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The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley

in ten volumes

Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916)

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THE SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN

THE SMITTEN PURIST

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CHRISTINE BRAIBRY

CHRISTINE'S SONG

“A BRAVE REFRAIN”

AS I SIT IN THE SILENCE

LONGFELLOW'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN

A SONG OF LONG AGO

WHEN EARLY MARCH SEEMS MIDDLE MAY

THE MUSKINGUM VALLEY

SERENADE—TO NORA

THE LITTLE WHITE HEARSE

A GLIMPSE OF PAN

THE GREAT GOD PAN

HER LIGHT GUITAR

THE WAY THE BABY CAME

THE WAY THE BABY WOKE

THE WAY THE BABY SLEPT

WHEN MAIMIE MARRIED

A VISION OF SUMMER

WHILE CIGARETTES TO ASHES TURN

THE LITTLE RED RIBBON

THE MAN IN THE MOON

“THE PREACHER'S BOY”

WE TO SIGH INSTEAD OF SING

JACK-IN-THE-BOX

THE OLD TRUNDLE-BED

TWO SONNETS TO THE JUNE-BUG

THE BEAUTIFUL CITY

McFEETERS' FOURTH

AT NINETY IN THE SHADE

A SUDDEN SHOWER

GOOD-BY ER HOWDY-DO

WITH THE CURRENT

WET-WEATHER TALK

A POOR MAN'S WEALTH

IN SWIMMING-TIME

THE BEST IS GOOD ENOUGH

HE CALLED HER IN

GIVE ME THE BABY

AN AUTUMNAL TONIC

OUT OF THE HITHERWHERE

A TINKLE OF BELLS

OUR KIND OF A MAN

THE LITTLE COAT

AN IMPROMPTU ON ROLLER SKATES

WRITTEN IN BUNNER'S “AIRS FROM ARCADY”

NEVER TALK BACK

THE LITTLE FAT DOCTOR

THE STRANGE YOUNG MAN

ON THE SUNNY SIDE

THE BLOSSOMS ON THE TREES

LAUGHTER HOLDING BOTH HIS SIDES

THE KIND OLD MAN

A MONUMENT FOR THE SOLDIERS

OUT TO OLD AUNT MARY'S

IN THE AFTERNOON

BILLY'S ALPHABETICAL ANIMAL SHOW

THE PIXY PEOPLE

THE TOWN KARNTEEL

DONN PIATT OF MAC-O-CHEE

FROM DELPHI TO CAMDEN

A NOON INTERVAL

AT MADAME MANICURE'S

WHEN BESSIE DIED

THE RIVALS; OR THE SHOWMAN'S RUSE

TO HEAR HER SING

FROM THE HEADBOARD OF A GRAVE IN PARAGUAY

A CANARY AT THE FARM

TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS

A LIZ-TOWN HUMORIST

LIKE HIS MOTHER USED TO MAKE

A GOLDEN WEDDING

HIS CHRISTMAS SLED

A NEW YEAR'S TIME AT WILLARDS'S

WHATEVER THE WEATHER MAY BE

DOWN ON WRIGGLE CRICK

MY FIRST WOMERN

TO AN IMPORTUNATE GHOST

WHO BIDES HIS TIME

AS WE READ BURNS

WHEN JUNE IS HERE

AT NOON—AND MIDNIGHT

TO JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWS

SPIRITS AT HOME

PAP'S OLD SAYIN'

GRIGGSBY'S STATION

KNEE-DEEP IN JUNE

THE LAW OF THE PERVERSE

OUT OF NAZARETH

IKE WALTON'S PRAYER

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THE WAY THE BABY WOKE

And this is the way the baby woke:
As when in deepest drops of dew
The shine and shadows sink and soak,
The sweet eyes glimmered through and through;
And eddyings and dimples broke
About the lips, and no one knew
Or could divine the words they spoke—
And this is the way the baby woke.