Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES TO AN ONSETTLED YOUNG MAN, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O what is life at last,' says Last Line: Hit's jes' the thing yer lookin' fer! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Death; Life; Love; Dead, The | ||||||||
"O' WHAT is Life at last," says you, "'At woman-folks and man-folks too, Cain't oncomplainin', worry through? "An' what is Love, 'at no one yit 'At's monkeyed with it kin forgit, Er gits fat on remember'n hit? "An' what is Death?" -- W'y, looky hyur -- Ef Life an' Love don't suit you, sir, Hit's jes' the thing yer lookin' fer! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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