One night a tiny dewdrop fell

Mighty glad I ain’t a girl – ruther be a boy,Without them sashes, curls, an’ things that’s worn by Fauntleroy!Love to chawnk green apples an’ go swimmin’ in the lake –Hate to take the castor-ile they give for bellyache!‘Most all the time, the whole year round, there ain’t no flies on me,But jest ‘fore Christmas…

Pretty is the widowed mother,And the daughter, too, is pretty.When I see that maiden shrinking,By the gods I swear I’ll get ‘er!But anon I fall to thinkingThat the mother ‘ll suit me better!So, like any idiot assHungry for the fragrant fodder,Placed between two bales of grass,Lo, I doubt, delay, and dodder!

Has come across the oceanTo harm this land of ours;And heresies called fashionsHave modesty effaced,And baleful, morbid passionsCorrupt our native taste.O tempora! O mores!What profanations theseThat seek to dim the gloriesOf apple-pie and cheese!I’m glad my educationEnables me to standAgainst the vile temptationHeld out on every hand;Eschewing all the tittlesWith vanity replete,I’m loyal to the…

For sweet is the smell of my old, old booksIn their places against the wall.Here is a folio that’s grim with ageAnd yellow and green with mould;There’s the breath of the sea on every pageAnd the hint of a stanch ship’s hold.And here is a treasure from France la belleExhaleth a faint perfumeOf wedded lily…

Come now, O lute, I prithee come,Inspire a song of Latium!A Lesbian first thy glories proved;In arms and in repose he lovedTo sweep thy dulcet strings, and raiseHis voice in Love’s and Liber’s praise.The Muses, too, and him who clingsTo Mother Venus’ apron-strings,And Lycus beautiful, he sungIn those old days when you were young.O shell,…

Hush thee, my dear, dost thou not hearThe voice of the Master calling?Deep lies the snow upon the earth,But all the sky is ringingWith joyous song, and all night longThe stars shall dance, with singing.Oh, hush thee, little Dear-my-Soul,And close thine eyes in dreaming,And angels fair shall lead thee whereThe singing stars are beaming.A shepherd…