The Maturity of James Whitcomb Riley; Fortune's Way With the Poet in the Prime of Life And After
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As far back into boyhood as the writer's memory may intelligently go, the "country poet" is most pleasantly recalled. He was, and is, as common as the "country fiddler,'' and as full of good old-fashioned music. Not a master of melody, indeed, but a poet, certainly — ''Who, through long days of labor. And nights devoid of ease. Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies." And it is simply the purpose of this series of dialec- tic Studies to reflect tiie real worth of this homely Di...gitized by Google HIS FIRST BOOK 163 child of Nature, and to echo faithfully, if possible, the faltering music of his song. J. W. R. Indianapolis, Ind., July, 1883. The reader even turns over the leaf gently that his eye may linger on the table of CONTENTS. The Old Swimmin'-Hole 9 Thoughts fer the Discuraged Farmer . 13 A Summer's Day 17 A Hymb of Faith 20 Worter-Melon-Time 23 My Philosofy 28 When The Frost Is on the Punkin . . 81 On the Death of Little Mahala Ashcraft 34 The Mulberry Tree 37 To My Old Neghbor, William Leachman 40 My Fiddle 46 The Clover 49 Riley ''set the little skiff afloat on the waves of public life,'' he said, "with trepidation.
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