Poem · 1897

Rubáiyát of Doc Sifers

by James Whitcomb Riley

A Hoosier country doctor, Doc Sifers, is sketched in numbered quatrain-stanzas in Indiana dialect, from his rounds on horseback and his fire-fighting to his plain-spoken kindness.

Contents · 12 parts

• Dedicatory Verses40 lines
• Stanzas I–X80 lines
• Stanzas XI–XX80 lines
• Stanzas XXI–XXX80 lines
• Stanzas XXXI–XL80 lines
• Stanzas XLI–L80 lines
• Stanzas LI–LX80 lines
• Stanzas LXI–LXX80 lines
• Stanzas LXXI–LXXX80 lines
• Stanzas LXXXI–XC80 lines
• Stanzas XCI–C80 lines
• Stanzas CI–CV40 lines

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