Just a tender missive dear
As the days are drifting by,
And oh! I see your smiling face
When e’er I look into the sky.
JUST TO REMIND YOU
Smiles always gladden my heart
As the years come and go;
And should I be the longest liver
They’ll ne’er be buried beneath the snow.
One day of sorrow
To a brilliant and happy mind
Tears down its concrete thoughts
To sail the ocean of brine.
THE SINKING SHIP
The winds howled o’er
The dashing sea,
The ship was foundered
At half past three.
The captain yelled,
Life boats lowered!
There was a noise
Like a cannon roar,
’Twas the boilers burst below.
Then said the captain
Brave but slow,
It’s too late, boys,
We all must go.
SPRING’S EASTER LILY
(To my wife Ruby)
By the walk way grew
Spring’s Easter lily
Wet with the morning dew,
But with love I gave to Billy.
Now there is your petals nice and yellow
And rich as the dripping of gold.
So why are you lonely, little fellow,
You’ve won me, heart and soul.
Would you love to be a little present
And one that isn’t silly
To the sweetest little pheasant
My dearest, darling Billy.