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Riley, James Whitcomb o "A Brave Refrain" from 'Riley Songs of Home' o "A Noted Traveler" from 'A Child-World' o "Coon-Dog Wess" from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o "Dream" from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o "Hik-Tee-Dik!": The War-Cry Of Billy And Buddy o "How Did You Rest, Last Night?" from 'Riley Songs of Home' o "Little Jack Janitor" from 'A Child-World' o "Mona Machree" from "The Old Soldier's Story" o "Mylo Jones's Wife" from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o "Out Of Reach?" from 'Riley Songs of Home' o "That Little Dog" from 'A Child-World' o "The Delights Of Our Childhood Is Soon Passed Away" from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--The Old Swimmin'-Hole, and 'Leven More Poems o "The Little Man In The Tinshop" from 'Songs of Friendship' o "The Old Man" from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches" o "Them Old Cheery Words" from 'Riley Songs of Home' o "Us Farmers In The Country, As The Seasons Go And Come", The from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o A' Old Played-Out Song from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Abe Martin from 'Songs of Friendship' o After The Frost from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Almon Keefer from 'A Child-World' o America's Thanksgiving from 'Songs of Friendship' o Ancient Printerman, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Another Ride From Ghent To Aix from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Anselmo o Art And Poetry from 'Songs of Friendship' o Art And Poetry. To Homer C. Davenport from "The Old Soldier's Story" o As Created from 'Riley Songs of Home' o As My Uncle Used To Say from 'Riley Songs of Home' o As We Read Burns from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Assassin, An from "The Old Soldier's Story" o At Aunty's House from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o At Dusk from "The Old Soldier's Story" o At Madame Manicure's from "The Old Soldier's Story" o At Noey's House from 'A Child-World' o At Sea from 'Riley Songs of Home' o August o Autographic from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Autumn o Away, A o Back from a Two-years' Sentence o Back From Town from 'Songs of Friendship' o Backward Look, A from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Ballad From April, A from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Bat, The o Be Our Fortunes As They May from 'Songs of Friendship' o Bear-Story, The from 'A Child-World' o Becalmed o Because from 'Songs of Friendship' o Bedouin o Benjamin Harrison, On The Unveiling Of His Monument At Indianapolis from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Best Is Good Enough, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Best Of All from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Bewildering Emotions from 'A Child-World' o Billy's Alphabetical Animal Show o Bin A-Fishin' from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Blind o Blooms Of May from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Book Of Joyous Children, The o Boy Lives On Our Farm, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Boys, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Bride, A o Brook-Song, The from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Brudder Sims from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Bud's Fairy-Tale from 'A Child-World' o Bumblebee, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Canary At The Farm, A from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Chant Of The Cross-Bearing Child, The o Charles H. Phillips from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Child-World, The from 'A Child-World' book of poems o Christmas Greeting from 'Songs of Friendship' o Circus-Day Parade, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Claude Matthews, Governor Of Indiana from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Clover, The from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Country Pathway, A from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Cousin Rufus' Story from 'A Child-World' o Curly Locks from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Curse Of The Wandering Foot, The o Dan O'sullivan from 'Songs of Friendship' o Days Gone By, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Dead Joke And The Funny Man, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Decoration Day On The Place from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Deformed from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Delicious Interruption, A from 'A Child-World' o Discouraging Model, A from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Down Around The River from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Down To The Capital from 'Songs of Friendship' o Dreamer, Say from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Earthquake, The from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Erasmus Wilson from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Evagene Baker--Who Was Dyin' Of Dred Consumtion from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Evening Company, The from 'A Child-World' o Evensong o Extremes o Ezra House from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Faith from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Fall-Crick View Of The Earthquake, A from "The Old Soldier's Story" o False And True from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Fame o Farmer Whipple--Bachelor from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Feel In The Chris'mas-Air, A from 'Riley Songs of Home' o First Bluebird, The from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Floretty's Musical Contribution from 'A Child-World' o For You from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Friend Of A Wayward Hour from 'Songs of Friendship' o From The Headboard Of A Grave In Paraguay o Funny Little Fellow, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o George A. Carr from "The Old Soldier's Story" o God Bless Us Every One Christmas poem o God's Mercy from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Good Man, A from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Good, Old-Fashioned