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4 LINE POEM SIGNED/DATED/INSCRIBED BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.DATED Apr.4;1895
"Lo,whatever is at hand
IS full must for the demand
Nature of time giveth best
When she seemeth chariest.
James Whitcomb Riley (October 7, 1849 – July 22, 1916) 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. Of the approximately 1,000 poems Riley wrote, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man".
James Whitcomb Riley Handwritten Poem Signed
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