Poems for the Common People (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Poems for the Common PeopleAs is set forth in the title, this little book will no doubt be read with pleasure by many of the common people. By thepliterary critic it wil be con siderea, perhaps, more of a promise than a perform ance That this is true the author admits There are a good many things to be learned about poetry and since the author wrote his first poem in 1907, he has been able to see many of his shortcomings. However, there are a number of people who always read the poems with interest, and very often clip them for the scrap-book. To comply with the request that the best be published in book form, we are placing Poems for the Common People before the public.We trust that the indulgent reader will remem ber that these selections were writen by a country boy, who has had. Few educational advantages, and when criticisms are to be offered, let them he made known to him for his/improvement. To know that his little volume has done some good in the world that it has brought a bit of sunshine into some life that it has inspired greater faith in God and that some soul by reading it has been inspired to greate1 and nobler things, will be a source of gladness and may encourage the author to spend an hour or so occasionally courting the Muses.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.