Laughter Holding Both His Sides

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Title:     Laughter Holding Both His Sides
Author: James Whitcomb Riley [More Titles by Riley]

Ay, thou varlet!--Laugh away!
All the world's a holiday!
Laugh away, and roar and shout
Till thy hoarse tongue lolleth out!
Bloat thy cheeks, and bulge thine eyes
Unto bursting; pelt thy thighs
With thy swollen palms, and roar
As thou never hast before!
Lustier! wilt thou! peal on peal!
Stiflest? Squat and grind thy heel--
Wrestle with thy loins, and then
Wheeze thee whiles, and whoop again!

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James Whitcomb Riley's poem: Laughter Holding Both His Sides

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