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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

James Whitomb Riley 1849-1916 John Bartlett

 
1
    The ripest peach is highest on the tree.
          The ripest Peach.
2
    O’er folded blooms
  On swirls of musk,
The beetle booms adown the glooms
  And bumps along the dusk.
          The Beetle.
3
    One naked star has waded through
  The purple shadows of the night,
And faltering as falls the dew
  It drips its misty light.
          The Beetle.
4
    An’ the Gobble-uns ’ll git you
  Ef you don’t watch out.
          Little Orphant Annie.