Living
On Any Ordenary Man in a High State of Laughture and Delight
From Neghborly Poems (1891)
Living
As it's give' me to percieve,
I most certin'y believe
When a man's jest glad plum through,
God's pleased with him, same as you.
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “On Any Ordenary Man in a High State of Laughture and Delight.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/389/.
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “On Any Ordenary Man in a High State of Laughture and Delight.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/389/.
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