COMPLETE [Weekly Poetry] Job Work by James Whitcomb Riley - dl

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Job Work by James Whitcomb Riley (1849 - 1916).

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James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry. His poems tend to be humorous or sentimental. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". (Wikipedia)
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Job Work by James Whitcomb Riley, read for LibriVox.org by [your name].
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Then read the poem:
"Write me a rhyme of the present time".
And the poet took his pen
And wrote such lines as the miser minds
Hide in the hearts of men.

He grew enthused, as the poets used
When their fingers kissed the strings
Of some sweet lyre, and caught the fire
True inspiration brings,

And sang the song of a nation's wrong—
Of the patriot's galling chain,
And the glad release that the angel, Peace,
Has given him again.

He sang the lay of religion's sway,
Where a hundred creeds clasp hands
And shout in glee such a symphony
That the whole world understands.

He struck the key of monopoly,
And sang of her swift decay,
And traveled the track of the railway back
With a blithesome roundelay—

Of the tranquil bliss of a true love kiss;
And painted the picture, too,
Of the wedded life, and the patient wife,
And the husband fond and true;

And sang the joy that a noble boy
Brings to a father's soul,
Who lets the wine as a mocker shine
Stagnated in the bowl.

And he stabbed his pen in the ink again,
And wrote with a writhing frown,
"This is the end." "And now, my friend,
You may print it—upside down!"

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Post by Horner94 »

Hello!
Here is my recording ready for PL'ing: https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/jobwork_riley_cjph_128kb.mp3
Time: 01:29
Kind regards,
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HE IS RISEN
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Thank you Chad, Larry, Bruce, Caitlin and Graham. :thumbs:
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Thank you Joseph, good first reading. :thumbs:
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Post by Kudrna »

Hi,
here's my contribution :)
https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/jobwork_riley_vh_128kb.mp3
Duration: 01:33
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Thank you Kudrna and Lee Ann. :thumbs:
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Florence Short
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Thank you Florence and Erin. :thumbs:
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