People, The o Good-By Er Howdy-Do from 'Songs of Friendship' o Good-By, Old Year from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Granny o Grant o Green Fields And Running Brooks o Griggsby's Station from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Gudewife, The from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Guide, The from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Happy Little Cripple, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Has She Forgotten? from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o He And I from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o He Called Her In from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Heat-Lightning from 'A Child-World' o Her Beautiful Eyes from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Her Beautiful Hands from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Her Face And Brow from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Her Hair [sonnet] from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Her Light Guitar from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Her Smile Of Cheer And Voice Of Song, Anna Harris Randall from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Her Valentine from 'Songs of Friendship' o Her Waiting Face from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Herr Weiser from 'Songs of Friendship' o Highest Good, Written For A High-School Annual, The from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Hired Man And Floretty, The from 'A Child-World' o His Room from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Hobo Voluntary, A from 'Songs of Friendship' o Home At Night from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Honey Dripping From The Comb from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Hoss, The from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Hour Before The Dawn, The from "The Old Soldier's Story" o How It Happened from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o How John Quit The Farm from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Hymb Of Faith, A from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--The Old Swimmin'-Hole, and 'Leven More Poems o I Smoke My Pipe from 'Songs of Friendship' o Ike Walton's Prayer from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Illileo from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Impetuous Resolve, An from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Impromptu On Roller Skates, An from "The Old Soldier's Story" o In Days To Come from "The Old Soldier's Story" o In Fervent Praise Of Picnics o In The Afternoon from 'Songs of Friendship' o In The Corridor from "The Old Soldier's Story" o In The Evening from 'Riley Songs of Home' o In The Heart Of June from 'Songs of Friendship' o It's Got To Be from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Jack-In-The-Box from 'Riley Songs of Home' o James B. Maynard from 'Songs of Friendship' o Jim from 'Riley Songs of Home' o John Boyle O'Reilly from "The Old Soldier's Story" o John Clark Ridpath from "The Old Soldier's Story" o John Mckeen from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Joney o Josh Billings Dead In California from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Judith from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o June [sonnet] from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Just To Be Good from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Knee-Deep In June from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Kneeling With Herrick from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Last Christmas Was A Year Ago o Last Night--And This from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Laughter Holding Both His Sides from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Lee O. Harris from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Leonainie from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Let Us Forget from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Letter To A Friend, A from 'Songs of Friendship' o Lewis D. Hayes from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Like His Mother Used To Make o Limitations Of Genius from 'A Child-World' o Lines Fer Isaac Bradwell, Of Indanoplis, Ind., County-Seat Of Marion from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Lines To Perfesser John Clark Ridpath from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Little Coat, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Little Maid-O'-Dreams from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Little Old Poem That Nobody Reads, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Little Orphant Annie from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Little-Girl-Two-Little-Girls o Loehrs And The Hammonds, The from 'A Child-World' o Lord Bacon from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Lost Path, The from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Lost Thrill, The from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Louella Wainie from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Lugubrious Whing-Whang, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Lullaby o Luther A. Todd from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Maymie's Story Of Red Riding Hood from 'A Child-World' o Meredith Nicholson from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Monsieur Le Secretaire from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Monument For The Soldiers, A o Mortul Prayer, A from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Mother-Song, A from 'Songs of Friendship' o Motto, A from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Mr. Hammond's Parable: The Dreamer from 'A Child-World' o Mrs. Benjamin Harrison from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Mulberry Tree, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o My Bachelor Chum from 'Songs of Friendship' o My Boy from "The Old Soldier's Story" o My Bride That Is To Be from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o My Conscience from "The Old Soldier's Story" o My Fiddle, The from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--The Old Swimmin'-Hole, and 'Leven More Poems o My First Womern from "The Old Soldier's Story" o My