What Poets Know If I knew what poets know, 2489
203: Igo And Ago We're The Twins from Aunt Marinn's, 3271
204: Ike Walton's Prayer I crave, dear Lord, 5875
205: Illileo Illileo, the moonlight seemed lost across the vales 2470
206: In Bohemia. Ha! My dear! I'm back again 5684
207: In Fervent Praise Of Picnics Picnics is fun 'at's purty hard to beat. 475
208: In The Afternoon You in the hammock; and I, near by, 2477
209: In The Dark. O in the depths of midnight 2490
210: In The Evening In the evening of our days, 2475
211: In The Heart Of June In the heart of June, love, 1679
212: In The South. There is a princess in the South 3275
213: Indiana Our Land - our Home - the common home indeed 1471
214: Inscribed: Riley Love-Lyrics To the Elect of Love, or side-by-side 2071
215: Intellectual Limitations Parunts knows lots more than us, 1781
216: Iry And Billy And Jo. Iry an' Billy an' Jo! 4360
217: It's Got To Be When it's got to be," - like! always say 6069
218: Jack The Giant Killer. Tell you a story - an' it's a fac': 3685
219: Jack-In-The-Box In childish days! O memory, 2881
220: James B. Maynard His daily, nightly task is o'er 1684
221: Jap Miller. Jap Miller down at Martinsville's the blamedest feller yit! 3284
222: Jim He was jes a plain ever'-day, all-round kind of a jour 4873
223: Job Work Write me a rhyme of the present time 3270
224: John Alden And Percilly. We got up a Christmas-doin's 7283
225: John Brown. Writ in between the lines of his life-deed 1474
226: John McKeen John McKeen, in his rusty dress, 4575
227: John Mckeen. John McKeen, in his rusty dress, 4591
228: John Walsh A strange life - strangely passed! 3273
229: Johnson's Boy The world is turned ag'in' me, 4875
230: Joney Had a hare-lip - Joney had: 3281
231: Judith. O her eyes are amber-fine - 2666
232: June O queenly month of indolent repose! 1476
233: June At Woodruff. Out at Woodruff Place - afar 4884
234: Just To Be Good. Just to be good 1877
235: Kingry's Mill On old Brandywine - about 8064
236: Kissing The Rod. O heart of mine, we shouldn't 2484
237: Knee Deep in June Tell you what I like the best 9977
238: Kneeling With Herrick Dear Lord, to Thee my knee is bent 2671
239: Last Night - And This Last night - how deep the darkness was! 1677
240: Last Night - And This. Last night - how deep the darkness was! 1681
241: Laughter Holding Both His Sides Ay, thou varlet! Laugh away! 1282
242: Leedle Dutch Baby Leedle Dutch baby haff come ter town! 2479
243: Leonainie Leonainie - Angels named her; 3276
244: Let Us Forget. Let us forget. What matters it that we 1490
245: Liberty For a hundred years the pulse of time 1878 21674
246: Like His Mother Used To Make I was born in Indiany," says a stranger, lank and slim, 24130
247: Limitations Of Genius The audience entire seemed pleased - indeed 3064
248: Lines For An Album I would not trace the hackneyed phrase 1282
249: Little Dick And The Clock When Dicky was sick 3278
250: Little Jack Janitor And there, in that ripe Summer-night, once more 167128
251: Little Orphant Annie Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay, 4878
252: Little-Girl-Two-Little-Girls I'm twins, I guess, 'cause my Ma say 1973
253: Lockerbie Street Such a dear little street it is, nestled away 2464
254: Long Afore He Knowed Who Santy-Claus Wuz. Jes' a little bit o' feller - I remember still 40125
255: Longfellow The winds have talked with him confidingly; 1485
256: Longfellow. The winds have talked with him confidingly; 1470
257: Lullaby. The maple strews the embers of its leaves 1582
258: Luther Benson Poor victim of that vulture curse 4073
259: Man's Devotion A lover said, "O Maiden, love me well, 6084
260: Marthy Ellen. They's nothin' in the name to strike 5473
261: Maymie's Story Of Red Riding Hood W'y, one time wuz a little-weenty dirl, 172131
262: Moon-Drowned. Twas the height of the fete when we quitted the riot, 2481
