Poetry Codex

American

Freeman E. Miller

1864–1951

Freeman E. Miller (1864–1951) was an American poet and teacher. The title page of his first book, Oklahoma and Other Poems (Buffalo: Charles Wells Moulton, 1895), names him as Professor of English Language and Literature in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Oklahoma Territory, and he dedicated the book to James Whitcomb Riley.

Oklahoma Sunshine (Stillwater: Advance Printing Company, 1905) gathers a year of the column of verse and prose he published in The Stillwater Advance from June 1904, much of it in homely farm and small-town dialect. This archive holds the verse of both books; the prose paragraphs of the second are left out.

Poems (269)

  1. Oklahoma
  2. The Race for Homes
  3. At Perry, September 16, 1893
  4. Sing Me a Song, O, Wind
  5. A Christmas Carol
  6. Years That Are to Be
  7. If We Don't or If We Do
  8. Dear Songs of My Country!
  9. July Fourth
  10. O, Gentle Shade of Quiet Woods
  11. Love
  12. Winters on the Farm
  13. O, Weak and Weary World!
  14. Ex Anima
  15. Lo, All the Age Is Rank With Wrong
  16. Love, Thou Gayest Fancy-Weaver
  17. The Farmer
  18. Nature Has a Thousand Choirs
  19. The Workingman
  20. Giving and Forgiving
  21. O, Sacred Souls That Grandly Sing
  22. Christmas Time
  23. Truest Heroes Are Unknown
  24. If We But Knew
  25. Hope
  26. Despondency
  27. If Love Were King
  28. Sing Me the Old Songs, Mother
  29. Two Lives
  30. Away, Away, From the Sultry Ways
  31. Spinsterhood
  32. Sweet Fairies From the Isles of Song
  33. Stanzas
  34. Make the Most of This Life
  35. The Songs That Mother Used to Sing
  36. Quaff the Glass, the Wine Is Red
  37. Good-Night
  38. Live Life With Love
  39. Discontent
  40. Stanzas
  41. The Way of the World
  42. My Shadow and I
  43. In the Vales
  44. The Willow
  45. At the Mill
  46. Shadow and Shine
  47. The Growth of Song
  48. Spring and Music
  49. Compensation
  50. My Mollie, O!
  51. Sing Not of Beauty
  52. At Eventide
  53. When Christmas Comes
  54. When Thou Art Near
  55. He Sleeps at Last
  56. When Fortunes Frown
  57. When We Shall Meet
  58. Sweet Eyes of Blue
  59. Had We Not Met
  60. A Sonnet
  61. Oklahoma,--A Sonnet
  62. Estranged
  63. Reconciled
  64. The Dying Hero
  65. Sonnet
  66. Greatness Lives Apart
  67. Poems
  68. Singer and Song
  69. To One Who Pledged Her Friendship
  70. The Banks O' Turkey Run
  71. Dreams
  72. My Philosophy
  73. A Busy Family
  74. Don't Grumble
  75. A Little of Love
  76. Don't Frown
  77. Jog Along
  78. The Harvest Time
  79. Mister Cantaloupe
  80. Get in the Game
  81. Dreaming
  82. A Jolly Good Game
  83. A Contented Farmer
  84. June Time
  85. The Candidate
  86. Good-bye, Dear Heart
  87. Toss a Kiss to Care
  88. The Glorious Fourth
  89. When the Bills Come Due
  90. There's No Use to Worry
  91. A Prayer
  92. A Song of Green Valleys
  93. What Shall It Matter, Dear?
  94. When the 'Phone Bell Rings
  95. The Negro's Warning
  96. Hands Around, My Honey
  97. Best of All
  98. Don't Worry or Fret, My Dearie!
  99. Hope
  100. To One Departed
  101. When the Dollar Pounds the Door
  102. Don't You Grumble
  103. Keep Away from Trouble
  104. The Darky's Heaven
  105. Minnows and Big Fish
  106. The Weather Man's Mistakes
  107. In Supplication
  108. When the Roas'in'-Ears Air Plenty
  109. Don't You Fret
  110. Doing Pretty Well
  111. In Prayer
  112. The Little Boy Land
  113. Be Strong to Dare
  114. When Mr. Money Comes to Town
  115. Feelin' Fine
  116. The Little Feet
  117. Love's Dream
  118. The Quest
  119. To the World!
  120. The Glory Train
  121. The Bright Day
  122. Pretty Good World
