the statue of liberty poem was written in 1882.
when was the statue of liberty poem written?
1882
the old swimmin' hole was a poem written by james whitcomb riley under the pen name "benjamin f. johnson of boone county". the poem was first published in 1883 as part of a book entitled "the old swimmin' hole and 'leven more poems". the poem is one of riley's most famous and is written in eye dialect. it tells of events in riley's youth as he reminisces about the brandywine creek, where he played with his friends during his boyhood. the poem was included in several other releases of riley's works and has sold millions of copies.





















































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the old swimmin' hole (poem)
the boys are janitors at hollywood studio super terrific productions. they are cleaning the office of b. o. botswaddle (james c. morton), who is reviewing a script for a new picture "jilted in the jungle" where the leading man will be a gorilla. after nearly destroying botswaddle's office, curly does his classic imitation of a "chicken with its head cut off" followed by other motions that cause botswaddle to declare curly to be the "dead image of the missing link" and sends the boys off to africa to begin shooting.
three missing links