263: Morton The warm pulse of the nation has grown chill; 3271
264: Mr. Hammond's Parable He was a Dreamer of the Days: 10872
265: Mr. What's-His-Name. They called him Mr. What's-his-name: 6095
266: Mrs. Miller John B. McKinney, Attorney and Counselor at Law, 10473
267: My Bachelor Chum A corpulent man is my bachelor chum, 3279
268: My Bride That Is To Be O soul of mine, look out and see 7377
269: My Dancin'-Days Is Over What is it in old fiddle-chunes 'at makes me ketch my breath 3674
270: My Father's Halls My father's halls, so rich and rare, 874
271: My Friend. He is my friend," I said, 2074
272: My Henry He's jes' a great, big, awk'ard, hulkin' 3064
273: My Jolly Friend's Secret Ah, friend of mine, how goes it 6480
274: My Mary My Mary, O my Mary! 5676
275: My Old Friend You've a manner all so mellow, 3276
276: Mylo Jones's Wife Mylo Jones's wife" was all 6073
277: Natural Perversities I am not prone to moralize 56137
278: Naughty Claude When Little Claude was naughty wunst 867
279: Nessmuk. I hail thee, Nessmuk, for the lofty tone 1494
280: No Boy Knows There are many things that boys may know 3295
281: Noey Bixler Another hero of those youthful years 16898
282: Noey's Night-Piece They ain't much 'tale' about it!" Noey said. 8876
283: North And South. Of the North I wove a dream, 3573
284: Not Always Glad When We Smile We are not always glad when we smile: 3075
285: Nothin' To Say Nothin' to say, my daughter! Nothin' at all to say! 2077
286: Old Aunt Mary's (AKA "Out To Old Aunt Mary's") Wasn't it pleasant, O brother mine, 4896
287: Old Bob White Old Bob White's a funny bird! 3595
288: Old Chums If I die first," my old chum paused to say, 1468
289: Old Fashioned Roses They ain't no style about 'em, 3281
290: Old Indiany. Intended For A Dinner Of The Indiana Society Of Chicago Old Indiany, 'course we know 6363
291: Old John Henry Old John's jes' made o' the commonest stuff 2771
292: Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze 2483
293: Old Man's Nursery Rhyme In the jolly winters 4083
294: Old October Old October's purt' nigh gone, 3672
295: Old Winters On The Farm I have jest about decided 1270
296: On The Banks O' Deer Crick. On the banks o' Deer Crick! There's the place fer me! 3270
297: On The Sunny Side Hi and whoop-hooray, boys! 4065
298: Only A Dream Only a dream! 3680
299: Orlie Wilde A goddess, with a siren's grace, 20472
300: Our Boyhood Haunts Ho! I'm going back to where 2865
301: Our Hired Girl Our hired girl, she's 'Lizabuth Ann; 4578
302: Our Kind of a Man The kind of a man for you and me! 3676
303: Our Little Girl Her heart knew naught of sorrow, 2476
304: Our Old Friend Neverfail O it's good to ketch a relative 'at's richer and don't run 1670
305: Our Own They walk here with us, hand-in-hand; 874
306: Out of Nazareth He shall sleep unscathed of thieves 3671
307: Out Of Nazareth. He shall sleep unscathed of thieves 3683
308: Out Of Reach? You think them "out of reach," your dead? 878
309: Out Of The Hitherwhere Out of the hitherwhere into the Yon 24118
310: Over The Eyes Of Gladness The voice of One hath spoken, 2479
311: Pan This Pan is but an idle god, I guess, 1476
312: Philiper Flash Young Philiper Flash was a promising lad, 10075
313: Pipes O' Pan At Zekesbury The pipes of Pan! Not idler now are they 1470
314: Plain Sermons I saw a man - and envied him beside 1677
315: Prior To Miss Belle's Appearance What makes you come HERE fer, Mister, 5461
316: Private Theatricals A quite convincing axiom 3574
317: Proem (AKA "Afterwhiles") Where are they - the Afterwhiles 6079
318: Reach Your Hand To Me. Reach your hand to me, my friend, 24104
319: Red Riding-Hood Sweet little myth of the nursery story 1881
320: Regardin' Terry Hut Sence I tuk holt o' Gibbses' Churn 6472
321: Right Here At Home. Right here at home, boys, in old Hoosierdom, 3678
322: Robert Burns Wilson. What intuition named thee? - Through what thrill 1469
