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Title: "A poetical entertainer," The old schoolhouse and other poems and conceits in verse
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Denison, Thomas S. (Thomas Stewart), 1848-1911
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Publisher: Chicago, T. S. Denison
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ic legend, live to mark fames empty dream.So misguided genius ever writes his name upon the sand;And but truth with angel presence may for aye enduring stand. 52 POEMS AND CONCEITS IN VERSE. JULY. Aglow, in lusty ardor, July brings Her deep fruition to all things create. Life leaping with new force, in pregnant light, With emulation triumphs oer decay. The golden wheat, the swelling fruits, the leaves In verdant canopy, all speak of life. The joyous birds, with songful pride, regard Their uncouth fledgelings, and the lowing kine Make loving answer to their sportive young. Rejoicing in his waving wheat, afield. The farmer reaps the increase of his lands. By turns at butter-making and preserves The wife anticipates the winters needs. With fruits the children make an all-day feast. The invalid breathes in the healing air. In converse with the birds beneath a tree. The noisy reaper fells the fragrant grain; The water boy bears from the spring his jug. A silver burnish veils ethereal blue,
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The water boy bears from the spring his jug. POEMS AND CONCEITS IN VERSE, 53 In summers glorious sky; the fleecy clouds,Like mountains lying low and far away,Fit barriers were of some enchanted land,Their silver edges cut like cameos.The breezes ripple through the leafy boughsWith murmurs softer than a naiads sigh.The idler lies upon the bending grassUnconscious of the busy world he fled,And all his being thrills with Julys joy. THE RUNAWAY SLAVE. Translated freely from the Creole French dialect ofLouisiana. In a sweet gum tre^ the mocking-bird sits.Teelo, peeloo, he sings, and he flits.Ho there, nigger, cutting in the cane,Buckle to the work now, might and main. Negro picking on the old banzooStops to listen, for they want him, too. 54 POEMS AND CONCEITS IN VERSE. Down in the swamp, he hears the refrain,Of the masters call to the slaves in the cane. Down in the swamp, by the bayous side,Ole Massr finds me hell tan mah hide.There in the swamp, mid the cypress knees,On a moss-grown isl

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