{"id":113,"date":"2013-02-12T14:59:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T19:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/?p=113"},"modified":"2013-02-20T16:21:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T21:21:37","slug":"poems-to-consider-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/poems-to-consider-for-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Poems to consider for Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-113 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/poems-to-consider-for-valentines-day\/dutchman\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/files\/2013\/02\/dutchman-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-114\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-114'>\n\t\t\t\tDumpty Humpty\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/poems-to-consider-for-valentines-day\/pn970_t67_c5_1871-maggie\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/files\/2013\/02\/PN970_T67_C5_1871-maggie-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-115\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-115'>\n\t\t\t\tWhen You and I Were Young, Maggie\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/poems-to-consider-for-valentines-day\/clowns-book-cover\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/files\/2013\/02\/clowns-book-cover-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-116\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-116'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Clown&#8217;s Song Book\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Looking for the right thing to say? These stories of love and loss are found in <a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcgill.ca\/F\/?func=item-global&amp;doc_library=MGU01&amp;doc_number=003376278&amp;year=&amp;volume=&amp;sub_library=RBD\">The Clown&#8217;s Song Book<\/a> (published by the Torrey Brothers of 13 Spruce-Street, New York), found in the Sheila R. Bourke Collection of chapbooks.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>When You and I were Young, Maggie.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em> I wandered, to-day, to the hill, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> To watch the scenes below ;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The creek, and the creaking old mill, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> As we used to, long ago.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The green grove has gone from the hill, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Where first the daisies sprung;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> The creaking old mill is still, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Since you and I were young!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CHORUS :<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And now we are aged and grey, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And the trials of life nearly done ;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Let us sing of the days that are gone, Maggie.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When you and I were young !<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A city so silent and lone, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Where the young and the gay and the best,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> In polished white mansions of stone, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Have each found a place of rest,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Is built where the birds used to play, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> And join in the songs that were sung\u2014<\/em><br \/>\n<em> For, we sang as gay as they, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When you and I were young !<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They say I am feeble with age, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> My steps are less sprightly than then ;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> My face is a well-written page, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But time alone was the pen !<\/em><br \/>\n<em> They say we are aged and grey, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> As sprays by the white breakers flung ;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> But to me you\u2019re as fair as you were, Maggie,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> When you and I were young !<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dumpty Humpty.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em> I\u2019m a proken-hearted Dutchman, A boor old blayed oud Dutchman :<\/em><br \/>\n<em> My vife\u2019s she\u2019s vent und gone, Und run avay, und giftf to me der shake.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> She\u2019s gone and jined Sorosis, Der Yommen\u2019s Righd\u2019s Sorosis :<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Und vile she\u2019s hafing pully dimes, I dink my heart vill preak.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>CHORUS :<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Oh ! my Dumpty Humpty\u2019s gone oud from my sighd, Und ve mighd hafe peen so habby, yes ve mighd,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Put now she\u2019s gone avay to peen a vommen&#8217;s righd, Und I bed dat she\u2019s got a dozen husman\u2019s more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She vas so nice und poody, So shblendid und so poody\u2014<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Ven I married her I nefer dinked, Dat she can use me so.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Pud she\u2019s goned avay und greaved me, Gone righd off und leaved me,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Und now my heart\u2019s dat pusted, I vant you all to know.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Put I must go und find her, Go on der shly und find her,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Bhust go righd up pehind her, Und to her I vill say:<\/em><br \/>\n<em> \u201cYou dought dat I vas shooken, Pnt you find you are mistooken ;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You can\u2019t fool me, Louisa, &#8216;Cause I voon\u2019d pe fooled dat vay.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now, my friends, took a varning, Led my fade pe a varning ;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Dem vommens dem is all alike, Und I ped you dad its drue.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> You can loaf dem and caress dem, Fix dem up und dress dem,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Dey vill bead you if dey got a shance, Und go vay und shook you, too.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for the right thing to say? These stories of love and loss are found in The Clown&#8217;s Song Book (published by the Torrey Brothers of 13 Spruce-Street, New York), found in the Sheila R. Bourke Collection of chapbooks. When &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/poems-to-consider-for-valentines-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}