WHEN your "Uncle Jim" was younger, In the days of childish hunger For the honey of such verses As this little book rehearses In such sweet simplicity, -- Just the simple gift that this is Would have brimmed his heart with blisses Sweet as Hattie's sweetest kisses, On her anniversary. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN A GONDOLA by ROBERT BROWNING THE MASK by CLARISSA SCOTT DELANY CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK IN THE MILE END ROAD by AMY LEVY COMMEMORATION ODE READ AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A FAREWELL TO AMERICA, TO MRS. S. W. by PHILLIS WHEATLEY DEAD LOVE by MARY MATHEWS ADAMS |