323: Romancin' I' b'en a-kindo' "musin'," as the feller says, and I'm 5274
324: Say Something To Me Say something to me! I've waited so long 2475
325: Says He Whatever the weather may be," says he 2780
326: Scotty Scotty's dead - Of course he is! 3469
327: Scraps There's a habit I have nurtured, 4073
328: September Dark The air falls chill; 1878
329: September Dark. The air falls chill; 1875
330: Silence Thousands of thousands of hushed years ago, 1469
331: Sister Jones's Confession. I thought the deacon liked me, yit 2078
332: Sleep Thou drowsy god, whose blurred eyes, half awink 1481
333: Sleep. Orphaned, I cry to thee: 1880
334: Some Scattering Remarks Of Bub's. Wunst I looked our pepper-box lid 1869
335: Song With a hey! and a hi! and a hey-ho rhyme! 1665
336: Song - Born To The Purple Most-like it was this kingly lad 3673
337: Song - Subtlety Whilst little Paul, convalescing, was staying 968
338: Song - The Dolly's Mother A little maid, of summers four 1675
339: Song - To The Child Julia Little Julia, since that we 2563
340: Song - Wind Of The Sea Wind of the Sea, come fill my sail - 1681
341: Song Of Parting Say farewell, and let me go; 2471
342: Song Of The New Year I heard the bells at midnight 4886
343: Squire Hawkins's Story I hain't no hand at tellin' tales, 32969
344: Suspense. A woman's figure, on a ground of night 14138
345: Sweet-Knot And Galamus As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, 44100
346: Thanksgiving. Let us be thankful - not only because 2493
347: That Little Dog That little dog 'ud scratch at that door 7178
348: That Night You and I, and that night, with its perfume and glory! 2182
349: That Other Maud Muller Maud Muller worked at making hay, 2666
350: The Ancient Printerman O Printerman of sallow face, 3078
351: The Artemus Of Michigan. Grand Haven is in Michigan, and in possession, too, 3666
352: The Bat. Thou dread, uncanny thing, 1968
353: The Bear-Story W'y, wunst they wuz a Little Boy went out 14282
354: The Beautiful City The Beautiful City! Forever 4899
355: The Best Is Good Enough I quarrel not with Destiny, 1975
356: The Best Times When Old Folks they wuz young like us 473
357: The Blossoms on the Trees Blossoms crimson, white, or blue, 2297
358: The Blossoms On The Trees. Blossoms crimson, white, or blue, 2278
359: The Book Of Joyous Children Bound and bordered in leaf-green, 4871
360: The Book Of Joyous Children Gratefully And Affectionately Inscribed To Joel Chandler Harris You who to the rounded prime 1670
361: The Boy Lives On Our Farm The boy lives on our Farm, he's not 2463
362: The Boy Patriot I want to be a Soldier! 3680
363: The Boys Where are they? - the friends of my childhood enchanted 1875
364: The Boys' Candidate Las' time 'at Uncle Sidney come, 669
365: The Brook-Song Little brook! Little brook! 3866
366: The Bumblebee You better not fool with a Bumblebee! 1868
367: The Chant Of The Cross-Bearing Child. I bear dis cross dis many a mile. 4280
368: The Child-World A Child-World, yet a wondrous world no less, 14685
369: The Circus-Day Parade Oh, the Circus-Day parade! How the bugles played and played! 2872
370: The Clover Some sings of the lily, and daisy, and rose, 2474
371: The Curse Of The Wandering Foot. All hope of rest withdrawn me? 3278
372: The Cyclone. So lone I stood, the very trees seemed drawn 2479
373: The Days Gone By O the days gone by! O the days gone by! 1895
374: The Dead Joke And The Funny Man Long years ago, a funny man, 2477
375: The Dead Lover Time is so long when a man is dead! 1267
376: The Drum. O the drum! 5375
377: The Evening Company Within the sitting-room, the company 8868
378: The Frog Who am I but the Frog - the Frog! 3669
379: The Funny Little Fellow Twas a Funny Little Fellow 56210
380: The Gilded Roll. Nosing around in an old box 44573
381: The Good, Old-Fashioned People When we hear Uncle Sidney tell 3677