Friend from 'Songs of Friendship' o My Henry from 'Songs of Friendship' o My Jolly Friend's Secret from 'Songs of Friendship' o My Mary from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o My Night from "The Old Soldier's Story" o My Old Friend from 'Songs of Friendship' o My Philosofy from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--The Old Swimmin'-Hole, and 'Leven More Poems o My Ruthers from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Natural Perversities from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Naughty Claude from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Nessmuk o New Year's Nursery Jingle from "The Old Soldier's Story" o New Year's Time At Willards's, A o Nine Little Goblins, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Noey Bixler from 'A Child-World' o Noey's Night-Piece from 'A Child-World' o Not Always Glad When We Smile from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Nothin' To Say from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o O I Would I Had A Lover! [song] from "The Old Soldier's Story" o O. Henry from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Old Aunt Mary's from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Old Band, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Old Chums from 'Songs of Friendship' o Old Days, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Old Guitar, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Old Indiany from 'Songs of Friendship' o Old John Clevenger On Buckeyes from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Old John Henry from 'Songs of Friendship' o Old Man, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Old Man And Jim, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Old Man Whiskery-Whee-Kum-Wheeze o Old Man's Nursery Rhyme from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Old October from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Old Played-Out Song, A from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Old Retired Sea Captain, The o Old School-Chum, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Old Sweetheart Of Mine [As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone], An from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Old Sweetheart of Mine [The ordered intermingling], An o Old Swimmin'-Hole, The from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--The Old Swimmin'-Hole, and 'Leven More Poems o Old Tramp, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Old Trundle-Bed, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Old Winters On The Farm, A from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Old Year And The New, The from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Old-Fashioned Bible, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Old-Fashioned Roses from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Old-Home Folks, The from 'A Child-World' o On A Dead Babe from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o On A Splendud Match, A from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o On Any Ordenary Man In A High State Of Laughture And Delight from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o On The Banks O' Deer Crick, A o On The Death Of Little Mahala Ashcraft from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--The Old Swimmin'-Hole, and 'Leven More Poems o Orchard Lands Of Long Ago, The from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Our Boyhood Haunts from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Our Kind Of A Man from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Our Old Friend Neverfail from 'Songs of Friendship' o Our Own from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Out Of The Hitherwhere from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Out-Worn Sappho, An from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Pap's Old Sayin', The from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Passing Of A Heart, The from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Pathos Of Applause, The from 'A Child-World' o Pen-Pictur' Of A Certin Frivvolus Old Man, A from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Phantom, A from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Plaint Human, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Poet's Love For The Children, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Prospective Visit, A from 'A Child-World' o Quest, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Raggedy Man, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Rainy Morning, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Reach Your Hand To Me from 'Songs of Friendship' o Rider Of The Knee, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Rival, The from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Rivals; Or The Showman's Ruse, The o Romancin' from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Rosamond C. Bailey from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Rose, The from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Rossville Lectur' Course, The from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Runaway Boy, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Says He o Scotty from 'Songs of Friendship' o Scrawl, A from 'Riley Songs of Home' o September Dark from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Sermon Of The Rose, The from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Session With Uncle Sidney: I. One Of His Animal Stories, A o Session With Uncle Sidney: II. Uncle Brightens Up--, A o Session With Uncle Sidney: III. Sings A "winky-Tooden" Song--, A o Session With Uncle Sidney: IV. And Makes Nursery Rhymes, A o Shadow And Shine from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Sister Jones's Confession, The o Sleep o Soldiers Here To-Day from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Some Scattering Remarks Of Bub's o Somep'n Common-Like from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Song, A o Song By Uncle Sidney, A from 'Songs of Friendship' o Song For Christmas, A from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Song Of Long Ago, A from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Song Of Parting from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Song