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James Whitcomb Riley quotes: Just a wee cot-the crickets chirr-love and the smiling face of her.

Just a wee cot-the crickets chirr-love and the smiling face of her.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

O, it sets my heart a clickin' like the tickin' of a clock, when the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: One naked star has waded throughThe purple shallows of the night,And faltering as falls the dewIt drips its misty light.

One naked star has waded through
The purple shallows of the night,
And faltering as falls the dew
It drips its misty light.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.

To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: The ripest peach is highest on the tree.

The ripest peach is highest on the tree.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.

Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear; And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: Long about knee-deep in June,'Bout the time strewberries meltsOn the vine.

Long about knee-deep in June,
'Bout the time strewberries melts
On the vine.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.

It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away.

Think of him still as the same, I say, He is not dead, he is just - away.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk.

O'er folded blooms On swirls of musk, The beetle booms adown the glooms And bumps along the dusk.

James Whitcomb Riley quotes: He is not dead, he is just - away.

He is not dead, he is just - away.