382: The Happy Little Cripple I'm thist a little cripple boy, an' never goin' to grow 4066
383: The Harp Of The Minstrel The harp of the minstrel has never a tone 2468
384: The Harper Like a drift of faded blossoms 1663
385: The Hereafter. Hereafter! O we need not waste 876
386: The Hired Man And Floretty The Hired Man's supper, which he sat before, 17884
387: The Home-Going. We must get home - for we have been away 3081
388: The Hoodoo. Owned a pair o' skates onc't. - Traded 2088
389: The Hoosier Folk-Child. The Hoosier Folk-Child - all unsung 80141
390: The Hoss The hoss he is a splendud beast; 7273
391: The Iron Horse. No song is mine of Arab steed 6266
392: The Jaybird The Jaybird he's my favorite 1668
393: The Jolly Miller It was a Jolly Miller lived on the River Dee; 4278
394: The Katydids Sometimes I keep 2463
395: The King They rode right out of the morning sun 4065
396: The Legend Glorified. I deem that God is not disquieted" - 1671
397: The Little Coat Here's his ragged "roundabout"; 4874
398: The Little Fat Doctor. He seemed so strange to me, every way 2466
399: The Little Lady O The Little Lady's dainty 2869
400: The Little Man In The Tinshop When I was a little boy, long ago, 6570
401: The Little Old Poem That Nobody Reads The little old poem that nobody reads 2479
402: The Little Tiny Kickshaw. O the little tiny kickshaw that Mither sent tae me, 1273
403: The Little Town O' Tailholt You kin boast about yer cities, and their stiddy growth and size, 2069
404: The Loehrs And The Hammonds Hey, Bud! O Bud!" rang out a gleeful call, 12263
405: The Lost Kiss I put by the half-written poem, 4061
406: The Lost Path Alone they walked - their fingers knit together, 2087
407: The Lugubrious Whing-Whang The rhyme o' The Raggedy Man's 'at's best 3367
408: The Merman Who would be 4073
409: The Mulberry Tree It's many's the scenes which is dear to my mind 3274
410: The Nine Little Goblins They all climbed up on a high board-fence 48107
411: The Noble Old Elm O big old tree, so tall an' fine, 2467
412: The Old Band It's mighty good to git back to the old town, shore, 3271
413: The Old Days The old days - the far days 2471
414: The Old Guitar Neglected now is the old guitar 3683
415: The Old Hay-Mow The Old Hay-mow's the place to play 2474
416: The Old Home By The Mill. This is "The old Home by the Mill" - far we still call it so, 2473
417: The Old Man Lo! steadfast and serene, 11269
418: The Old Man And Jim Old man never had much to say 8067
419: The Old Retired Sea Captain. The old sea captain has sailed the seas 3273
420: The Old School-Chum He puts the poem by, to say 2280
421: The Old Swimmin'-Hole Oh! the old swimmin'-hole! whare the crick so still and deep 4070
422: The Old Times Were The Best Friends, my heart is half aweary 1280
423: The Old Tramp A Old Tramp slep' in our stable wunst, 877
424: The Old Trundle-Bed O the old trundle-bed where I slept when a boy! 2469
425: The Old Year And The New. As one in sorrow looks upon 3273
426: The Old-Fashioned Bible How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood 3362
427: The Old-Home Folks Such was the Child-World of the long-ago 41768
428: The Orchard Lands Of Long Ago The orchard lands of Long Ago! 3085
429: The Passing Of A Heart. O touch me with your hands 1869
430: The Pathos Of Applause The greeting of the company throughout 3691
431: The Penalty Of Genius When little 'Pollus Morton he's 1864
432: The Pet Coon Noey Bixler ketched him, and fetched him in to me 2475
433: The Pixy People It was just a very 6467
434: The Plaint Human Season of snows, and season of flowers, 867
435: The Poet's Love For The Children Kindly and warm and tender, 2474
436: The Quarrel. They faced each other: Topaz-brown 4172
437: The Quest I am looking for Love. Has he passed this way, 2463
438: The Quiet Lodger. The man that rooms next door to me: 8072
439: The Raggedy Man O The Raggedy Man! He works fer Pa; 4080
