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The poems of Eugene Field

Field, Eugene (1850-1895)

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WESTERN AND OTHER VERSE

TO MARY FIELD FRENCH

CASEY'S TABLE D'HÔTE

THE CONVERSAZZHYONY

PROF. VERE DE BLAW

OUR LADY OF THE MINE

MODJESKY AS CAMEEL

MARTHY'S YOUNKIT

MADGE: YE HOYDEN

THE BIBLIOMANIAC'S PRAYER

THE TRUTH ABOUT HORACE

OUR TWO OPINIONS

TO ROBIN GOODFELLOW

APPLE-PIE AND CHEESE

THE LITTLE PEACH

THE DIVINE LULLABY

SOLDIER, MAIDEN, AND FLOWER

AILSIE, MY BAIRN

MR. DANA, OF THE NEW YORK SUN

THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM

THE BIBLIOMANIAC'S BRIDE

“GOOD-BY—GOD BLESS YOU!”

CHRYSTMASSE OF OLDE

A PROPER TREWE IDYLL OF CAMELOT

OUR BIGGEST FISH

DEDICATION TO “SECOND BOOK OF VERSE”

A VALENTINE TO MY WIFE

ST. MARTIN'S LANE

DEAR OLD LONDON

THE CLINK OF THE ICE

THE BELLS OF NOTRE DAME

LOVER'S LANE, SAINT JO

CRUMPETS AND TEA

AN IMITATION OF DR. WATTS

THE CAFÉ MOLINEAU

THE BOLTONS, 22

THE BOTTLE AND THE BIRD

THE PNEUMOGASTRIC NERVE

PLAINT OF THE MISSOURI 'COON IN THE BERLIN ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

CORINTHIAN HALL

THE RED, RED WEST

THE THREE KINGS OF COLOGNE

BILL'S TENOR AND MY BASS

THE “ST. JO GAZETTE”

TO THE PASSING SAINT

THE FISHERMAN'S FEAST

GRANDMA'S BOMBAZINE

RARE ROAST BEEF

OLD TIMES, OLD FRIENDS, OLD LOVE

MR. BILLINGS OF LOUISVILLE

PROVIDENCE AND THE DOG

THE SCHNELLEST ZUG

THE DOINGS OF DELSARTE

THE SINGING IN GOD'S ACRE

BALLAD OF WOMEN I LOVE

MYSTERIOUS DOINGS

WITH TWO SPOONS FOR TWO SPOONS

THE GREAT JOURNALIST IN SPAIN

THE THREE TAILORS

THE JAFFA AND JERUSALEM RAILWAY

THE WOOING OF THE SOUTHLAND

STAR OF THE EAST

BEN APFELGARTEN

STOVES AND SUNSHINE

A DRINKING SONG

THE STRAW PARLOR

THE DISCREET COLLECTOR

WITH BRUTUS IN ST. JO

LYMAN, FREDERICK, AND JIM

BE MY SWEETHEART

THE BROKEN RING

THE BALLAD OF THE TAYLOR PUP

AFTER READING TROLLOPE'S HISTORY OF FLORENCE

“THE OLD HOMESTEAD”

THE CONVALESCENT GRIPSTER

THE SLEEPING CHILD

THE TWO COFFINS

A DREAM OF SPRINGTIME

HOW SALTY WIN OUT

ONE DAY I GOT A MISSIVE

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POEMS OF CHILDHOOD

WITH TRUMPET AND DRUM

THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE

THE NAUGHTY DOLL

NIGHTFALL IN DORDRECHT

PITTYPAT AND TIPPYTOE

BALOW, MY BONNIE

THE HAWTHORNE CHILDREN

LITTLE BLUE PIGEON

GRANDMA'S PRAYER

THE FIRE-HANGBIRD'S NEST

BUTTERCUP, POPPY, FORGET-ME-NOT

WYNKEN, BLYNKEN, AND NOD

GOLD AND LOVE FOR DEARIE

THE PEACE OF CHRISTMAS-TIME

TO A LITTLE BROOK

LITTLE MISTRESS SANS-MERCI

IN THE FIRELIGHT

COBBLER AND STORK

“LOLLYBY, LOLLY, LOLLYBY”

LITTLE BOY BLUE

FATHER'S LETTER

THE ARMENIAN MOTHER

HEIGHO, MY DEARIE

THE BELL-FLOWER TREE

FAIRY AND CHILD

HUSHABY, SWEET MY OWN

CHILD AND MOTHER

MEDIÆVAL EVENTIDE SONG

ARMENIAN LULLABY

CHRISTMAS TREASURES

OH, LITTLE CHILD

GANDERFEATHER'S GIFT

LITTLE HOMER'S SLATE

THE ROCK-A-BY LADY

GARDEN AND CRADLE

JEST 'FORE CHRISTMAS

THE DINKEY-BIRD

THE HAPPY HOUSEHOLD

SO, SO, ROCK-A-BY SO!

