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Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches

by James Whitcomb Riley

Level C1 · AdvancedPoetry52 chapters
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Length
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About this book

Experience the heartfelt simplicity of rural life through genuine dialect poems that capture the music of everyday moments, nature’s beauty, and the pure emotions of an uneducated but true poet.

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Contents

52 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PREFACE
03"THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE" AND 'LEVEN MORE POEMS BY BENJ. F. JOHNSON, OF BOONE
04THE OLD SWIMMIN'-HOLE
05THOUGHTS FER THE DISCURAGED FARMER
06A SUMMER'S DAY
07A HYMB OF FAITH
08WORTERMELON TIME
09MY PHILOSOFY
10WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN
11ON THE DEATH OF LITTLE MAHALA ASHCRAFT
12THE MULBERRY TREE

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