Edwin C. Ranck Long Poems
- 1. Christmas Toys
Say, I like toys,
Christmas toys.
Remember when we were boys
Long ago?
... - 2. 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.
... - 3. The Epic Of The Hog
(Man's Inhumanity to Hogs Makes Countless Thousands Squeal.)
I lived upon a little farm,
... - 4. The Glorious Fourth And Its Memories
Have you ever mused in silence upon a summer's day
And let your thoughts run riot and your feelings have full sway,
As you sprawled full length upon the grass in some secluded dell
And breathed the balmy country air, and smelt the country smell?
... - 5. The War Of The Rats And Mice
Far back within an age remote,
Which common history fails to note,
When dogs could talk, and pigs could sing,
And frogs obeyed a wooden king,
... - 6. 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.
... - 7. Life.
The list is long, the stories read the same;
Strong mortal man is but a flesh-hued toy;
Some have their ending in a life of shame;
Others drink deeply from the glass of joy;
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