Джеймс Уиткомб Райли — американский поэт, ставший одним из самых известных и продаваемых писателей. При жизни был известен как «Hoosier Poet» и «Children’s Poet». Wikipedia
“O’er folded blooms
On swirls of musk,
The beetle booms adown the glooms
And bumps along the dusk.”
The Beetle.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“The ripest peach is highest on the tree.”
The Ripest Peach.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“An’ the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
Ef you don’t watch out.”
Little Orphant Annie.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
The Beetle.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)