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A Little Book of Western Verse

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A Little Book of Western Verse

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The Duel

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Famous Eugene Field Quotes

“But I, when I undress me
Each night, upon my knees
Will ask the Lord to bless me
With apple-pie and cheese.”

Eugene Field

“No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.”

Eugene Field

“I feel a sort of yearnin' 'nd a chokin' in my throat
When I think of Red Hoss Mountain 'nd of Casey's tabble dote!”

Eugene Field A Little Book of Western Verse

Casey's Table d'Hôte http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/westernandotherverse/caseystabledhote.html, st. 1 A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

“All good and true book-lovers practice the pleasing and improving avocation of reading in bed… No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.”

Eugene Field

Source: The Love Affairs of a Bibliomaniac

“Father calls me William, sister calls me Will,
Mother calls me Willie, but the fellers call me Bill!
Mighty glad I ain't a girl—ruther be a boy,
Without them sashes, curls, an' things that 's worn by Fauntleroy!
Love to chawnk green apples an' go swimmin' in the lake—
Hate to take the castor-ile they give for bellyache!
'Most all the time, the whole year round, there ain't no flies on me,
But jest 'fore Christmas I'm as good as I kin be!”

Eugene Field

Jest 'Fore Christmas http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/poemsofchildhood/jestforechristmas.html, st. 1 Love Songs of Childhood (1894)

“When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred,
He quoth: "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!"”

Eugene Field A Little Book of Western Verse

The Bottle and the Bird, st. 1
A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

Eugene Field Quotes about dogs

“The gingham dog and the calico cat
Side by side on the table sat;
'T was half-past twelve, and (what do you think!)
Nor one nor t' other had slept a wink!
The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate
Appeared to know as sure as fate
There was going to be a terrible spat.
: (I wasn't there; I simply state
What was told to me by the Chinese plate!)”

Eugene Field

The Duel, st. 1 http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/poemsofchildhood/theduel.html Love Songs of Childhood (1894)

“The little toy dog is covered with dust,
But sturdy and stanch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with rust,
And his musket moulds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was new,
And the soldier was passing fair;
And that was the time when our Little Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.”

Eugene Field

Little Boy Blue http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/poemsofchildhood/littleboyblue.html, st. 1 Love Songs of Childhood (1894)

“Next morning, where the two had sat
They found no trace of dog or cat;
And some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole that pair away!
But the truth about the cat and pup
Is this: they ate each other up!
Now what do you really think of that!
: (The old Dutch clock it told me so,
And that is how I came to know.)”

Eugene Field The Duel

"The Duel", st. 4
Love Songs of Childhood (1894)

Eugene Field Quotes

“Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum: it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other.”

Eugene Field

The Writings in Prose and Verse of Eugene Field: The love affairs of a Bibliomaniac (1896), Ch. IV : The Mania of Collecting Seizes Me, p. 44
Context: Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum: it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other. Within the compass of five generations we find the Puritan first an uncompromising believer in demonology and magic, and then a scoffer at everything involving the play of fancy.

“It always was the biggest fish I caught that got away.”

Eugene Field A Little Book of Western Verse

Our Biggest Fish, st. 2
A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

“He could whip his weight in wildcats.”

Eugene Field A Little Book of Western Verse

Modjesky as Cameel http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/westernandotherverse/modjeskyascameel.html, st. 10 A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

“The best of all physicians
Is apple pie and cheese!”

Eugene Field A Little Book of Western Verse

Apple Pie and Cheese, st. 5
A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)

“Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe—
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.”

Eugene Field

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/poemsofchildhood/wynkenblynkenandnod.html, st. 1 Love Songs of Childhood (1894)

“Oh, you who've been a-fishing will indorse me
when I say
That it always is the biggest fish you catch that
gets away!”

Eugene Field A Little Book of Western Verse

Our Biggest Fish http://books.google.com/books?id=odM-AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Oh+you+who've+been+a-fishing+will+indorse+me+when+I+say+That+it+always+is+the+biggest+fish+you+catch+that+gets+away%22&pg=PA184#v=onepage, st. 4 A Little Book of Western Verse (1889)