till, in shadowy design,
I see the smiling features
Of an old sweetheart of mine
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
POET
CSTEPHEN ANDERSON
BORN IN 1853 AT GREENFIELD, IND AFTER SOME YEARS
AS AN ACTOR AND SONGWRITER, HIS MAGAZINE WRITINGS
ATTRACTED ATTENTION HIS POEMS ARE CHARACTERIZED
BY HUMOR AND PATHOS AND SYMPATHY WITH THE SIMP
LEST PHASES OF LIFE NOTABLE ARE THE RAGGEDY MAN,
THE OLD SWIMMIN' HOLE" AND "AN OLD SWEETHEART
OF MINE HE DIED AT INDIANAPOLIS, JULY 22, 1916..
ENFIEL
FEB 24
9-AM
1940
IND
FIRST DAY
N.Y.
10
CENTS CENTS $10
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
Donald James
3595 Bainbridge Ave
Bronx
