FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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FC 11 C-09
71
William Lawrence Chittenden
The Cynic and Poet
A cynic once said to a poet.
doubt, life, hope, future, positive, negative
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72
William Lawrence Chittenden
Ode to the Northern
Thrice welcome to the Northern.
wind, cold, Labrador, storm, Viking, weather
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73
William Lawrence Chittenden
The Dying Actor's Soliloquy
Life's farce is nearly ended.
monologue, age, sadness, grief, death
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74
William Lawrence Chittenden
The Maine Coast
Come away, gentle rader, to the cool coast of Maine.
sea, nature, landscape, Indian, animals, flowers, smugglers, buccaneers, pirates
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76
William Lawrence Chittenden
Maverick Bill
I met him at the round-ups on the Double.
New York, frontiersman, hero, soldier, singing, Swanee River, Annie Laurie, stars, Great Spirit, home, boyhood, family, death
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80
William Lawrence Chittenden
A Barefooted Boy
Exhausted to-night by the fire's dim glow.
past, memories, youth, childhood, boyhood, old home, happiness, Indians, father
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81
William Lawrence Chittenden
What is Life?
Ah, what is life? A bubble blown.
time, search, mystery of life, experience
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82
William Lawrence Chittenden
I'm Sad Tonight
I'm sad tonight -- alone am I.
grief, sadness, autumn, lonesome, woman, love, lost love
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83
William Lawrence Chittenden
Who Knows?
Through the meadows she is coming.
lovesong, uncertainty
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William Lawrence Chittenden
A Texas "Lamb," or The Cowboy in Wall Street
I wuz riz on a ranch in ole Texas, yer know.
New York, broker, stockmen, money, stock exchange, fortune, lose money
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86
William Lawrence Chittenden
A Drummer's Reverie by the Rio Grande
The wild prairie flowers with their beauty so rare.
open range, nature, isolation, boyhood, peace, memories, dreams
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88
William Lawrence Chittenden
Brer Brown's Collection
Look hyar, my Baptist breddren.
religion, money, preacher, collection, afterlife
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90
William Lawrence Chittenden
Remember the Alamo
Fair Greece and Rome brave heroes knew.
Texas, rangers, Gettysburg, Waterloo, Lone Star, honor, battle, freedom, bravery
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91
William Lawrence Chittenden
A Sonnet to Night
The twilight's laces fringe the sea.
silence, nature,
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92
William Lawrence Chittenden
Lady Belle -- A Villanelle
Lovely lady, Lady Belle.
music, love song, love, courtship
Ranch Verses
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93
William Lawrence Chittenden
The Round-Up
With the joy of the wind in our hearts and our faces.
cattle, cowboys, nesters, roping, branding, storytelling, roundup
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95
William Lawrence Chittenden
Christine
Her voice is like the mocking-bird's.
beauty, woman, admiration, love
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96
William Lawrence Chittenden
The Old Log Fire
Yer kin preech uv the pleasures an' joys uv the rich.
home, ranch, warmth, literature, poems, Edgar A. Poe, Shakespeare, books
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97
William Lawrence Chittenden
Old Fort Phantom Hill
On the breezy Texas border, on the prairies far away.
landscape, nature, bison, past, legend, Lee, storm, North wind McKenzie Trail, soldiers, Johnston, Grant, Jackson, Custer, war
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100
William Lawrence Chittenden
Good Bye
Good Bye, Sweetheart -- our dream is past.
mourning, grief, sadness, fall
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101
William Lawrence Chittenden
Reveries of a Bachelor
Long, long ago, a careless lad.
love, grammar school, admiration, marriage, heartache
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109
William Lawrence Chittenden
The Hermit's Soliloquy
Afar on the prairies, afar and alone.
solitude, nature, memories, past, disappointment, hopeless, sorrow, mistrust, faithless love, despair, heartache, pain
Ranch Verses
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107
William Lawrence Chittenden
The Waltz
The wooing waltz, the wooing waltz.
dance, music, kisses, romance
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104
William Lawrence Chittenden
The Brazos Queen
Far down in Southern Texas, where the Brazos River flows.
woman, idol, beauty, courting, admiration, fashion, love, courtship
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William Lawrence Chittenden
Ennui
At a lonely ranch 'neath a lonely sky.
Texas prairie, sadness, requiem, time, sorrow, hope