THE SONG OF LUDDY-DUD

GOOD-CHILDREN STREET

THE DELECTABLE BALLAD OF THE WALLER LOT

THE BOTTLE-TREE

THE BENCH-LEGGED FYCE

LITTLE MISS BRAG

THE HUMMING TOP

LADY BUTTON-EYES

THE RIDE TO BUMPVILLE

SHUFFLE-SHOON AND AMBER-LOCKS

THE SHUT-EYE TRAIN

THE FLY-AWAY HORSE

SWING HIGH AND SWING LOW

WHEN I WAS A BOY

LITTLE ALL-ALONEY

THE CUNNIN' LITTLE THING

THE DOLL'S WOOING

INSCRIPTION FOR MY LITTLE SON'S SILVER PLATE

FISHERMAN JIM'S KIDS

“FIDDLE-DEE-DEE”

OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

THE ROSE AND THE ICEBERG

SONG OF THE CLOUDS

THE PRINCESS MING

AN ELFIN SUMMONS

THE DISMAL DOLE OF THE DOODLEDOO

THE VIOLET'S LOVE STORY

AN INVITATION TO SLEEP

THE CRICKET'S SONG

THE FATE OF THE FLIMFLAM

A FAIRY LULLABY

BALLAD OF THE JELLY-CAKE

TO A SLEEPING BABY'S EYES

DREAM, DREAM, DREAM!

THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD

MOTHER AND CHILD

ASHES ON THE SLIDE

TELLING THE BEES

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1.

I—TO MISTRESS BARBARA

2.

II—TO A BABY BOY

THE LIMITATIONS OF YOUTH

A PITEOUS PLAINT

THE TWO LITTLE SKEEZUCKS

THE BOW-LEG BOY

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SHARPS AND FLATS

THE OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

THE POET'S RETURN

A SHOSHONE LEGEND

A ZEPHYR FROM ZULULAND

THE FRENCH MUST GO

A BATTLE IN YELLOWSTONE PARK

HIS LORDSHIP, THE CHIEF JUSTICE

A HINT FOR 1884

THE INDIAN AND THE TROUT

A PLAY ON WORDS

HOW FLAHERTY KEPT THE BRIDGE

THE THREE-CENT STAMP

THE MYSTERY OF PASADENE

A VERY WEARY ACTOR

THE REMORSEFUL CAKES

A PATRIOT'S TRIUMPH

“YOURS FRATERNALLY”

SONG OF THE ALL-WOOL SHIRT

OF BLESSED MEMORY

A LEAP-YEAR EPISODE

THE MODERN MARTYR

A GOOD MAN'S SORROW

LAMENT OF A NEGLECTED BOSS

ROMANCE OF A “CUSS-WORD”

COLD CONSOLATION

MR. HOLMAN'S FAREWELL

THE POLITICAL MAUD

A VIRGILIAN PICNIC

AN ILLINOIS WAR-SONG

THOMAS A. HENDRICKS'S APPEAL

THE EXPLORER'S WOOING

THE AHKOOND OF SWAT

A PLEA FOR THE CLASSICS

THE SECRET OF THE SPHINX

FANCHON THE CRICKET

PARLEZ-VOUS FRANÇAIS?

“GEE SWEE ZAMERICANE”

CHICAGO WEATHER

THE COLLECTOR'S DISCONTENT

A LEAP-YEAR LAMENT

FROM THE SAME CANTEEN

LITTLE MISS DANDY

TO DENMAN THOMPSON

“PURITAN”—“GENESTA”

THE SONG OF THE MUGWUMP

SONG FOR THE DEPARTED

A SONG OF THE CHRISTMAS WIND

AN OVERWORKED WORD

A WESTERN BOY'S LAMENT

THE WHITE HOUSE BALLADS

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THREE DAYS IN SPRINGTIME

1.

2.

THE 5TH OF JULY

A POEM IN THREE CANTOS

IN PRAISE OF TRUTH AND SIMPLICITY IN SONG

TO THE LADYE JULIA

A BALLAD OF ANCIENT OATHS

THE SUSCEPTIBLE WIDOW

FROM THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM

MEIN FAEDER BED

IN PRAISE OF PIE

CHRISTMAS MORNING

HYMN: MIDNIGHT HOUR

WHEN STEDMAN COMES TO TOWN

EXTINCT MONSTERS

MRS. REILLY'S PEACHES

O'CONNOR'S ILOQUINT SPACHE

DOCTOR RABELAIS

TO WARD H. LAMON, ASLEEP ON HIS LIBRARY FLOOR

FOR THE CHARMING MISS I. F.'S ALBUM

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The poems of Eugene Field

Eugene Field

1850-1895

Charles Scribner's Sons

New York

1922