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Book: Ballads of a Bohemian (Book 1)

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  • The sunshine seeks my little room
    The sunshine seeks my little room
    To tell me Paris streets are gay;
    7 lines, 3 comments
  • Facility
    So easy 'tis to make a rhyme,
    That did the world but know it,
    28 lines, 1 comment
  • My Garret
    Here is my Garret up five flights of stairs;
    Here's where I deal in dreams and ply in fancies,
    30 lines
  • Golden Days
    Another day of toil and strife,
    Another page so white,
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • The Joy Of Little Things
    It's good the great green earth to roam,
    Where sights of awe the soul inspire;
    40 lines
  • Insomnia
    Heigh ho! to sleep I vainly try;
    Since twelve I haven't closed an eye,
    63 lines
  • On The Boulevard
    Oh, it's pleasant sitting here,
    Seeing all the people pass;
    96 lines
  • It Is Later Than You Think
    Lone amid the cafe's cheer,
    Sad of heart am I to-night;
    59 lines
  • Moon Song
    A child saw in the morning skies
    The dissipated-looking moon,
    36 lines
  • Julot The Apache
    You've heard of Julot the apache, and Gigolette, his mome. . . .
    Montmartre was their hunting-ground, but Belville was their home.
    98 lines
  • Noctambule
    Zut! it's two o'clock.
    See! the lights are jumping.
    80 lines
  • L'Escargot D'Or
    O Tavern of the Golden Snail!
    Ten sous have I, so I'll regale;
    42 lines
  • The Absinthe Drinkers
    He's yonder, on the terrace of the Cafe de la Paix,
    The little wizened Spanish man, I see him every day.
    102 lines
  • Lucille
    Of course you've heard of the Nancy Lee, and how she sailed away
    On her famous quest of the Arctic flea, to the wilds of Hudson's Bay?
    82 lines
  • The Sewing-Girl
    The humble garret where I dwell
    Is in that Quarter called the Latin;
    56 lines
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