The following are scans of poems mostly written by amateur poets who were subcribers to the newspaper or magazine in which the poem was printed. This was fairly common practice in the 19th Century. They are from original newspapers and magazines from the 1800's. We will be adding many more items to this category as we have time - check back periodically.
1. A Moving Sunbeam - Click Here
2. The Milestones - (a poem on aging) - Click Here
3. A Literary Curiosity - Click Here
4. Sun and Shadow - Oliver Wendell Holmes - Click Here
5. My Vase - Click Here
6. The Homestead - Click Here
7. A Lost Chord by Adelaide Proctor - Click Here
8. The Baby's Stocking - Click Here
9. Pink Hyacinths by Minnie Quinn - Click Here
10. Sunshine In Winter - Click Here
11. My Evergreen Tree by Mrs. M. C. Allen - Click Here
12. The Song Of The Wind by J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
13. An Old Hand - Click Here
14. Slander - Click Here
15. Skating by J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
16. Song At A Silver Wedding by Dr. J. G. Holland - Click Here
17. The Haunted Chamber - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
18. Floating - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
19. Playing Checkers - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
20. The Evening Clouds - Click Here
21. Going Alone - Click Here
22. Who Is My Neighbor - Click Here
23. The Cow - Click Here
24. The Song Of The Daisy - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
25. Snow Flakes - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
26. There's Work Enough To Do - Click Here
27. The Robins Have Come Back Again - Click Here
28. Honor To The Plow - Click Here
29. Down The Hudson - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
30. By The River - Click Here
31. Charity by Clark Arnold, Mount Aerial, KY - Click Here
32. Green Things Growing - Click Here
33. Consider The Lilies Of The Field by W. H. Ellis - Click Here
34. Going To The District School - Click Here
32. The Gift Of A Rose - Click Here
35. Old Folks - Click Here
36. Out In The Meadows - Click Here
37. Pretty Is As Pretty Does - by Alice Cary - Click Here
38. The Two Rings by J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
39. Good Deeds - Click Here
40. The Death Of Summer - Click Here
41. Life by J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
42. The Farmer's Wife - Click Here
43. The Farmer Feedeth All - Click Here
44. Speak No Ill b Charles Swain - Click Here
45. The Shell by Tennyson - Click Here
46. Description Of A Good Cow by Dr. Anderson - Click Here
47. The Good Old Plow- Sung By The Hutchinson Family - Click Here
48. Farmer's Girls - Click Here
49. The Frog - Click Here
50. Pumpkin Pies - By a Vermonter - Click Here
51. Whittling - A Yankeee Portrait By Rev. J. Pierpont - Click Here
52. My Little Cousins - Click Here
53. Fill No Glass For Me - Stephen Foster - Click Here
54. The Thistle In The Heart - Click Here
55. Song Craft by Charlotte M. Packard, Brunswick, ME - Click Here
56. Popcorn - y Mervin Hull, Weston, MA - Click Here
57. Easter by Lillie E. Barr , John's Island, SC - Click Here
58. Good Friday - Easter - by Mary McLanathan - New York - Click Here
59. At Set Of Moon - Celia Thaxter - Isle Of Shoals, NH - Click Here
60. Glimpses - by John B. Tabb - St. Mary's Seminary - Baltimore, MD - Click Here
61. The Firecracker Fiend - by W. W. Fink - Click Here
62. Among The Buttercups - Susan Coolidge - Newport, RI - Click Here
63. The Answer - Frances L. Mace - Bangor, ME - Click Here
64. Two Brave Little Sailors - By Margaret Sidney - Click Here
65. The House By The Side Of The Road - Sam Walter Foss - Somerville, MA - Click Here
66. Ma Petite - A Valentine - by Sarah J. Burke - Brooklyn, NY- Click Here
67. She'd Never Had A Valentine - by Josephine Pollard - New York - Click Here
68. Origin Of The Four Leaf Clover by Margaret R. Himes - Gettysburg, PA - Click Here
69. An Epitaph For Two - Louise Imogen Guiney - Auburndale, MA - Click Here
70. To A Chrysanthemum by Harrison S. Morris - Philadelphia - Click Here
71. The Brook Accompaniment by Frank Dempster Sherman New York, NY - Click Here
