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Poems

by Clara A. Merrill

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Author
Merrill, Clara A.
Credits
Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
American poetry
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 55315
Release Date
August 9, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.POEMS
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.To my Beloved Sister Appey This little book is lovingly dedicated
  4. 4.The Old State of Maine
  5. 5.ALL THINGS SPEAK OF GOD
  6. 6.WELCOME TO SUMMER
  7. 7.ODE TO THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
  8. 8.THE SONGS MY MOTHER SUNG (Dear Mother)
  9. 9.IN MEMORY OF APPEY M. MERRILL Who Died Nov. 20th, 1903
  10. 10.GOD IS LOVE AND WE SHALL KNOW
  11. 11.A WINTER OUTING
  12. 12.HOME IS WHERE THE HEART DWELLS
  13. 13.THE MYSTIC RIVER
  14. 14.LOVED ONES PASSED AWAY
  15. 15.ADVENTURE OF A LOVER
  16. 16.AS IT HAPPENED
  17. 17.THE CAPTIVE BUTTERFLY (A true tale)
  18. 18.WHAT WOULD THEY DO?
  19. 19.COURAGEOUSNESS
  20. 20.TALES THAT WERE TOLD
  21. 21.BRAVERY
  22. 22.THE MISSING LINK
  23. 23.HE GOT LEFT
  24. 24.THE JAY AND THE FROG — Moral
  25. 25.THE COTTAGE BY THE RIVER (Lines on a very old house situated on the west shore of the Nezinscot river, and some distance from any other dwelling.)
  26. 26.THE POET TO THE ARTIST (To E. A. M.)
  27. 27.THE TRAMP’S STORY
  28. 28.’TIS EASY TO GET MISTAKEN
  29. 29.SONG OF A SUFFRAGETTE With apologies to A. P. S. — Chorus — Chorus — Chorus — Chorus
  30. 30.RURAL DELIGHT
  31. 31.LOOK UP (Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.)
  32. 32.THE BURNING OF THE TURNER MILL
  33. 33.CARPE DIEM
  34. 34.A BACHELOR’S COMMENTS ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS
  35. 35.WEALTH vs VIRTUE
  36. 36.BE MERCIFUL
  37. 37.SUNSHINE ON THE HILL
  38. 38.YOUR REAL WEALTH
  39. 39.CHANGEABLE
  40. 40.PLEASURE
  41. 41.TIME BRINGS CHANGES
  42. 42.MAMMA’S STORY
  43. 43.EVERY CLOUD HATH SILVER LINING (In response to “Pennies In The Box” by R. F. D. carrier No. 1, Buckfield.)
  44. 44.DENNIS O’NEIL’S DREAM
  45. 45.A LESSON WELL TAUGHT
  46. 46.REMINISCENCE
  47. 47.HUMOROUS
  48. 48.ONWARD FOR FREEDOM AND RIGHT (Written at the time of the Spanish-American War.)
  49. 49.A MYSTERY EXPLAINED
  50. 50.A BIRTHDAY GREETING
  51. 51.ALL’S WELL THAT ENDETH WELL
  52. 52.A TALE FROM MOUNTAIN GRANGE [This poem was written for, and read at the first meeting held after the completion of the new grange hall at North Buckfield, Nov. 1st, 1904. The poem was founded on facts, but in order to be more amusing for the occasion the incidents were, of course, somewhat exaggerated by the author, who was also a member of Mountain Grange.]
  53. 53.SONG OF THE GRANGERS’ (Written for Mountain Grange)
  54. 54.UNCLE JOE’S SOLILOQUY
  55. 55.WHEN DADDY ROCKS THE KID
  56. 56.STOP TALKIN’
  57. 57.A YULE-TIDE MISSIVE To my dear friend:—E. L. F.
  58. 58.THE HUNTER
  59. 59.THE POETRY MACHINE
  60. 60.OCTOBER
  61. 61.TO MARY
  62. 62.THE WINDS DO BLOW
  63. 63.FAREWELL TO THE SAN
  64. 64.WE KNOW NOT WHY

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