To Her Father with Some Verses
Most truly honoured, and as truly dear,
If worth in me or ought I do appear,
Who can of right better demand the same Than may your worthy self from whom it came
The principal might yield a greater sum,
Most truly honoured, and as truly dear,
If worth in me or ought I do appear,
Who can of right better demand the same Than may your worthy self from whom it came
The principal might yield a greater sum,
Может гений, а может волшебник,
Может ты неосознанный маг?
Моих мнений ты первосвященник,
Всем желающий всяческих благ.
The many sow, but only the chosen reap;
Happy the wretched host if Day be brief,
That with the cool oblivion of sleep A dawnless Night may soothe the smart of grief
If from the soil our sweat enriches sprout One meagre blossom for o...
My father knows the proper way The nation should be run;
He tells us children every day Just what should now be done
He knows the way to fix the trusts, He has a simple plan;
But if the furnace needs repairs, We have to hire a man...
'Twas not so many years ago,
Say, twenty-two or three,
When zero weather or below Held many a thrill for me
Then in my icy room I slept A youngster's sweet repose,
O Lord, our father,
Our young patriots, idols of our hearts,
Go forth to battle - be Thou near them
With them, in spirit, we also go
(On the Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth)Father,
Father Abraham,
Today look on us from above;
On us, the offspring of thy faith,
MY father and mother are dead,
Nor friend, nor relation I know;
And now the cold earth is their bed,
And daisies will over them grow
Every old man I
Reminds me of my
When he had fallen in love with
One time when sheaves were gathered
Dear Sir of late delighted with the
Of your four Sisters cloth'd in black and white,
Of fairer Dames the Sun, ne'r saw the face;
Though made a pedestal for Adams Race;
Hey Father Death,
I'm flying
Hey poor man, you're all
Hey old daddy,
When Father Ranney left the States,
In Canada to try the fates,
He settled down in Dereham,
Then no dairyman lived near him;