  123. We Sat and Talked of Other Days
  124. The World All Right
  125. God Give Us Change!
  126. Stand Pat
  127. The Valleys of Rest
  128. The Quest for Joy
  129. Too Busy
  130. When the Crow's Feet Come
  131. A Welcome for Winter
  132. The Defeated
  133. See the Side-Show
  134. Love Brings the Song
  135. Mistah Cotton
  136. Hear the Song
  137. When Canderdates Git After Pa
  138. The Lord is Good to Me
  139. Forgotten
  140. Give Us More
  141. In Yearning Mood
  142. On the Road to Riches
  143. When Troubles Come, My Honey
  144. Be Patient
  145. To the Light
  146. In the Light
  147. The Sunshine Song
  148. The Lights of Home
  149. When the Campaign Liar Quits
  150. Thank the Lord for Work
  151. Sing a Song of Sunshine
  152. Better Hide Out
  153. Thanksgiving Hymn
  154. When Pa Puts Up the Stove
  155. The Meal Ticket Man
  156. Our Joe's at Home Agin
  157. In the Shine
  158. The Sunshine Way
  159. Never Worry
  160. Signs of Winter
  161. Keep Them Alive
  162. The Christmas Fiddles
  163. So Santa Claus'll Come
  164. The Women and the Bill
  165. The Charity Ball
  166. The Santa Claus Boy
  167. 'Twill All Come Right
  168. Good-bye to Trouble
  169. To the Lonesome Fiddle
  170. If Santa Claus Don't Come
  171. The Call of the Fiddle
  172. The Greatest Gift
  173. For the New Year
  174. Finally
  175. Life
  176. The Third House
  177. Sing a Little
  178. Evil Prophets
  179. A New Year's Resolution
  180. To the Love Lands!
  181. Trudge Along
  182. A True Hero
  183. Never Mind the Hills
  184. He Voted "Graft"
  185. Joy is Here
  186. Something Left
  187. A Blazing Future
  188. The Legislative Pass
  189. At Rest
  190. With a Song
  191. De Hant!
  192. That New Year Resolution
  193. Said Governor Tom
  194. Mister Ground Hog
  195. When Trouble Came
  196. Look out for Trouble
  197. The Good Times Song
  198. On Behalf of the Minority
  199. At Valentine's Day
  200. A Valentine
  201. Life's Way
  202. Uncle Joe and Statehood
  203. The Sunny Side
  204. Keep Busy
  205. Wait Awhile
  206. At the End
  207. Good Morning,--Good Night!
  208. Kansas Has Her Dander Up
  209. Rolling on to Glory
  210. Don't Fall Out with Life
  211. Away from the Winter
  212. Just be Patient
  213. Off the Reservation
  214. Don't Trade with Trouble
  215. Life and Love
  216. Where Love Abides
  217. Keep in the Light
  218. A Memory
  219. Sunny Side Out
  220. Fishing Time
  221. The Days
  222. When the Birds Come Back
  223. Mister Blue-bird
  224. Say Good-bye to Sorrow
  225. The Call of the Master
  226. The Baby's Hand
  227. All Fool's Day
  228. In the Orchards of Spring
  229. Sunshine or Shadow
  230. Dreams
  231. Teddy's on a Hunting Trip
  232. In April Days
  233. Without Embarassment
  234. When Teddy Squares the Deal
  235. A Date with Joy
  236. The Gods and the Man-Child
  237. April 22, 1889-1905
  238. Willie's Easter
  239. The Blossom Ways
  240. A Modern Love Story
  241. Better Hurry
  242. If Love Abides
  243. The Rim of the Circle
  244. Playing the Game
  245. My Heritage
  246. Shadow and Shine
  247. The Quest
  248. Brighter than the Dreams
  249. Howdy, Mister Summer
  250. Still Going
  251. At the Turning of the Lane
  252. At the Twilight
  253. Upward
  254. Quit Grieving
  255. You Sang to Me, Dear!
  256. Jist a-Wushin'!
  257. A Happy Farmer
  258. In the Lap of Spring
  259. Loafing
  260. The Grip of the Prairies
  261. The Meadows of Morning
  262. Fields of May
  263. The Journey
  264. When the Sad Time Ends
  265. The Books
  266. Move Along
  267. The Sage
  268. Still Onward
  269. Finis

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