The Project Gutenberg eBook, Oklahoma Sunshine, by Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller
Title: Oklahoma Sunshine
Author: Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin) Miller
Release Date: May 6, 2009 [eBook #28706]
Language: English
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Oklahoma
Sunshine.
By Freeman E. Miller,
Author of "Oklahoma and other Poems,"
"Songs from the South-West
Country," etc.
Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The Advance Printing Company.
1905.
Copyright, 1905,
By
Freeman E. Miller.
All Rights Reserved.
The Gospel of Sunshine is the one Supreme Evangel, the Religion of Love is Mankind's most Universal Creed. They hold in their divine Baptisms the Winning of the Heart to Happiness, the Wooing of the Soul to Heaven.
The Author.
Beginning with June 9, 1904, there was a column of verse and prose published in "The Stillwater Advance" under the caption "Oklahoma Sunshine." These were written in the moments of a busy life, amid the crowding of sterner things, and many of them found a wide circulation in the fugitive publications of the day. So many persons have offered expressions of being pleased and helped by them that they are here presented in a more permanent form. The following comprise the year from June, 1904, to June, 1905.
CONTENTS.
VERSES.
PAGE A Busy Family, 4 A Blazing Future, 185 A Contented Farmer, 19 A Date With Joy, 265 A Happy Farmer, 299 A Jolly Good Game, 18 A Little of Love, 6 All Fool's Day, 249 A Memory, 232 A Modern Love Story, 276 A New Year's Resolution, 174 A Prayer, 29 April 22, 1889-1905, 269 A Song of Green Valleys, 30 At Rest, 188 A True Hero, 181 At the End, 214 At the Turning of the Lane, 289 At the Twilight, 290 At Valentine's Day, 204 A Valentine, 207 A Welcome for Winter, 97 Away from the Winter,Be Patient, 116 Be Strong to Dare, 69 Best of All, 39 Better Hide Out, 129 Better Hurray, 277 Brighter than the Dreams, 286
De Hant, 190 Doing Pretty Well, 62 Don't Fall out with Life, 220 Don't Frown, 8 Don't Grumble, 5 Don't Trade with Trouble, 227 Don't Worry or Fret, My Dearie, 40 Don't You Fret, 61 Don't You Grumble, 46 Dreaming, 17 Dreams, 1, 254,
Evil Prophets, 173
Feelin' Fine, 71 Fields of May, 305 Finally, 167 Finis, 312 Fishing Time, 234 For the New Year, 166 Forgotten, 113
Give Us More, 113 Get in the Game, 15 God Give Us Change, 87 Good-bye, Dear Heart, 22 Good-bye to Trouble, 158 Good Morning,—Good Night, 216
Hands Around, My Honey, 38 He Voted "Graft", 182 Hear the Song, 106
If Love Abides, 277 If Santa Claus Don't Come, 162 In April Days, 260 In Prayer, 65 In Supplication, 57 In the Lap of Spring, 300 In the Light, 120 In the Orchards of Spring, 252 In the Shine, 138 In Yearning Mood, 114
Jist a-Wushin', 298 Jog Along, 9 Joy is Here, 184 June Time, 21 Just Be Patient, 223
Kansas Has her Dander up, 217 Keep Away from Trouble, 48 Keep Busy, 212 Keep in the Light, 229 Keep them Alive, 145
Life, 168 Life and Love, 228 Life's Way, 208 Loafing, 300 Look out for Trouble, 198 Love Brings the Song, 104 Love's Dream, 74
Minnows and Big Fish, 50 Mistah Cotton, 105 Mister Blue Bird, 239 Mister Cantaloupe, 13 Mister Ground Hog,
Never Mind the Hills, 182 Never Worry, 142
Off the Reservation, 224 On Behalf of the Minority, 201 On the Road to Riches, 115 Our Joe's at Home Agin, 136
Playing the Game, 280 Pretty Good World, 83
Quit Grieving, 293
Rolling on to Glory, 219
Said, Governor Tom, 193 Say Good-bye to Sorrow, 241 See the Side-Show, 102 Shadow and Shine, 285 Signs of Winter, 144 Sing a Little, 172 Sing a Song of Sunshine, 128 Something Left, 184 So Santa Claus'll Come, 148 Stand Pat, 89 Still Going, 288 Still Onward, 312 Sunny Side Out, 233 Sunshine or Shadow, 253
Teddy's on a Hunting Trip, 255 Thanksgiving Hymn, 130 Thank the Lord for Work,
Uncle Joe and Statehood, 209 Upward, 292
Wait Awhile, 213 We Sat and Talked of Other Days, 84 What Shall it Matter, Dear, 34 When Canderdates Git After Pa, 108 When Mr. Money Comes to Town, 70 When Pa Puts Up the Stove, 132 When Teddy Squares the Deal, 264 When the Bills Come Due, 26 When the Birds Come Back, 236 When the Campaign Liar Quits, 126 When the Crow's Feet Come, 96 When the Dollar Pounds the Door, 44 When the 'Phone Bell Rings,
You Sang to me, Dear, 296
PROSE.
A Doubtful Voter, 112 A Fine Job, 180 A Happy Dream, 288 A Hard Winter Ahead, 152 A Hard World, 175 An Incurable, 215 Another Vintage, 112 A Popular Preacher, 215 A Quartette of Don'ts, 176 Ate Boys Himself, 32 A Troublesome Set, 5 Caught on the Fly, 3, 7, 16, 20, 25, 33, 35, 41, 48, 55, 63, 68, 71, 73, 81, 85,94, 98,
179, 183, 188, 191, 194, 208, 211, 219, 226, 246, 248, 254,
263, 268, 272, 283, 295, 297, 303.
Duly Thankful, 131
Enough Heaven for Him, 47
He has Lived in Vain, 239 Hell and Heaven, 20 His Platform, 133
If we Were Wise, 168 In the Best Society, 69 In the Legislature, 200 It Died Young, 176 Its Principal Work, 207
Life's Eternities, 234 Little Sermons, 40, 51, 83, 104, 110,
153, 159, 175, 181, 187, 191, 195, 206, 213, 227,
233, 235, 246, 259, 261, 274, 281, 286, 287, 289,
295.
Mighty Lonesome, 128
Nice Doctrine, 138 Nobody Hurt, 199 No Encouragement, 301 No Room for Bankruptcy, 49 Not Afraid, 185
One Drawback, 144
Play Ball, 171 Plenty of Exercise, 52 Providence Takes Care of his Own, 113
Rainy Weather, 14 Remembered by Santa Claus, 172 Richly Deserved, 232
Small Bills, 211 Snake Bit, 309 Sooner Sayings,
The Frying Pan, 76 The Ignorance of the Court, 92 The Real Article, 53 The Real Question, 139 The Same Old Gifts, 164 The Sooners, 88 The Spirit of Compromise, 38 The Kingbolt Philosopher, 4, 10, 12, 24, 28, 33, 37, 39, 45, 61, 64, 65, 68,
82, 86, 99. Too Much Prosperity, 159