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My Valued Ruby

My Valued Ruby

by Perry Honce McGee

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Author
McGee, Perry Honce
Title
My Valued Ruby: Poems
Credits
Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
African Americans -- Poetry
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 64030
Release Date
December 12, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.My Valued Ruby
  2. 2.DEDICATION
  3. 3.CONTENTS — My Valued Ruby
  4. 4.THE STAR OF LIBERIA
  5. 5.DEFENSE
  6. 6.LOVE’S PRECAUTION
  7. 7.ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
  8. 8.EIGHT NOBLEMEN
  9. 9.MY RUBY MONTROSE
  10. 10.A LIFELONG HAPPINESS
  11. 11.THE EVILS OF ALCOHOL
  12. 12.THE SUNSHINE OF YESTERDAY
  13. 13.GINGER BAY OUTING
  14. 14.MY WIFE
  15. 15.E’ER JANUWAH DE 2
  16. 16.FATE AND TIME
  17. 17.AFTER DE TOUN HALL SUPPER
  18. 18.WHAT WE OUGHT TO KNOW
  19. 19.SIE RANKENS AND HIS WIFE LIZZ (Satisfied)
  20. 20.LIEUTENANT RUFF
  21. 21.THE PARSON’S RESOLUTION
  22. 22.ON SUNDAY MORN
  23. 23.TOAST
  24. 24.MY LITTLE GIRL
  25. 25.A POET’S WIFE
  26. 26.A FROSTY MORN
  27. 27.THE LITTLE TOE DANCER
  28. 28.A SPARK OF LOVE
  29. 29.THE DEATH OF MRS. WORMSLEY
  30. 30.EASTER ROSES (To Mrs. Perry Honce McGee)
  31. 31.EYES
  32. 32.LAZY MULE
  33. 33.THROUGH THE MILL
  34. 34.A DROOPING ROSE
  35. 35.BECKER’S JEALOUSY
  36. 36.TRUELET
  37. 37.INCH BY INCH
  38. 38.THE PLACE WHERE LITTLE MARY LIVES
  39. 39.A QUESTION
  40. 40.MR. FINK
  41. 41.GRAY HEADS
  42. 42.HER SOLEMN THOUGHTS
  43. 43.YOUR EYES AND MY EYES
  44. 44.NATURAL BORN COLORED MAN
  45. 45.A BLOT ON LOVE
  46. 46.DE GOLDEN COW
  47. 47.MEMORIES
  48. 48.YOU ARE
  49. 49.GRAY EYES
  50. 50.PICNIC DAY
  51. 51.JUST AN IRISHMAN’S WAY
  52. 52.OFTEN TOLD
  53. 53.VIOLET AND YOU
  54. 54.MY WILL
  55. 55.OLEGRIA Composed May 27, 1920.
  56. 56.IN AN ALL OLD ROSE
  57. 57.LOVE’S REFLECTIONS
  58. 58.SUMMER IS GONE
  59. 59.IDLENESS
  60. 60.A SHADOW ON THE BEAUTY OF LIFE
  61. 61.HAPPY AND SORROW
  62. 62.THE SHAWL OF SIN
  63. 63.NATURE
  64. 64.DEMOCRACY
  65. 65.BREATH OF LOVE
  66. 66.THE CONVICT
  67. 67.ALWAYS
  68. 68.ALL
  69. 69.FADED LOVE
  70. 70.WHERE THE SUN NE’ER KISSED
  71. 71.THE BREATH OF A ROSE
  72. 72.THE WILD ROSE
  73. 73.A SONG OF A BROKEN HEART
  74. 74.THE END OF LIFE
  75. 75.A POET’S DARK DAY
  76. 76.MY THOUGHTS OF YOU
  77. 77.GOOD SPIRIT
  78. 78.A POET’S POWER
  79. 79.ROUGH ROAD
  80. 80.A POET’S THOUGHTS
  81. 81.WHAT WE GET
  82. 82.HIDDEN THOUGHTS
  83. 83.THE BEE AND THE ROSE
  84. 84.EASTER GREETING (To my wife Ruby)
  85. 85.A DIFFERENCE
  86. 86.MILDRED AND MARIE
  87. 87.LOVE DREAM
  88. 88.SADNESS
  89. 89.THERE MUST BE
  90. 90.MY DAILY PRAYER
  91. 91.THE THOUGHT OF A HUSBAND
  92. 92.MY LIKES
  93. 93.TO ALL
  94. 94.UNACQUAINTED
  95. 95.A SMILE
  96. 96.MOTHER’S DAY
  97. 97.THE BIRDS THAT SING TO ME
  98. 98.DREAM OF BYGONES
  99. 99.WHENE’ER CONSCIENCE SPEAKS
  100. 100.THE PLUCK OF A POET
  101. 101.LIFE PLAIN AS DAY
  102. 102.ONE SAD MORN
  103. 103.MY VIEW
  104. 104.THE FADING ROSES
  105. 105.FOR A WHILE
  106. 106.HEARTS THAT ARE TRUE
  107. 107.MY LOVE FOR YOU
  108. 108.MY LOVE
  109. 109.EVE DROPPER
  110. 110.MY DEAR BELOVED MOTHER
  111. 111.HIS LAST HOUR
  112. 112.IF I DARE
  113. 113.JUST NOW
  114. 114.THE VOICE OF A ROSE
  115. 115.A PHOTO
  116. 116.GOOD FATE
  117. 117.SPRINGTIME
  118. 118.MY HEAVENLY THOUGHTS
  119. 119.A POET’S PIER
  120. 120.WELCOME SPRING
  121. 121.MY RUBY MONTROSE
  122. 122.BEAUTY AND UGLY
  123. 123.THE BLESSING OF GOD
  124. 124.SIXTY-ONE
  125. 125.A VISION FROM THE FIRESIDE
  126. 126.THORNY LOVE
  127. 127.THE BATTLE OF HEARTS
  128. 128.TO REMIND YOU
  129. 129.JUST TO REMIND YOU
  130. 130.THE SINKING SHIP
  131. 131.SPRING’S EASTER LILY (To my wife Ruby)
  132. 132.MY SHIP OF THOUGHTS
  133. 133.THE SOUL OF A BUD
  134. 134.ONE’S NEXT BEST FRIEND
  135. 135.CREATION
  136. 136.HUMIN TU DE AIR
  137. 137.IN MY THOUGHTS OF YOU
  138. 138.MY DEAREST DARLING RUBY
  139. 139.HERE AND THERE
  140. 140.ONE SWEET DREAM
  141. 141.DARLING EDNA MAY (To Mr. and Mrs. Poindexter)
  142. 142.LIFE’S PRETTY WAY
  143. 143.RAS BAYLEM’S SPEECH
  144. 144.MY DREAM
  145. 145.A SAILOR’S FATE
  146. 146.AT EVE
  147. 147.SHE SAID. THEN HE SAID THE REST
  148. 148.TRUE
  149. 149.CUPID
  150. 150.MY THOUGHTS OF IT
  151. 151.THE THOUGHT OF A CHILD
  152. 152.A GENIUS
  153. 153.FOR MY HEART
  154. 154.ROUND RY ROUND
  155. 155.A THOUGHT WE SHOULD HAVE

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