Rural Rhymes, and Talks and Tales of Olden Times, Being a Collection of Poems and Old-Time Stories

Page. FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY 2I1 TO AN ABSENT SON 212 WILLIES GRAVE 2I4 THE SONG OF THE SEA-SHELL 2I5 WHISKY, WHISKY TIS A CURSE 2l6 INTEMPERANCE 2l8 THE PROBLEM. .226 THE FISHERMANS LAWSUIT 227 DORR MORRISONS RIDE; OR, JOHN GILPIN THE SECOND .... 230 DOUBLE ACROSTIC 239 ACROSTIC 24 ACROSTIC 24 ACROSTIC 24! ACROSTIC 24i ACROSTIC DOUBLE 242 PARODY ON A WELL-KNOWN HYMN 242 THE MOON 243 THE ORPHANS LOT 247 THE CHILDS DREAM 249 THE EXILES LAMENT 250 YOUVE SUNG OF GREENLANDS MOUNTAINS 252 ABRAHAMS LAMENT. .254 JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN. ... 256 DAVID AND GOLIATH 270 DAVIDS THREE MIGHTY MEN 287 DAVIDS LAMENTATION FOR SAUL AND JONATHAN 291 PREACHING TO THE NINEVITES 293 THE HORRORS OF CIVIL WAR 296 THE BATTLE OF LONE JACK 301 SPOTTSYLVANIA SWILDERNESS 303 THE HOMESICK SOLDIER 35 THE BANDITS DREAM ;OR, THE HILLS OF SNI-A-BAR 306 THE DYING SOLDIER AT LONE JACK 311 THE SOLDIER FROM THE KANSAS LINE 315 THE FADED BANNER ;OR, HOPE-FORLORN 319 THE WATCHMAN; OR, THE BURDEN OF DUMAH 321 THE CRUEL WAR IS OVER 323 THE LONELY TREE. ..... 325 THE PRISONER 329 SCENES OF MY CHILDHOOD 332 FORTY YEARS AGO-NOW AND THEN; OR, THE OLD MANS RETURN TO THE HOME OF HIS YOUTH 335 THE OLD-FASHIONED PREACHER 342 THE EARLY SETTLERS 344 THE CONTRAST 346 ADDRESS TO THE GRANGERS 349 LETTER TO AN EDITOR .351 THE EXODUS OF EIGHTEEN SIXTY-THREE ;OR, ORDER NUMBER ELEVEN 356 OLD-TIME REMINISCENCES. .(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.