FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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
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William Lawrence Chittenden
A Message
Pretty blossom on the prairies, where the breezes play.
beauty, love, longing,
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William Lawrence Chittenden
A King's Daughter
She is pretty as a picture.
woman, idol, characteristics, attitude
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William Lawrence Chittenden
To May in Paris
She's a lovely fairy fay, is my pensive Cousin May.
woman, thoughtful, beauty, France, romance
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Echoes
On the lonely tawny prairie.
landscape, past, thoughts
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Old Homestead
Enshrined in my heart is an old-fashioned homestead.
home, warmth, sea, past, memories, fate
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Declined
"Come back, dear Tom," she wrote to say.
wedding, change of mind, part
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William Lawrence Chittenden
To a Coquette
Her wit is like some diamond bright.
love, beauty, charm, caution
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Old Texan in New York
Huh! Sal, this life won't suit me.
city life, fast life, homesick, Yankee husband, human roundup, suffocate, longing for nature
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Man
Man lives and dies! What more know we?
youth, old-age, mortality
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William Lawrence Chittenden
That Little Boy
His merry voice is silent now.
love, child, death, sadness, mourning
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William Lawrence Chittenden
A Serenade
Dear lovely lady, dream no more.
love song, sea, longing
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Texas
I crave not for her cities.
prairie, open range, love for nature, freedom, sea, solitude
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Yachtsman's Song
Ho, comrades! Up anchor!
sea, water, sail, sailboat, wind
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Would N't You?
I met her at dusk 'midst the clover.
woman, beauty, love, lover, kisses, romance
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William Lawrence Chittenden
The Parson Pickax Gray
In ole days in Californy, in the yar uv forty-nine.
likker, liquor, alcohol, fun, sinner, preacher, religion, devil, Judgment Day
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William Lawrence Chittenden
A San Antonio Memory
In old San Antonio city.
Senorita, Gulf of Mexico, hacienda, Eden, memories, song, sadness, loss