Of Yesterday, The from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Spring Song And A Later, A from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Squirtgun Uncle Maked Me, The from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Stepmother, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Summer's Day, A from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--The Old Swimmin'-Hole, and 'Leven More Poems o Sun And Rain from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Suspense from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Sutter's Claim from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Tale Of The Airly Days, A from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Tennyson from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Test, A from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Text, The from "The Old Soldier's Story" o That Night from 'Songs of Friendship' o Their Sweet Sorrow from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Thinkin' Back from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Thoughts Fer The Discuraged Farmer from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Thoughts On A Pore Joke from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Through Sleepy-Land from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Time Of Clearer Twitterings from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o To --"The J. W. R. Literary Club" from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To A Poet On His Marriage, Madison Cawein from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To Almon Keefer from 'Songs of Friendship' o To Elizabeth from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To Hear Her Sing from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o To James Newton Matthews from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To Lesley from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To My Old Friend, William Leachman o To My Sister, A Belated Offering For Her Birthday from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To Rudyard Kipling from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To The Boy With A Country, Dan Wallingford from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To The Cricket from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To The Good Old-Fashioned People from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o To The Judge from 'Riley Songs of Home' o To The Mother from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To The Quiet Observer After his Long Silence from 'Songs of Friendship' o To The Quiet Observer, Erasmus Wilson, After His Long Silence from "The Old Soldier's Story" o To Young E. Allison--Bookman from 'Songs of Friendship' o Told By "The Noted Traveler" from 'A Child-World' o Tom Van Arden from 'Songs of Friendship' o Tommy Smith from 'Songs of Friendship' o Touch Of Loving Hands, The from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Touches Of Her Hands, The from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Town And Country from "Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches"--Neghborly Poems On Friendship, Grief and Farm-life o Traveling Man, The from 'Songs of Friendship' o Treasure Of The Wise Man, The o Tree-Toad, The from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Two Sonnets To The June-Bug from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Uncle Dan'l In Town Over Sunday from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Uncle Mart's Poem: The Old Snow-Man from 'A Child-World' o Uncle Sidney To Marcellus from 'Songs of Friendship' o Uncomforted, The from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Up And Down Old Brandywine from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Variation, A from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Very Youthful Affair, A from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Voice From The Farm [sonnet], A o Waitin' Fer The Cat To Die from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o We Must Believe from 'Riley Songs of Home' o We Must Get Home from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Wet-Weather Talk from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o What "Old Santa" Overheard from 'Songs of Friendship' o What Chris'mas Fetched The Wigginses o What They Said from "The Old Soldier's Story" o When Age Comes On from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o When Early March Seems Middle May from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o When It Rains from "The Old Soldier's Story" o When Lide Married Him from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o When My Dreams Come True from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o When Old Jack Died from 'Songs of Friendship' o When She Comes Home from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o When The Frost Is On The Punkin from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o When The Green Gits Back In The Trees from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o When We Three Meet from 'Songs of Friendship' o Where Shall We Land? from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o Where The Children Used To Play from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Where-Away from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Which Ane from "The Old Soldier's Story" o While Cigarettes To Ashes Turn from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Who Bides His Time from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Who Santy-Claus Wuz from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o Why from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Wife-Blessed, The from 'Riley Love-Lyrics' o William Brown from "The Old Soldier's Story" o William Mckinley from "The Old Soldier's Story" o William Pinkney Fishback from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Winter Fancies from 'Riley Child-Rhymes' o With A Hey! And A Hi! And A Hey-Ho Rhyme! o With Her Face from "The Old Soldier's Story" o Wortermelon Time from 'Riley Farm-Rhymes' o Writin' Back To The Home-Folks from 'Riley Songs of Home' o Written In Bunner's "Airs From Arcady" from "The Old Soldier's Story" GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |