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The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley

in ten volumes

Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916)

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A DREAM UNFINISHED

A CHILD'S HOME—LONG AGO

[For the Song's sake; even so]

THE FLYING ISLANDS OF THE NIGHT

THE HIGHEST GOOD

THE VISION OF RABBI BEN ISAAC

OLD HEC'S IDOLATRY

MY BRIDE THAT IS TO BE

THE ROMAUNT OF KING MORDAMEER

THE SONG I NEVER SING

THANKSGIVING DAY AT HUNCHLEY'S

TOM JOHNSON'S QUIT

THE LITTLE DEAD MAN

OLD-FASHIONED ROSES

A ROSE IN OCTOBER

THE LITTLE OLD POEM THAT NOBODY READS

A SLEEPING BEAUTY

LEEDLE DUTCH BABY

FRIEND OF A WAYWARD HOUR

WHEN OUR BABY DIED

MY BACHELOR CHUM

THE LAUGHTER OF THE RAIN

A WORN-OUT PENCIL

GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE

THE WITCH OF ERKMURDEN

THE BALLAD OF SMILES AND TEARS

A DREAM OF AUTUMN

SINCE MY MOTHER DIED

DUSK SONG—THE BEETLE

THE LITTLE TOWN O' TAILHOLT

WHERE SHALL WE LAND

THE LITTLE TINY KICKSHAW

TO THE WINE-GOD MERLUS

THE GINOINE AR-TICKLE

STANZAS FOR A NEW SONG

LINES TO AN ONSETTLED YOUNG MAN

PLANTATION HYMN

LAWYER AND CHILD

MICHAEL FLYNN AND THE BABY

ON A SPLENDUD MATCH

AN ORDER FOR A SONG

TO ROBERT BURNS

SISTER JONES'S CONFESSION

THE DEAD JOKE AND THE FUNNY MAN

A MORTUL PRAYER

GRANDFATHERS SQUEERS

MY LADDIE WI' THE BASHFU' GRACE

A TRESS OF HAIR

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1920

CHRISTMAS AFTERTHOUGHT

After a thoughtful, almost painful pause,
Bub sighed, “I'm sorry fer old Santy Claus:—
They wuz no Santy Claus, ner couldn't be,
When he wuz ist a little boy like me!”