440: The Rain. The rain! the rain! the rain! 2470
441: The Rainy Morning The dawn of the day was dreary, 2474
442: The Rambo-Tree When Autumn shakes the rambo-tree 2473
443: The Rider Of The Knee Knightly Rider of the Knee 1674
444: The Ripest Peach The ripest peach is highest on the tree 1675
445: The Rival. I so loved once, when Death came by I hid 1273
446: The Rivals; Or The Showman's Ruse Guess 'at Billy haint got back, 7463
447: The Rose. It tossed its head at the wooing breeze; 4294
448: The Runaway Boy Wunst I sassed my Pa, an' he 4064
449: The Same Old Story The same old story told again 3277
450: The Serenade The midnight is not more bewildering 1470
451: The Sermon Of The Rose Wilful we are in our infirmity 4267
452: The Shoemaker. Thou Poet, who, like any lark, 4071
453: The Shower The landscape, like the awed face of a child, 2066
454: The Silent Victors Deep, tender, firm and true, the Nation's heart 12873
455: The Singer. While with Ambition's hectic flame 877
456: The Song Of Yesterday But yesterday 7265
457: The South Wind and the Sun O The South Wind and the Sun! 16077
458: The South Wind And The Sun O the South Wind and the Sun 16072
459: The Speeding Of The King's Spite A king - estranged from his loving Queen 13671
460: The Sphinx I know all about the Sphinx 865
461: The Squirtgun Uncle Maked Me Uncle Sidney, when he wuz here, 3075
462: The Stepmother First she come to our house, 1871
463: The Touches Of Her Hands The touches of her hands are like the fall 1976
464: The Town Karnteel The Town Karnteel! It's who'll reveal 3966
465: The Train Misser Ll where in the world my eyes has bin 2898
466: The Traveling Man Could I pour out the nectar the gods only can, 3478
467: The Treasure Of The Wise Man O the night was dark and the night was late, 1666
468: The Tree-Toad S cur'ous-like," said the tree-toad, 2874
469: The Tree-Toad. Scurious-like," said the tree-toad, 2887
470: The Twins. One 's the pictur' of his Pa, 2577
471: The Wandering Jew The stars are falling, and the sky 4869
472: The Wandering Jew. The stars are failing, and the sky 4881
473: The Watches Of The Night. O the waiting in the watches of the night! 2888
474: The Way It Wuz. Las' July - an', I persume 7375
475: The Wife-Blessed. In youth he wrought, with eyes ablur, 1877
476: Their Sweet Sorrow They meet to say farewell: Their way 2062
477: Their Sweet Sorrow. They meet to say farewell: Their way 2062
478: Them Flowers. Take a feller 'at's sick and laid up on the shelf, 2467
479: Them Old Cheery Words Pap he allus ust to say, 7270
480: Thinkin' Back I've ben thinkin' back, of late, 4264
481: This Man Jones. This man Jones was what you'd call 6468
482: Thomas The Pretender Tommy's alluz playin' jokes, 1670
483: Thoughts Fer The Discuraged Farmer The summer winds is sniffin' round the bloomin' locus' trees; 4092
484: Three Dead Friends. Always suddenly they are gone 8079
485: Through Sleepy-Land Where do you go when you go to sleep, 2569
486: Time 1 The ticking - ticking - ticking of the clock! 1477
487: Time 2 Wait for the morning! Ah! We wait indeed 1477
488: Time Of Clearer Twitterings Time of crisp and tawny leaves, 6461
489: Tired Out tired out!" Yet face and brow 2467
490: To A Boy Whistling The smiling face of a happy boy 1675
491: To Almon Keefer This first book that I ever knew 2463
492: To An Importunate Ghost. Get gone, thou most uncomfortable ghost! 1463
493: To Annie When the lids of dusk are falling 870
494: To Hear Her Sing. To hear her sing - to hear her sing 3277
495: To My Good Master. In fancy, always, at thy desk, thrown wide, 1464
496: To My Old Friend, William Leachman Fer forty year and better you have been a friend to me, 6258
497: To Robert Burns Sweet Singer that I loe the maist 6066
498: To Santa Claus Most tangible of all the gods that be, 3269
499: To The Good Old-Fashioned People The deadnin' and the thicket's jes' a b'ilin' full o' June, 1261
