Farm Ballads

by Will Carleton

24 chapters1h 44mEnglish1874

About this book

Farm Ballads is a rather influential volume of poetry by American poet Will Carleton. The poems are concerning rural life in Michigan, where the poet grew up and spent much of his life before eventually moving to Boston. - Summary by Carolin

Chapters (24)

1Preface

158

2Betsey and I Are Out.

335

3How Betsey and I Made Up.

316

4Gone with a Handsomer Man.

341

5Johnny Rich.

402

6Out of the Old House, Nancy.

327

7Over the Hill to the Poor-House.

399

8Over the Hill from the Poor-House.

298

9Uncle Sammy.

280

10Tom was Goin' for a Poet.

203

11Goin' Home To-Day.

189

12Out o' the Fire.

387

13The New Church Organ.

228

14The Editor's Guests.

591

15The House where We were Wed.

16Our Army of the Dead.

182

17Apple-Blossoms.

18Apples Growing.

19One and Two.

143

20The Fading Flower.

120

21Autumn Days.

22Death-Doomed.

382

23Up the Line.

110

24How we Kept the Day.

555

Farm Ballads

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Chapters (24)

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