FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
492
Stoddard King
Etude Geographique
Out West, they say, a man's a man, the legend still persists.
Gosh, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Walla Walla, stories, manicured men, wimps, meek, galosh, umbrella
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
493
Henry Herbert Knibbs
The Lost Range
Only a few could understand his ways and his outfit queer.
Tom Bright, Pecos, Santa Fe, sage-brush garden, open range, eagle, hobo, grub, Buckman, Other Side, death
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
495
Vachel Lindsay
The Ghost of the Buffaloes
Last Night at black midnight I woke with a cry.
gods, Indians, dream, scalp-hunters, blood-thirst, massacres
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
498
John R. Painter
A Bob-Tailed Flush
There came unto me yesterday.
old man, traveled gentleman, cities, Europe, Versailles Treaty, opulence, misfortune
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
499
James Stevens
The Frozen Logger
As I sat down one ev'nin' in a timber-town caf?.
thumb, lover, whiskers, embrace, vertebrae, mackinaw, cold, hundred degrees below zero, China, broken jar
Best Loved Poems of the American West
John J. and Barbara T. Gregg
FC 11 G-09
500
Ernest Douglas
Out Where the West Begins
Out where the talk is a little stronger.
trails, wild men, shy women, heat, lizards, jerky, beans, jackrabbits, devil, hell
Lyrics of the Lariat
FC 11 G-10
13
Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Cowboy
With eyes that were blazing, but now that are glazing.
cowboy, death, gambling, poker, saloon, barroom, shot
Lyrics of the Lariat
FC 11 G-10
18
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Vesper Cradle Song
Now the day at prayer is kneeling.
lullaby, baby
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FC 11 G-10
20
Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Waters to the Hosts
As laughing brooklet goes to join the noble stream.
God, Lord, belief, stream, river, water
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23
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Passion Flowers
Love's many strange moods are blossoms of passion.
will, love, reason, Cupid
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24
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Ben
As many boys have longed to do, and many boy shave done.
boy, youth, teenager, west, drink, alcohol, gin, mother
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34
Nathan Kirk Griggs
A Cur
An orator, with tongue of fire, denounced the deed of one.
dog, pet
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37
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Memory's Flight
More swift than the light, sun-winged on its flight.
memory
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38
Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Flowers of Love
The flowers of love spring up in our highways.
flowers, children (?), love
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FC 11 G-10
40
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Haste to the Mount of the Lord
Tho' the dark flags of the tempest are streaming.
hope, belief, God, comfort
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FC 11 G-10
42
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Maverick Joe
Don't know of Maverick Joe.
thief, poker, rustling, brands, calf, cow
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FC 11 G-10
49
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Sabbath Morn
Like scenes of youth, to the wand'rin gone.
Sunday, belief
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51
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Then
Rays of beauty floated round me.
love lost, Cupid,
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54
Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Prairie Dog
O I'm a merry prairie-dog.
Lyrics of the Lariat
FC 11 G-10
59
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Our Flag
Of all the numberless flag unfurled.
flag, symbol, prosperity, nationalism, United States, patriotism
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FC 11 G-10
60
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Little Foxes
Keep back the angry frowns, dear maid.
children, parents, girl, boy, daughter, son
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FC 11 G-10
63
Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Genii of Wine
O the rosy wine is blushing.
wine, alcohol, evil, morality, drunk, drinking
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FC 11 G-10
67
Nathan Kirk Griggs
Ships of State
Our noble Ship of State.
freedom, patriotism, nationalism
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68
Nathan Kirk Griggs
My Dream of Love
There is a Sun, so bright, so bright.
love
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70
Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Blizzard
So Sam, old boy, you were East the day.
storm, school marm, teacher, wife, mother, child, snow, prayer, father, bell