James Whitcomb Riley, né le 7 octobre 1849 à Greenfield, Indiana et mort le 22 juillet 1916 à Indianapolis, est un écrivain et un poète américain. Wikipedia
“O’er folded blooms
On swirls of musk,
The beetle booms adown the glooms
And bumps along the dusk.”
The Beetle.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The ripest peach is highest on the tree.”
The Ripest Peach.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“An’ the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
Ef you don’t watch out.”
Little Orphant Annie.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Beetle.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)