
A gentle chorus of verse invites listeners into the quiet, wind‑swept world of early New England. The poems echo the rhythm of tides, the rustle of pine, and the soft glow of sunrise over Plymouth Harbor, weaving together reverence for nature with a lingering sense of pilgrimage. Each piece feels like a small offering—a wreath of rosemary, a whispered prayer—drawn from the poet’s own contemplation of place and memory.
The collection moves from tender homages to a mother’s simple faith, through grand imaginations of Plymouth Rock as a timeless sentinel, to vivid sketches of sea‑sprayed cliffs and native voices. Interlaced with reflections on history, sacrifice, and the enduring human spirit, the verses balance modest domestic scenes with sweeping, almost mythic, visions of a land still finding its identity. Listeners will find a calm, lyrical landscape that encourages quiet wonder and a renewed appreciation for the ordinary miracles hidden in everyday life.
Language
en
Duration
~59 minutes (57K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Hartford, CT: Herbert Randall, 1921.
Credits
Steve Mattern, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2023-12-14
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
Best known for powerful documentary photographs from Freedom Summer, this American photographer helped preserve a vivid visual record of the civil rights movement. His work is closely tied to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and to the communities he photographed in Mississippi.
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