Frank Barbour Coffin

I lived from 1870-1951. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.

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• Ajax' Kindred's Soliloquy. In Africa.

  The thoughts of the future doth puzzle my mind,
  And O'how I shudder at flitting of time;

  36 lines
• A Christmas Gift (Bible)

  Do you know that this is Christmas,
  And this little book is sent

  21 lines, 2 comments
• Fashion

  Master of the woman's kingdom,
  What is this men say of thee?

  81 lines
• Our Country

  This star spangled banner country,
  Is styled as the "Land of Free;"

  181 lines, 1 comment
• Love and Fear Contest

  They say that in each human heart,
  There is an unseen battle-field,

  49 lines
• From Degradation Through Supplication To Education. The Negro.

  I was once far from civilization,
  As vile as a Negro could be;

  40 lines
• Ajax Looks Beyond

  I have tried to be contented
  In this land of vale and tears,

  25 lines
• Ajax' Appeal to America

  My country, noble spectre of the past;
  Along thy rivers, and within thy vales,

  132 lines
• Ajax Votes for McKinley

  Ajax went out to vote
  On election day;

  57 lines
• Ajax is Chastised

  Ajax, in the stillness of the night,
  Lie down and take thy rest;

  25 lines

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