CONTENTS
LINES WROTE IN SCHOOL WHILST I SHOULDST HAVE BEEN STUDYIN' MY LESSON
THOUGHTS THOUGHT WHILST THINKIN' ABOUT MARY AND HER PET LAMB
LINES WROTE WHILST THINKIN' ABOUT HOW PA ACTS WHEN DRESSIN' UP
LINES WROTE WHILST REALIZIN' WE OUGHTST TO BE KIND TO DUMB BRUTES
SONNET WROTE WHILST THINKIN' OF OUR PARENTS IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN
LINES WROTE WHILST SMARTIN' FROM PUNISHMENT RECEIVED FOR LYIN'
THOUGHTS THOUGHT ABOUT MA'S NOTIONS REGARDIN' LOVE AND HOUSE-KEEPIN'
THOUGHTS THOUGHT WHILST THINKIN' OF PEARY ON A HOT SUMMER DAY
THOUGHTS THOUGHT WHILST THINKIN' OF A THANKSGIVIN' DAY TURKEY
SONNET WROTE WHILST THINKIN' OF MY SISTER MAYMIE'S HOMELY BEAU
LINES WROTE WHILST RECOVERIN' FROM AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A HORNET
LINES WROTE ON A SUMMER DAY WHILST THINKIN' OF A SODA-FOUNTAIN
LINES WROTE AFTER BEIN' SCOLDED FOR NOT DOIN' AS CHILDREN USED TO
LINES WROTE ON READIN' HOW CLEOPATRA MADE MEN ACT VERY FOOLISH
SONNET WROTE WHILST THINKIN' WHAT I WOULDST DO WITH CARNEGIE'S GOLD
SOME THOUGHTS THOUGHT WHILST HAVIN' TO BATHE IN A BATH-TUB
LINES WROTE IN SCHOOL WHILST THROWIN' GLANCES AT SUSAN SANDERSON
THOUGHTS THOUGHT WHILST MOWIN' THE LAWN ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON
SONNET WROTE ON THE FLY-LEAF OF MY GRAMMAR DURIN' SCHOOL HOURS
THOUGHTS THOUGHT ON HEARIN' FOLKS FIND FAULT WITH THE WEATHER
LINES WROTE AFTER SEEIN' SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET FROM AN UPPER GALLERY
SONNET WROTE WHILST RETROSPECTIVELY CONTEMPLATIN' MY FIRST CIGAR
SONNET WROTE WHILST THINKIN' ABOUT A VACATION SPENT ON A FARM
LINES COMPOSED AFTER SEEIN' A BOOK FULL OF BYRON'S LOVE LETTERS
SONNET WROTE AFTER HEARIN' A YOUTH ORATIN' ABOUT "CASABIANCA"
SONNETS OF A BUDDING BARD
BOOKS BY NIXON WATERMAN A BOOK OF VERSES IN MERRY MOOD BOY WANTED FORBES & COMPANY CHICAGO
BY NIXON WATERMAN
WITH DRAWINGS BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS
CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1907
Copyright, 1907, by The Century Co. Copyright, 1907, by Forbes and Company
Printed by COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U. S. A.
