Sam Walter Foss was an American librarian and poet whose works included The House by the Side of the Road and The Coming American. Wikipedia
“Strew gladness on the paths of men—
You will not pass this way again.”
I shall not pass this Way again, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). The title of this poem derives from a saying of William Penn.
The Calf-Path http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Calf_Path, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“We felt the universe wuz safe, an' God wuz on his throne.”
The volunteer Organist, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“There are purple grapes in the Land of Git-Thare.”
The Land of Git-Thare, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Things that did n't occur, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
"The Coming American" (July 4, 1894), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The sweet mellifluous milking of the cow.”
The Milking of the Cow, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Inventor, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
