FOLK COLLECTION 11: The Skaggs Foundation Cowboy Poetry Collection
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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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Nathan Kirk Griggs
A Cur
An orator, with tongue of fire, denounced the deed of one.
dog, pet
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Memory's Flight
More swift than the light, sun-winged on its flight.
memory
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Flowers of Love
The flowers of love spring up in our highways.
flowers, children (?), love
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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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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Maverick Joe
Don't know of Maverick Joe.
thief, poker, rustling, brands, calf, cow
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Sabbath Morn
Like scenes of youth, to the wand'rin gone.
Sunday, belief
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Then
Rays of beauty floated round me.
love lost, Cupid,
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Prairie Dog
O I'm a merry prairie-dog.
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Our Flag
Of all the numberless flag unfurled.
flag, symbol, prosperity, nationalism, United States, patriotism
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Little Foxes
Keep back the angry frowns, dear maid.
children, parents, girl, boy, daughter, son
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Genii of Wine
O the rosy wine is blushing.
wine, alcohol, evil, morality, drunk, drinking
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Ships of State
Our noble Ship of State.
freedom, patriotism, nationalism
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
My Dream of Love
There is a Sun, so bright, so bright.
love
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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
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
When Life's Sun Goes Down
Tho' the gloom of night is falling.
afterlife, death, belief
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Reliance
I will not bow, in trial hour, and call for mortal arm.
belief, hardship
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Serpents
A thousand boughs are bending.
Satan, temptation, evil, sin, morality, serpent
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
The Deserted Church
There's an old gray church, deserted and lone.
memories, worship, childhood
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
An Irishman
Be there a sad note in an Irishman's lays.
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Inyan Kara
O Thou, my Inyan Kara, Thou Mount, in mount's embrace.
volcano, Wyoming, mountain
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
While I Dream
Oh, I often dream of the happy, happy golden hours.
childhood, memories, death, afterlife
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
Field of Life
The world is a field, where trials abound.
morality, afterlife
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
What is Man?
An Alchemist, who wields the wonder-working stone.
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Nathan Kirk Griggs
High Mass of the Muses
In careless mood, I chanced to roam.
Berne, Switzerland, organ, music