Easy Quote by James Whitcomb Riley

I don't know how to tell it--but ef such a thing could be As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me--…

— James Whitcomb Riley

“    I woo'd a woman once, But she was sharper than an eastern wind.”

— James Whitcomb Riley

“In fact, to speak in earnest, I believe it adds a charm To spice the good a trifle with a little dust of harm”

— James Whitcomb Riley

“And Philiper Flash, With a horrible slash, Whacked his jugular open and went to smash.”

— James Whitcomb Riley

“A Parting Guest What delightful hosts are they— Life and Love! Lingeringly I turn away, This late hour, yet glad enough They have not…

— James Whitcomb Riley

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

— James Whitcomb Riley

“He Is Not Dead I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away. With a cheery smile,…

— James Whitcomb Riley

“To all the little children:- The happy ones; and sad ones; the boisterous ones and glad ones; The good ones- Yes, the good ones,…

— James Whitcomb Riley

The ripest peach is highest on the tree

— James Whitcomb Riley

“I so ill deserve the place his arms make for me.”

— James Whitcomb Riley

But the air's so appetizin'; and the landscape through the haze Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days Is a…

— James Whitcomb Riley

O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk.

— James Whitcomb Riley