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Second Book of Verse

The Verse in this Second Book.

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Father's Way1

To my Mother5

Körner's Battle Prayer7

Gosling Stew9

Catullus to Lesbia12

John Smith13

St. Martin's Lane22

The Singing in God's-Acre25

Dear Old London28

Corsican Lullaby (Folk-Song) 33

The Clink of the Ice35

Bells of Notre Dame39

Lover's Lane, St. Jo41

Crumpets and Tea44

An Imitation of Dr. Watts47

Intry-Mintry48

Modjesky as Cameel51

Telling the Bees60

The Tea-Gown62

Doctors64

Barbara69

The Café Molineau72

Holly and Ivy75

The Boltons, 2277

Dibdin's Ghost83

The Hawthorne Children87

The Bottle and the Bird91

An Eclogue from Virgil96

Pittypat and Tippytoe103

Ashes on the Slide106

The Lost Cupid of Moschus110

Christmas Eve113

Carlsbad115

The Sugar-Plum Tree120

Red122

Jewish Lullaby124

At Cheyenne126

The Naughty Doll128

The Pneumogastric Nerve131

Teeny-Weeny134

Telka137

Plaint of a Missouri 'Coon146

Armenian Lullaby151

The Partridge153

Corinthian Hall156

The Red, Red West162

The Three Kings of Cologne165

Ipswich167

Bill's Tenor and my Bass170

Fiducit (from the German)175

The "St. Jo Gazette"177

In Amsterdam183

To the Passing Saint186

The Fisherman's Feast188

Nightfall in Dordrecht (Slumber Song)191

The Onion Tart193

Grandma's Bombazine197

Rare Roast Beef203

Ganderfeather's Gift208

Old Times, Old Friends, Old Love211

Our Whippings213

Bion's Song of Eros218

Mr. Billings of Louisville220

Poet and King222

Lydia Dick225

Lizzie229

Little Homer's Slate231

Always Right233

"Trot, my good Steed" (Volkslied)235

Providence and the Dog237

Gettin' on242

The Schnellest Zug245

Bethlehem-Town250

The Peace of Christmas-Time252

Doings of Delsarte254

Buttercup, Poppy, Forget-me-not259

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