Edwin C. Ranck Great Poems
- 1. Things Worth While
To sit and dream in a shady nook
While the phantom clouds roll by;
To con some long-remembered book
When the pulse of youth beats high.
... - 2. Farewell Snow
(After Walt Whitman.)
That light, that white, that weird, uncanny substance we call snow
... - 3. L'envoi
I'm the ghost of that poor gobbler
Who used to be so great,
They took my poor, neglected bones
And piled them on a plate.
... - 4. My Life And Death
(By A. Turkey Gobbler.)
I'm just a turkey gobbler,
... - 5. At The Telephone
Ting-ling--"South, please, 1085;
Why hello, Jim--Oh, Saints alive!
It's south, I told you--hello; no,
I said once that I could not go.
... - 6. Keep Tryin'
When you're feelin' blue as ink
An' your spirits 'gin to sink,
Don't be weak an' take a drink
But
... - 7. If I Could Fly
(What the Little Boy Thought.)
If I had wings just like a bird
... - 8. The Processional
(Written in collaboration with R. B. Hamilton.)
When Julius Caesar met his death,
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