Songs Ysame

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Songs Ysame

by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston, Albion Fellows Bacon

EN·~56 minutes·73 chapters

Chapters

73 total

PRELUDE.

1:16

PART I.

0:00

SONGS YSAME

0:00

The Lighting of the Candles.

0:23

At Early Candle-Lighting.

5:26

Bob White.

1:23

Grandfather.

0:56

The Old Church.

1:11

An Old-Time Pedagogue.

1:37

Her Title-Deeds.

0:57

Description

In this lyrical reverie the narrator guides listeners through the quiet rhythms of a bygone rural world, where evenings unfold around the soft glow of a single candle. Through vivid, almost musical verses, everyday moments—spinning wheels, knitting afternoons, and the hush of snowfall—are rendered with a tenderness that feels both intimate and universal. The opening invites you to linger in the warm amber of memory, letting the simple pleasures of hearth and home illuminate deeper reflections on love, loss, and the passage of time.

As the poet turns from sunny days to the shadows of winter twilight, the work balances nostalgia with a gentle awareness of life's fleeting nature. The language, rich in natural imagery and folk detail, creates a tapestry where each stanza feels like a whispered conversation with the past. Listeners will find themselves drawn into a contemplative space, where the crackle of a fire and the rustle of a loom become portals to their own cherished recollections.

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Language

en

Duration

~56 minutes (54K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Mar 3, 2012

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the authors

Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston

1863–1931

Best known for creating the beloved Little Colonel stories, this American writer turned everyday people and places into lively children's fiction. Her books were hugely popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and later helped inspire a Shirley Temple film.

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Albion Fellows Bacon

Albion Fellows Bacon

1865–1933

A determined Indiana reformer and writer, she turned firsthand encounters with poverty into a long campaign for safer, healthier housing. Her life links grassroots activism, public speaking, and books written from deep conviction.

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