![]() ![]() Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock. Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossums on the trees,Īnd the mumble of the hummin'-birds and buzzin' of the bees īut the air's so appetizin' and the landscape through the haze When the heat of summer's over and the coolin' fall is here. They's something kindo' harty-like about the atmusfere When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,Īs he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes to feed the stock, ![]() O, it's then's the times a feller is a-feelin' at his best, When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,Īnd you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock,Īnd the clackin' of the guineys, and the cluckin' of the hens,Īnd the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence We recommend this YouTube video of Kent Risley reciting this poem. On Any Ordinery Man in a High State of Laughtur and Delight Purchase AO's Volume 2 poetry collection, which includes de la Mare, Field, Riley, and Rossetti in paperback or Kindle ( $amzn) ( K)ġ2. AmblesideOnline has a resource page about dialect poetry to help with poetry using regional dialect. We compiled a brief biography of Riley for you. Home > By Subject > Poetry > Poems of James Whitcomb Riley, 1849-1916 Poems of James Whitcomb Riley, 1849-1916 ![]()
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