A Little Book of Western Verse

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A Little Book of Western Verse

by Eugene Field

EN·~2 hours·84 chapters

Chapters

84 total
1

A LITTLE BOOK OF WESTERN VERSE

0:03
2

TO MARY FIELD FRENCH

0:35
3

E. F.

0:08
4

EUGENE FIELD - A MEMORY

44:03
5

ROSWELL MARTIN FIELD.

0:05
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CASEY'S TABLE D'HOTE OUR LADY OF THE MINE THE CONVERSAZZHYONY PROF. VERB DE BLAW MARTHY'S YOUNKIT - OLD ENGLISH LULLABY "LOLLYBY, LOLLY, LOLLYBY" ORKNEY LULLABY LULLABY; BY THE SEA CORNISH LULLABY NORSE LULLABY SICILIAN LULLABY JAPANESE LULLABY LITTLE CROODLIN DOO DUTCH LULLABY CHILD AND MOTHER MEDIAEVAL EVENTIDE SONG CHRISTMAS TREASURES CHRISTMAS HYMN CHRYSTMASSE OF OLDE - OUR TWO OPINIONS APPLE-PIE AND CHEESE "GOOD-BY—GOD BLESS YOU!" HI-SPY LONG AGO - LITTLE BOY BLUE THE LYTTEL BOY KRINKEN TO A USURPER AILSIE, MY BAIRN SOME TIME - MADGE: YE HOYDEN THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD TO ROBIN GOODFELLOW YVYTOT THE DIVINE LULLABY IN THE FIRELIGHT THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM AT THE DOOR - THE BIBLIOMANIAC'S PRAYER DE AMICITIIS THE BIBLIOMANIAC'S BRIDE - THE TRUTH ABOUT HORACE HORACE AND LYDIA RECONCILED HORACE III:13 ("FOUNTAIN OF BANDUSIA") HORACE TO MELPOMENE A CHAUCERIAN PARAPHRASE OF HORACE HORACE TO PYRRHA HORACE TO PHYLLIS THE "HAPPY ISLES" OF HORACE - LITTLE MACK MR. DANA, OF THE NEW YORK SUN TO A SOUBRETTE BERANGER'S "BROKEN FIDDLE" HEINE'S "WIDOW, OR DAUGHTER?" UHLAND'S "THREE CAVALIERS" BERANGER'S "MY LAST SONG PERHAPS" HUGO'S "FLOWER TO BUTTERFLY" BERANGER'S "MA VOCATION" - THE LITTLE PEACH A PROPER TREWE IDYLL OF CAMELOT IN FLANDERS OUR BIGGEST FISH - MOTHER AND CHILD THE WANDERER SOLDIER, MAIDEN, AND FLOWER THIRTY-NINE - CASEY'S TABLE D'HOTE

10:50
7

LITTLE BOY BLUE

0:58
8

MADGE: YE HOYDEN

0:16
9

OLD ENGLISH LULLABY

0:44
10

THE BIBLIOMANIAC'S PRAYER

0:50

Description

The volume opens with a heartfelt dedication to a beloved caretaker, setting a tone of quiet gratitude that runs through the poems. The poet’s affection for his sister‑in‑law is expressed in simple, affectionate language, inviting listeners to share in the personal history that inspired the collection. This intimate framing makes the verses feel like a conversation between old friends.

Within its pages the poems turn to the open plains, prairie winds, and the everyday wonders of frontier life. Light‑hearted humor sits beside tender reflections on loss, memory, and the small joys of rural existence. Listeners will find a blend of charming rhyme and gentle insight that captures the spirit of a bygone America without demanding any prior knowledge of the poet’s biography.

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Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (159K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

2006-01-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

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About the author

Eugene Field

Eugene Field

1850–1895

Best remembered for warm, playful poems for children, this American writer mixed humor, tenderness, and an ear for everyday speech. His verses helped make him one of the most popular newspaper poets of the late 19th century.

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