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Horatio Alger, Jr.

January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
A Soldier's Valentine. Just from the sentry's tramp 40496
Apple-Blossoms. I sit in the shadow of apple-boughs, 24325
Barbara's Courtship. Tis just three months and eke a day, 71319
Bi-Centennial Ode From the door of the homestead the mother looks forth, 1860 40438
Carving A Name. I wrote my name upon the sand, 20486
For The Consecration Of A Cemetery. This verdant field that smiles to Heaven 24445
Friar Anselmo. Friar Anselmo (God's grace may he win!) 40333
Gone To The War. My Charlie has gone to the war, 42458
Grand'Ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving Underneath protected branches, from the highway just aloof; 72322
Harvard Odes. Fair Harvard, dear guide of our youth's golden days; 96445
He Discourseth Of A Common Prayer. Yet look at the thousands whose every day prayer, 4355
He Discourseth Of The Wherefore Of Bachelorism. What else do we live for in this world beside? 24374
He Discourseth Of Trouble And Sorrow. What else do they live for? They live but for this; 6381
He Discourseth Of What Some Mortals Live For. What else do they live for in this world beside? 15368
He Imploreth Mercy Upon Those Condemned With Fashionable Folly To Marry, And Illustrateth Their Condition. Now heaven in mercy be kind to the wretch, 24338
He Imploreth Merry For Other Unfortunate Beings. Now heaven in mercy be kind to the wretches 12338
He Moralizeth Upon What A Day May Bring Forth. To-morrow!" who'll warrant to-morrow we'll see? 25345
How The Author Sometimes Dines. And now by your leave I will try to expound it, 14439
John Maynard. Twas on Lake Erie's broad expanse 96377
June. Throw open wide your golden gates, 12350
King Cotton. King Cotton looks from his window 44480
Last Words. Dear Charlie," breathed a soldier, 88453
Little Charlie. A violet grew by the river-side, 40319
Merdle The Banker. Now Merdle this day having toss'd with his horns 10431
Mrs. Browning's Grave At Florence. Florence wears an added grace, 24300
Mrs. Merdle Accepteth Of A Slight Dinner, Suitable For A Woman Suffering With Dyspepsia. Some turkey? why yes--the least mite will suffice; 12392
Mrs. Merdle At Home. She Discourseth of Nothing to Eat and the Cost thereof. 44426
Mrs. Merdle Describeth Her Doctor. But he's an old fogy, you may know by this sign 10386
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Again On Dinner. But you are not eating, and I fear that the fish, 20381
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Hygiene And Fish Sauce. But this is concocted by rules so complete; 22401
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Pudding. A pudding! why yes, as I live, too, it's plum; 68394
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of The Necessity Of Good Wine And Other Matters. So while we are eating the fruits of the vine, 48484
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Things Earthly. No matter how costly or flimsy her dresses, 22425
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Things Eatable. Now Colonel, to husband you need not be winking, 14385
Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Of Wishes And Her Sufferings. If wishes were horses'--I've heard when a girl 20375
Mrs. Merdle Doubts Paradise's Uneating Pleasure. Though Houris are handsome, though lovely the place 18419
Mrs. Merdle Goes To Market. With prices outrageous they charge now for meat, 12420
Mrs. Merdle Ordereth The Second Course. Come, John, Jane, and Susan, the soup take away, 8388
Mrs. Merdle Suggesteth That Dinner Being Finished, The Gentlement Will Smoke. In The Meantime, She Discourseth. Now Merdle--now Colonel--I know you are waiting. 40367
Mrs. Merdle, Having "Nibbled A Little" For Two Hours At Dinner, Retireth From The Table Unsatisfied. I never have time to half finish my eating 14348
My Castle. I have a beautiful castle, 56302
Nothing To Eat I'll nibble a little at what I have got. 779345
Nothing To Eat. The Argument Though famine prevails not at all in the city; 16443
Out Of Egypt. To Egypt's king, who ruled beside 60441
Phoebe's Wooing. Phoebe! Phoebe! Where is the chit? 80312
Places Where Mortals Dine. The case, too, was urgent, for there stood a sinner, 26418
Rose In The Garden. Thirty years have come and gone, 84345
Song Of The Croaker. An old frog lived in a dismal swamp, 40455
St. Nicholas. In the far-off Polar seas, 79308
Summer Hours. It is the year's high noon, 40316

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About:
Horatio Alger, Jr. was a 19th-century American author who wrote approximately 135 dime novels. Many of his works have been described as rags to riches stories, illustrating how down-and-out boys might be able to achieve the American Dream of wealth and success through hard work, courage, determination, and concern for others.


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