500: To The Judge Friend of my earliest youth, 4059
501: To The Quiet Observer Dear old friend of us all in need 1674
502: To The Serenader. Tinkle on, O sweet guitar, 2463
503: To Young E. Allison - Bookman The bookman he's a humming-bird 5368
504: Told By "The Noted Traveler" Coming, clean from the Maryland-end 20456
505: Tom Johnson's Quit. A passel o' the boys last night 5661
506: Tom Van Arden. Tom Van Arden, my old friend, 8862
507: Tommy Smith Dimple-cheeked and rosy-lipped, 3065
508: Tradin' Joe I'm one o' these cur'ous kind o' chaps 12964
509: Tugg Martin. Tugg Martin's tough. - No doubt o' that! 8272
510: Uncle Mart's Poem - The Old Snow-Man Ho! the old Snow-Man 12081
511: Uncle Sidney To Marcellus Marcellus, won't you tell us 1667
512: Up And Down Old Brandywine Up and down old Brandywine, 10461
513: Wait For The Morning. Wait for the morning: - It will come, indeed, 1690
514: Waitin' Fer The Cat To Die Lawzy! don't I rickollect 4896
515: Want To Be Whur Mother Is. Want to be whur mother is! Want to be whur mother is! 2468
516: Wash Lowry's Reminiscence And you're the poet of this concern? 9672
517: We Are Not Always Glad When We Smile We are not always glad when we smile: 3057
518: We Must Believe We must believe 4265
519: We Must Get Home We must get home! How could we stray like this? 6677
520: We To Sigh Instead of Sing Rain and rain! And rain and rain! 2486
521: We To Sigh Instead Of Sing. Rain and rain! and rain and rain! 2476
522: Wet-Weather Talk It hain't no use to grumble and complane; 4871
523: What "Old Santa" Overheard Tis said old Santa Claus one time 2461
524: What Chris'mas Fetched The Wigginses. Wintertime, er Summertime, 35486
525: What Smith Knew About Farming There wasn't two purtier farms in the state 15872
526: What The Wind Said I muse to-day, in a listless way, 14460
527: When Age Comes On. When Age comes on! 2067
528: When Bessie Died If from your own the dimpled hands had slipped, 3171
529: When De Folks Is Gone What dat scratchin' at de kitchin do'? 2066
530: When Early March Seems Middle May When country roads begin to thaw 3667
531: When Evening Shadows Fall When evening shadows fall, 2499
532: When June Is Here. When June is here - what art have we to sing 1470
533: When Lide Married Him When Lide married him - w'y, she had to jes dee-fy 2477
534: When Mother Combed My Hair When Memory, with gentle hand, 3296
535: When My Dreams Come True When my dreams come true - when my dreams come true 2476
536: When Old Jack Died When Old Jack died, we stayed from school (they said, 4271
537: When She Comes Home When she comes home again! A thousand ways 1480
538: When The Frost Is On The Punkin When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock, 3276
539: When The Green Gits Back In The Trees In Spring, when the green gits back in the trees, 3075
540: When The Hearse Comes Back A thing 'at's 'bout as tryin' as a healthy man kin meet 4859
541: When We First Played "Show" Wasn't it a good time, 5666
542: When We Three Meet When we three meet? Ah! friend of mine 1569
543: Where Shall We Land? All listlessly we float 4266
544: Where the Children used to Play The old farm-home is Mother's yet and mine, 3262
545: Where The Children Used To Play The old farm-home is Mother's yet and mine, 3263
546: Where-Away. O the Lands of Where-Away! 4067
547: While The Musician Played. O it was but a dream I had 4066
548: Who Bides His Time Who bides his time, and day by day 2462
549: Who Santy-Claus Wuz Jes' a little bit o' feller - I remember still 4071
550: Winter Fancies Winter without 3789
551: Wortermelon Time Old wortermelon time is a-comin' round again, 5263
552: Writin' Back To The Home-Folks My dear old friends - It jes beats all, 4876
553: Ylladmar Her hair was, oh, so dense a blur 2671




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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