  Like fruit that's large and ripe and mellow, Sweet and luscious is Longfellow, Melodious songs he oft did pour And high was his Excelsior. He shows in his Psalm of Life The folly of our selfish strife, With Hiawatha we bewail His suffering in great Indian tale. Indian nation was forlorn Till great spirit planted corn; His story of Evangeline It is a tale of love divine. POE.A great enchanter too is Poe, His bells do so harmonious flow, Wondrous mystery of his raven On our minds is 'ere engraven, His wierd, wonderful romances Imagination oft entrances. LOWELL.With pleasure we would love to dwell On the charming themes of Lowell. BRYANT.Some in front rank will defiant, Boldly place the poet Bryant. WHITTIER.Others seek for music in the twitter Of the sweet, charming notes of Whittier. SAXE.The mind that's sad it doth relax The humor of the witty Saxe, He puts us in a cheerful mood, Mirthful as our own Tom Hood. WILL CARLETON.In homely apparel one Clothes farming songs Will Carleton, But they have a manly ring And we his praises hearty sing. MILLAR.And Millar poet of Sierras, For bold deeds he doth prepare us, And now he lives by the golden gate, Honored in California's state, To poet 'tis position grand, Commissioner of Forest land. HOLMES.O'er flowery fields full oft he roams, The learned and pleasing genial Holmes. WALT WHITMAN.For erratic style he leads van, Wildly wayward Walt Whitman, He done grand work in civil war, For he did dress many a scar, And kindly wet the hot parched mouth Of Northern soldiers wounded South. |
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