“The rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick and stone, and gold... But the poor man's son inherits strains of poetry and song.”

About James Whitcomb Riley

Poet • American

James Whitcomb Riley was a prominent American writer, poet, and best-selling author. Known as the 'Hoosier Poet' and the 'Children's Poet,' he often wrote in the Hoosier dialect of his native Indiana. His poems tend to...