Songs, Merry and Sad

by John Charles McNeill

59 chapters1h 31mEnglish1906

About this book

This is the only volume of poetry published during John Charles McNeill's lifetime, containing 59 of his 400+ poems. McNeill was considered the unofficial poet laureate of his home state North Carolina until this position was established officially after World War II. His poetry enjoys enduring popularity, and is favoured by teachers and students for its accessibility. - Summary by Carolin

Chapters (59)

1The Bride

120

2'Oh, Ask Me Not'

3Isabel

4To ---

5To Melvin Gardner: Suicide

6Away Down Home

117

7For Jane's Birthday

105

8A Secret

174

9The Old Bad Woman

139

10Valentine

11A Photograph

12Jesse Covington

13An Idyl

101

14Home Songs

15M. W. Ransom

16Protest

107

17Oblivion

18Now!

19Tommy Smith

20Before Bedtime

21'If I Could Glimpse Him'

102

22Attraction

23Love's Fashion

24Alcestis

142

25Reminiscence

26Sonnet

27Lines

28An Easter Hymn

29A Christmas Hymn

293

30When I Go Home

31Odessa

105

32Trifles

33Sunburnt Boys

34Gray Days

35An Invalid

36A Caged Mocking-Bird

134

37Dawn

38Harvest

39Two Pictures

114

40October

140

41The Old Clock

42Tear Stains

43A Prayer

129

44She Being Young

45Paul Jones

121

46The Drudge

47The Wife

149

48Vision

49September

101

50Barefooted

110

51Pardon Time

52The Rattlesnake

53The Prisoner

54Sonnet

55Folk Song

56'97': The Fast Mail

127

57Sundown

58At Sea

59L'Envoi

Songs, Merry and Sad

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