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- Riley Farm-Rhymes
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Library of Indiana Classics
First published in 1883, this charming book includes many of James Whitcomb Riley's signature poems, including "Thoughts fer the Discuraged Farmer" and "When the Frost Is on the Punkin." Also graced by noted Brown County artist Will Vawter's folksy illustrations of farm scenes from our past, this Library of Indiana Classics edition faithfully reproduces the 1905 edition. A must-have for Riley enthusiasts everywhere, it offers a warm look at how farm life was depicted over a century ago.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 2-15
- Illustrations
- pp. xvii-xxii
- Wet-Weather Talk
- pp. 14-18
- The Brook-Song
- pp. 19-23
- Thoughts fer the Discuraged Farmer
- pp. 24-28
- "Mylo Jones’s Wife"
- pp. 29-36
- How John Quit the Farm
- pp. 37-53
- A Canary at the Farm
- pp. 54-56
- Where the Children Used to Play
- pp. 57-60
- Griggsby's Station
- pp. 61-68
- Knee-Deep in June
- pp. 69-78
- September Dark
- pp. 79-82
- The Clover
- pp. 83-86
- Old October
- pp. 87-90
- Old-Fashioned Roses
- pp. 91-94
- A Country Pathway
- pp. 95-104
- Wortermelon Time
- pp. 105-112
- Up and Down Old Brandywine
- pp. 113-124
- When Early March Seems Middle May
- pp. 125-129
- A Tale of the Airly Days
- pp. 130-136
- Old Man's Nursery Rhyme
- pp. 137-141
- The Tree-Toad
- pp. 145-148
- A Song of Long Ago
- pp. 149-153
- Old Winters on the Farm
- pp. 154-156
- Back Matter
- pp. 169-170
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