Books with title AFTERWHILES

Excerpt from AfterwhilesAnd leap up the path once more Where she waits us at the door! How we'll greet the dear old smile.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Where are they— the Afterwhiles— Luring us the lengthening miles Of our lives? Where is the dawn With the dew across the lawn Stroked with eager feet the far Way the hills and valleys are? Were the sun that smites the frown Of the eastward-gazer down? Where the rifted wreaths of mist O'er us, tinged with amethyst, Round the mountain's steep defiles? Where are the afterwhiles?

James Whircomb Riley (1849 - 1916) was an American writer and poet. He was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and the "Children's Poet". He began his career writing poetry for newspapers using the Indiana dialect. His poetry is humorous or sentimental. Riley's poetry is loved for its simple verse and familiar sentiments. Riley never married and had no children. It is possibly his regret at not having children that encouraged him to write poems for young readers. Some of the poems in this collection include Herr Weiser, The Beautiful City, Lockerbie Street, Das Krist Kindel, Anselmo, A Home Made Fairy Tale, The South Wind and the Sun, The Lost Kiss, The Sphinx, If I knew What Poets Know, Ike Walton's Prayer, A Rough Sketch, Our Kind of a Man, The Harper, Illileo, The King, The Dead Lover, When Bessie Died, Who Bides His Time, and From the Headboard of a Grave in Paraguay.

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