“And he says that the mountains are fairer
For once being held in your thought;”
East and West Poems, Part I, His Answer to "Her Letter.".
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Adventures of John Longbowe, Yeoman.
East and West Poems, Part I, The Old Major Explains.
“Well, no offense:
Thar ain't no sense
In gittin' riled.”
Complete Poetical Works, III. IN DIALECT, Jim.
“We are ruined by Chinese cheap labor.”
The Heathen Chinee (1870)
“Virtue always meets reward,
But quicker when it wears a sword;”
East and West Poems, Part II, The Legends of the Rhine.
“Don't be too quick
To break bad habits: better stick,
Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.”
East and West Poems, Part I, The Wonderful Spring of San Joaquin.
“But, when the goddess' work is done,
The woman's still remains.”
East and West Poems, Part I, The Goddess.
“Each lost day has its patron saint!”
East and West Poems, Part I, The Galeon.
“There is peace in the swamp, though the quiet is Death”
East and West Poems, Part I, The Copperhead.
“With the smile that was childlike and bland.”
The Heathen Chinee (1870)
