Armazindy / The Poems and Prose Sketches of James Whitcomb Riley
THE POEMS AND PROSE SKETCHES OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
ARMAZINDY
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK 1917
Copyright, 1894, 1898, by James Whitcomb Riley
⁂ The publication of this volume in the Homestead Edition of the works of James Whitcomb Riley is made possible by the courtesy of The Bowen-Merrill Company, of Indianapolis, the original publishers of Mr. Riley’s books.
TO HENRY EITEL
James Whitcomb Riley
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ARMAZINDY
ARMAZINDY
THE OLD TRUNDLE-BED
NATURAL PERVERSITIES
THE OLD SCHOOL-CHUM
WRITIN’ BACK TO THE HOME-FOLKS
THE BLIND GIRL
WE DEFER THINGS
THE MUSKINGUM VALLEY
FOR THIS CHRISTMAS
A POOR MAN’S WEALTH
THE LITTLE RED RIBBON
“HOW DID YOU REST, LAST NIGHT?”
A GOOD-BYE
WHEN MAIMIE MARRIED
“THIS DEAR CHILD-HEARTED WOMAN THAT IS DEAD”
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II
TO A POET-CRITIC
AN OLD-TIMER
THE SILENT VICTORS
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II
III
IV
UP AND DOWN OLD BRANDYWINE
THREE SINGING FRIENDS
A NOON LULL
A WINDY DAY
MY HENRY
THE SONG I NEVER SING
TO EDGAR WILSON NYE
LITTLE DAVID
OUT OF THE HITHERWHERE
RABBIT IN THE CROSS-TIES
SERENADE—TO NORA
THE LITTLE WHITE HEARSE
WHAT REDRESS
DREAMER, SAY
MY BRIDE THAT IS TO BE
“RINGWORM FRANK”
AN EMPTY GLOVE
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II
III
IV
OUR OWN
MAKE-BELIEVE AND CHILD-PLAY
“TWIGGS AND TUDENS”
TWIGGS AND TUDENS
DOLORES
WHEN I DO MOCK
MY MARY
ORLIE WILDE
LEONAINIE
TO A JILTED SWAIN
THE VOICES
THE YOUTHFUL PATRIOT
PONCHUS PILUT
A TWINTORETTE
SLUMBER-SONG
THE CIRCUS PARADE
FOLKS AT LONESOMEVILLE
THE THREE JOLLY HUNTERS
THE LITTLE DOG-WOGGY
CHARMS
A FEW OF THE BIRD-FAMILY
THROUGH SLEEPY-LAND
THE TRESTLE AND THE BUCK-SAW
THE KING OF OO-RINKTUM-JING
THE TOY PENNY-DOG
JARGON-JINGLE
THE GREAT EXPLORER
THE SCHOOL-BOY’S FAVORITE
ALBUMANIA
FRIENDSHIP
LIFE
LIFE’S HAPPIEST HOURS
MARION-COUNTY MAN HOMESICK ABROAD
BIRDY! BIRDY!
THE LITTLE MOCK-MAN
SUMMER-TIME AND WINTER-TIME
HOME-MADE RIDDLES—ALL BUT THE ANSWERS
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II
THE LOVELY CHILD
THE YELLOWBIRD
ENVOY
