FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Montclair
Dear lovely mountain town, farewell.
landscape, memories, past, boyhood,
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Difference
Ten years ago, my lovely Kate.
age, time
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Galveston
Where sea-gulls fair are flying.
Texas, flowers, landscape
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William Lawrence Chittenden
When the Northern Sighs
When the Northern sighs, and the storm winds pour.
Labrador, cold, warmth, fire, wild winds, north wind
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William Lawrence Chittenden
In His Name
In fair Virginia's Lotus Land, where sings the whippoorwill.
Shenandoah, grave, soldier, death, love, sorrow
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Ranchman's Letter
At a lonely old ranch by the fire tonight.
Texas frontier, loneliness, Lady Clare, love, romance, past, memories, city vs. country, expensive life, fashion, humbleness
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William Lawrence Chittenden
My Mother
I know a dear old lady.
love, kindness, gentle, comfort
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William Lawrence Chittenden
A Bachelor's Dilemma
My lady is lovely and noble and kind.
woman, lady, rich, poverty, wealth, style, work
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William Lawrence Chittenden
A Farmer's Songs
Wal, I reckon I'm ole-fashioned, but them songs that Nacher sings.
tunes, music, birds, animals, seasons, times of the day, nature
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Texas Types -- The Cowboy
He wears a big hat and big spurs and all that.
pride, strength, loyalty, truth, dude
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Village Fable
As Death and the Devil were taking the air.
Montclair, doctor, Jolly Nick, medicine
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Kind Words
A kind word now and then, my boys.
friendship, life, emotions, true, fair, help
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Could I But Fly on Seabird's Wing
Could I but fly on seabird's wing.
dream, freedom, security, hope, illusions
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Prodigal Daughter
In the springtime of youth, in life's early morning.
returning home, welcome, denial, despair, death
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Lovely Rosalie
In lively old New Jersey, where the laws are very blue.
Texan, New Yorkers, Wall street broker, Montclair, beauty, love, adoration, courting, prairie, landscape, West, romance, bride, wedding, courtship, New York
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William Lawrence Chittenden
A Cowboy to Kipling
Huh! Kipling, we are unto yew.
story, Indians, tenderfoot, gringo, wrong perception, misinterpretation, ignorance
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William Lawrence Chittenden
A Summer Girl
She was queen of the hotel veranda.
attraction, beauty, charm, romance, broken heart
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Beyond the Harbor Bar
Since thou must sail the seas of life.
peace, truth, kindness, doubt, ideals
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Twinkle of Her Eyes
Beneath dark curving lashes.
woman, lady, beauty, love, affection
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William Lawrence Chittenden
To Dives
Then what of your silver and gold or estate.
ideals, wealth, values
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William Lawrence Chittenden
An April Song -- To Alice
Thy world is bright, fair Alice.
youth, beauty, love, age, pride,
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Neptune's Steeds
Hark to the wild nor'easter.
Storm King, sea, power of water, wild sea, seaman, sailor, longing, death
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Acrostic -- Easter Blossoms
Alice is a rosebud, a blossom on life's sea.
youth, beauty, women, love, idol, dreams
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Evening Zephyrs
Far, far away o'er the western horizon.
nature, sea, ocean, hope, trouble, longing, past, future
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Ranchman's Song
Afar from the tumult and turmoil of fashion.
solitude, nature, prairie, hardship, pleasure