Sam Walter Foss Poems
- 1. Husband And Heathen
O'er the men of Ethiopia she would pour her cornucopia,
And shower wealth and plenty on the people of Japan,
Send down jelly cake and candies to the Indians of the Andes,
And a cargo of plum pudding to the men of Hindoostan;
... - 2. Philosopher, A
Zack Bumstead useter flosserfize
About the ocean an' the skies;
An' gab an' gas f'um morn till noon
About the other side the moon;
... - 3. Meeting Of The Clabberhuses, The
I
He was the Chairman of the Guild
Of Early Pleiocene Patriarchs;
... - 4. Ideal Husband To His Wife, The
We've lived for forty years, dear wife,
And walked together side by side,
And you to-day are just as dear
As when you were my bride.
... - 5. The Prayer Of Cyrus Brown
"The proper way for a man to pray,"
Said Deacon Lemuel Keyes,
"And the only proper attitude
Is down upon his knees."
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