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A collection of poems and short verse sketches portraying rural life and its communities, alternating wry humor with sincere pathos as it records schoolroom scenes, farm characters, local rituals, college memories, and civic commemorations. Several pieces confront sudden disasters and personal bereavement while others offer hopeful reflection and moral admonition; occasional stanzas address public figures and scientific achievement. The work emphasizes dignity in humble lives and the small ironies of human nature, arranging its material into narrative ballads, elegies, commemorative poems, and lighter stray stanzas.

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Title: Farm Legends

Author: Will Carleton

Release date: January 18, 2017 [eBook #54003]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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FARM LEGENDS.



FARM LEGENDS

By WILL CARLETON
AUTHOR OF "FARM BALLADS"
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
FRANKLIN SQUARE

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Copyright, 1887, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

TO
THE MEMORY OF A NOBLEMAN,
MY
FARMER FATHER.