PIPES O' PAN AT ZEKESBURY By James Whitcomb Riley 1895 CONTENTS PIPES O' PAN AT ZEKESBURY AT ZEKESBURY. DOWN AROUND THE RIVER POEMS DOWN AROUND THE RIVER. KNEELING WITH HERRICK. ROMANCIN'. HAS SHE FORGOTTEN. A' OLD PLAYED-OUT SONG. THE LOST PATH. THE LITTLE TINY KICKSHAW. HIS MOTHER. KISSING THE ROD. HOW IT HAPPENED. BABYHOOD. THE DAYS GONE BY. MRS. MILLER RHYMES OF RAINY DAYS THE TREE-TOAD. A WORN-OUT PENCIL. THE STEPMOTHER. THE RAIN. THE LEGEND GLORIFIED. WANT TO BE WHUR MOTHER IS. OLD MAN'S NURSERY RHYME. THREE DEAD FRIENDS. IN BOHEMIA. IN THE DARK. WET WEATHER TALK. WHERE SHALL WE LAND. AN OLD SETTLER'S STORY SWEET-KNOT AND GALAMUS AN OLD SWEETHEART. MARTHY ELLEN. MOON-DROWNED. LONG AFORE HE KNOWED WHO SANTY-CLAUS WUZ. DEAR HANDS. THIS MAN JONES. TO MY GOOD MASTER. WHEN THE GREEN GITS BACK IN THE TREES. AT BROAD RIPPLE. WHEN OLD JACK DIED. DOC SIFERS. AT NOON—AND MIDNIGHT. A WILD IRISHMAN. RAGWEED AND FENNEL WHEN MY DREAMS COME TRUE. A DOS'T O' BLUES. THE BAT. THE WAY IT WUZ. THE DRUM. TOM JOHNSON'S QUIT. LULLABY. IN THE SOUTH. THE OLD HOME BY THE MILL. A LEAVE-TAKING. WAIT FOR THE MORNING. WHEN JUNE IS HERE. THE GILDED ROLL. A BACKWARD LOOK. THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN By James Whitcomb Riley Illustrated by J.W. VAWTER CONTENTS PROEM THE BOOK OF JOYOUS CHILDREN AN IMPROMPTU FAIRY-TALE DREAM-MARCH ELMER BROWN NO BOY KNOWS WHEN WE FIRST PLAYED "SHOW" A DIVERTED TRAGEDY THE RAMBO-TREE FIND THE FAVORITE THE BOY PATRIOT EXTREMES INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS A MASQUE OF THE SEASONS THOMAS THE PRETENDER LITTLE DICK AND THE CLOCK [x] FOOL-YOUNGENS THE KATYDIDS BILLY AND HIS DRUM THE NOBLE OLD ELM THE PENALTY OF GENIUS EVENSONG THE TWINS THE LITTLE LADY "COMPANY MANNERS" IN FERVENT PRAISE OF PICNICS THE GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED PEOPLE THE BEST TIMES "HIK-TEE-DIK!" A CHRISTMAS MEMORY "OLD BOB WHITE" A SESSION WITH UNCLE SIDNEY: I ONE OF HIS ANIMAL STORIES II UNCLE BRIGHTENS UP III SINGS A "WINKY-TOODEN" SONG IV AND MAKES NURSERY RHYMES 1 THE DINERS IN THE KITCHEN 2 THE IMPERIOUS ANGLER 3 THE GATHERING OF THE CLANS 4 "IT" 5 THE DARING PRINCE [xi] A DUBIOUS "OLD KRISS" A SONG OF SINGING THE JAYBIRD A BEAR FAMILY SOME SONGS AFTER MASTER-SINGERS: I SONG II TO THE CHILD JULIA III THE DOLLY'S MOTHER IV WIND OF THE SEA V SUBTLETY VI BORN TO THE PURPLE OLD MAN WHISKERY-WHEE-KUM-WHEEZE LITTLE-GIRL-TWO-LITTLE-GIRLS A GUSTATORY ACHIEVEMENT CLIMATIC SORCERY A PARENT REPRIMANDED THE TREASURE OF THE WISE MAN FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS NOT IN CLASSIC LOOK, BUT RICH IN THE CHILD-SAGAS OF THE KITCHEN KNEEL, ALL GLOWING, TO THE COOL SPRING NO BOY KNOWS WHEN HE GOES TO SLEEP JAMESY ON THE SLACK-ROPE ACROSS THE ORCHARD WHILE ALL THE ARMY, FOLLOWING, IN CHORUS CHEERS AND SINGS WHERE IT GOES WHEN THE FIRE GOES OUT? THE FAIRY QUEEN OF THE SEASONS PORE PA! PORE PA! SQUINT' OUR EYES AN' LAUGH' AGAIN HE'S A-MARCHIN' ROUND THE ROOM THE OLD TREE SAYS HE'S ALL OUR TREE THEREFORE READ NO LONGER SHE'S BUT A RACING SCHOOL-GIRL [xiv] THEY WAS GOD'S PEOPLE THEM WUZ THE BEST TIMES EVER WUZ