Ellen Palmer Allerton Home Poems Poets Ellen Palmer Allerton Poems The Sod House on the Prairie by Ellen Palmer Allerton A low sod house, a broad green prairie, And stately ranks of bannered corn;— On the Prairie by Ellen Palmer Allerton Out on the prairie—a shrieking storm! How the pitiless cold, driven from homes and firesides warm, Bubbles by Ellen Palmer Allerton I saw an urchin with a pipe of clay Held to his rosy lips; a rippling brook Love by Ellen Palmer Allerton Fret not if fateful bar Cause Love's delay, November Rain by Ellen Palmer Allerton November rain! November rain! Fitfully beating the window pane: An Autumn Picture by Ellen Palmer Allerton The mill turns by the waterfall; The loaded wagons go and come;