72. The Happy Autumn Fields - by James Lane Allen - Lexington, KY - Click Here
73. While We May - Click Here
74. Spring - by Bessie Chandler - Click Here
75. To Busy Housewives - Click Here
76. Talking In Their Sleep - Click Here
2. The Milestones - (a poem on aging) - Click Here
3. A Literary Curiosity - Click Here
4. Sun and Shadow - Oliver Wendell Holmes - Click Here
5. My Vase - Click Here
6. The Homestead - Click Here
7. A Lost Chord by Adelaide Proctor - Click Here
8. The Baby's Stocking - Click Here
9. Pink Hyacinths by Minnie Quinn - Click Here
10. Sunshine In Winter - Click Here
11. My Evergreen Tree by Mrs. M. C. Allen - Click Here
12. The Song Of The Wind by J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
13. An Old Hand - Click Here
14. Slander - Click Here
15. Skating by J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
16. Song At A Silver Wedding by Dr. J. G. Holland - Click Here
17. The Haunted Chamber - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
18. Floating - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
19. Playing Checkers - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
20. The Evening Clouds - Click Here
21. Going Alone - Click Here
22. Who Is My Neighbor - Click Here
23. The Cow - Click Here
24. The Song Of The Daisy - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
25. Snow Flakes - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
26. There's Work Enough To Do - Click Here
27. The Robins Have Come Back Again - Click Here
28. Honor To The Plow - Click Here
29. Down The Hudson - J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
30. By The River - Click Here
31. Charity by Clark Arnold, Mount Aerial, KY - Click Here
32. Green Things Growing - Click Here
33. Consider The Lilies Of The Field by W. H. Ellis - Click Here
34. Going To The District School - Click Here
32. The Gift Of A Rose - Click Here
35. Old Folks - Click Here
36. Out In The Meadows - Click Here
37. Pretty Is As Pretty Does - by Alice Cary - Click Here
38. The Two Rings by J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
39. Good Deeds - Click Here
40. The Death Of Summer - Click Here
41. Life by J. Wallis Cook - Click Here
42. The Farmer's Wife - Click Here
43. The Farmer Feedeth All - Click Here
44. Speak No Ill b Charles Swain - Click Here
45. The Shell by Tennyson - Click Here
46. Description Of A Good Cow by Dr. Anderson - Click Here
47. The Good Old Plow- Sung By The Hutchinson Family - Click Here
48. Farmer's Girls - Click Here
49. The Frog - Click Here
50. Pumpkin Pies - By a Vermonter - Click Here
51. Whittling - A Yankeee Portrait By Rev. J. Pierpont - Click Here
52. My Little Cousins - Click Here
53. Fill No Glass For Me - Stephen Foster - Click Here
54. The Thistle In The Heart - Click Here
55. Song Craft by Charlotte M. Packard, Brunswick, ME - Click Here
56. Popcorn - y Mervin Hull, Weston, MA - Click Here
57. Easter by Lillie E. Barr , John's Island, SC - Click Here
58. Good Friday - Easter - by Mary McLanathan - New York - Click Here
59. At Set Of Moon - Celia Thaxter - Isle Of Shoals, NH - Click Here
60. Glimpses - by John B. Tabb - St. Mary's Seminary - Baltimore, MD - Click Here
61. The Firecracker Fiend - by W. W. Fink - Click Here
62. Among The Buttercups - Susan Coolidge - Newport, RI - Click Here
63. The Answer - Frances L. Mace - Bangor, ME - Click Here
64. Two Brave Little Sailors - By Margaret Sidney - Click Here
65. The House By The Side Of The Road - Sam Walter Foss - Somerville, MA - Click Here
66. Ma Petite - A Valentine - by Sarah J. Burke - Brooklyn, NY- Click Here
67. She'd Never Had A Valentine - by Josephine Pollard - New York - Click Here
68. Origin Of The Four Leaf Clover by Margaret R. Himes - Gettysburg, PA - Click Here
69. An Epitaph For Two - Louise Imogen Guiney - Auburndale, MA - Click Here
70. To A Chrysanthemum by Harrison S. Morris - Philadelphia - Click Here
71. The Brook Accompaniment by Frank Dempster Sherman New York, NY - Click Here
72. The Happy Autumn Fields - by James Lane Allen - Lexington, KY - Click Here
73. While We May - Click Here
74. Spring - by Bessie Chandler - Click Here
75. To Busy Housewives - Click Here
76. Talking In Their Sleep - Click Here
